Job Queue Entry to Fetch Exchange Rates Automatically

The action for automatically fetching currency exchange rates from the bank can be added to a job queue. The most important thing is to enter the correct value in the parameter string to fetch the correct exchange rate from the correct provider, the Central Bank or a bank.

Fetch Exchange Rates from the Central Bank of Iceland

1. Open Job Queue Entries (found in search).
2. Create New
3. Select Codeunit in the Object Type to Run field
4. In Object ID to Run, select 10041503 for the version downloaded from AppSource.
5. Add Seðlabanki;Mið to the Parameter String. The Central Bank of Iceland only supports importing the mid-rate.
6. Select the days to import, start time, number of minutes between runs, and starting date for the run.
7. Set the job queue entry to Change Status to Ready.
8. The exchange rate should then appear in the Currencies field (find it in search); the Exchange Rate Date and Exchange Rate fields indicate when the exchange rate was last updated.

Fetch Selling Rate from a Commercial Bank

1. Open Job Queue Entries (found in search).
2. Create New
3. Select Codeunit in the Object Type to Run field
4. In Object ID to Run, select 10041503 for the version downloaded from AppSource.
5. Add Banki;Sala;%1 to the Parameter String to fetch the selling rate. %1 is the bank account code from the list of bank accounts from which the system should fetch exchange rates, as shown in the image above. If %1 is left blank, the system fetches the selling rate from the first bank on the list.
6. Select the days to import, start time, number of minutes between runs, and starting date for the run.
7. Set the job queue entry to Change Status to Ready.
8. The exchange rate should then appear in the Currencies field (find it in search); the Exchange Rate Date and Exchange Rate fields indicate when the exchange rate was last updated.

Fetch Buying Rate from a Commercial Bank

1. Open Job Queue Entries (found in search).
2. Create New
3. Select Codeunit in the Object Type to Run field
4. In Object ID to Run, select 10041503 for the version downloaded from AppSource.
5. Add Banki;Kaup;%1 to the Parameter String to fetch the buying rate. %1 is the bank account code from the list of bank accounts from which the system should fetch exchange rates, as shown in the image above. If %1 is left blank, the system fetches the buying rate from the first bank on the list.
6. Select the days to import, start time, number of minutes between runs, and starting date for the run.
7. Set the job queue entry to Change Status to Ready.
8. The exchange rate should then appear in the Currencies field (find it in search); the Exchange Rate Date and Exchange Rate fields indicate when the exchange rate was last updated.