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Use this tab to define how different variables, such as dates, numerical values, and currencies are displayed.

To access this tab, choose   Administration   System Initialization   General Settings   Display  .

Display Tab Fields
Language

Select the SAP Business One display language.

When modified, this setting is updated per company, for all users, after the next logon.

Skin Style

Select the style for the graphic interface of SAP Business One. The defaulted style is SAP Signature Design. To operate SAP Business One with the skin style used in releases earlier than 8.8, select Classic, and choose the Update button.

Color

Select the background color for the active windows.

Select Combined to define a background color individually for different windows in various colors.

To select a background color for a window, open the required window and choose from the menu bar   Window   Color  . Select the required color.

Default Length UoM, Default Weight UoM

Define the default length and weight units for items in the company. When a new item is created in SAP Business One, these length and weight units are proposed automatically.

When modified, this setting is updated per company, for all users, upon the next logon.

Time Format

Define whether SAP Business One displays time in a 12-hour or 24-hour format.

  • With a 24-hour format, 1 p.m. is displayed as 13:00.

  • With a 12-hour format, 1 p.m. is displayed as 1:00.

When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users.

Date Format

Defines how dates are displayed throughout SAP Business One.

Note Note

  • These settings do not affect how dates are entered in SAP Business One.

  • Dates can be displayed differently from the way they are entered.

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When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users

Separator

Define the character that will be displayed in the date format between the date fields, that is, between the day and month, and month and year. When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users.

Manage Company Time

When you select this checkbox, the Time Zone tab appears in the General Settings window.

When you deselect this checkbox, the Time Zone tab is removed from the General Settings window, and the time in the company database becomes the same as that on the server.

By default, the checkbox is deselected. When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users.

Note Note

This checkbox is useful only when the SAP Business One server is in one time zone and all its users are in a different time zone.

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Note Note

Only superusers can edit this checkbox.

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Ext. Image Processing

Define the resolution SAP Business One uses to display images. If you choose Full, the image will be displayed in the resolution saved in the image file. Try to print images using the default option first. If the images are not printed as desired, select a different option for this field.

Note Note

The selected value only affects the logged in user.

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No. of Rows in 'List of' Windows

Define the maximum number of rows that will be displayed in any 'List of' window.

When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users.

Account Segment Separator

Define the character for separating between G/L account segments. This separator is used for display purposes only. A dash () is recommended. Do not use any letters, numbers or an asterisk as a separator. The G/L account code must not contain the same character as the separator.

This option appears only if the Use Segmentation Accounts option in   Administration   System Initialization   Company Details   Basic Initialization   tab is selected.

Decimal Places (0...6)

Define the number of decimal places displayed for amounts, prices, exchange rates, quantities, percentages, units, and calculated values in queries.

For all of the decimal settings, except for calculated values in queries, the following applies:

  • If no journal entry has been posted, you can increase or decrease the number of decimal places.

  • After a journal entry has been posted, you can only increase the number of decimal places, up to 6 digits. This change is irreversible. Decreasing the number of decimal places after a journal entry has been posted is impossible.

Note Note

The decimal places definition affects the calculations in SAP Business One, and the values that are saved in the database. For example, if you choose 2 decimal places for amounts and you work with 6 decimal places for very small prices and quantities, totals might be not accurate.

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Separator

Define which character to use to separate the decimal places from the integer. The U.S. and U.K. use a decimal point, for example, while German-speaking countries generally use a decimal comma. When modified, this setting is updated per company, for all users, upon the next logon.

Thousands Sep.

Define which character to use as the thousands separator.

For example, the U.S. and U.K. use a comma, while German-speaking countries generally use a period.

When modified, this setting is updated per company, for all users, after the next logon.

Display Currency on the Right

Currency or currency symbol is displayed on the right side in amount fields.

By default, the currency symbol appears on the left of the amount.

When modified, this setting is updated per company, for all users, after the next logon.

Exchange Rate Posting

Determines the display of exchange rates in SAP Business One. The exchange rate values are always saved in the system according to the direct rate. The indirect rate is for display use only.

This setting affects the calculation that you use to enter the exchange rates in the Exchange Rates and Indexes window.

  • Select Direct to display the exchange rate according to the local currency (that is, the local currency price of one unit of a foreign currency).

  • Select Indirect to display the exchange rate according to the foreign currency (that is, the foreign currency price of one unit of a local currency).

Note Note

This setting is updated per company, for all users, after the next logon, but cannot be changed after transactions are recorded in the company.

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Example Example

The local currency is the US dollar and the foreign currency is the Canadian dollar. Today's rates are USD 1 = CAD 2.

If you chose the Direct option, then on the Exchange Rates tab of the Exchange Rates and Indexes window, you would enter 0.5 as today's rate for the Canadian dollar rate.

If you chose Indirect, to indicate how many Canadian dollars are in one US dollar, you would enter 2 as today's rate for the Canadian dollar rate.

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