Currency in Lynka has more than one meaning. The currency on a Quote or Invoice can describe the customer transaction, while the workspace base currency gives Accounting and cross-record reporting a common financial reference.
Base currency
The base currency belongs to the workspace finance configuration. Use the currency that represents the business’s primary accounting and reporting context.
Set this carefully before posting real financial activity. A base currency is not just a visual preference.
Transaction currency
Where the document workflow supports it, a Quote or Invoice can use the currency of the commercial transaction.
For example, a business whose books are primarily in GHS may still quote a customer in USD. A company with EUR as its base currency may invoice a Middle East customer in another supported currency.
The document amount remains the amount in that transaction currency.
Reporting conversion
Cross-currency reporting needs a valid exchange rate or defensible stored base amount. Lynka’s reporting logic should not silently invent an FX rate when one is missing.
If a historical record cannot be normalized because no valid rate exists, the correct behavior is to surface the missing FX condition rather than fabricate a converted total.
Why two users can disagree about a number
Before treating a currency total as wrong, compare:
- transaction currency
- workspace base currency
- report period
- FX availability for the relevant date
- whether the metric uses a stored base amount or a current display conversion
- user data scope
Changing currency after the fact
Changing a document’s currency or the workspace base currency after financial activity has been posted can have accounting consequences. Treat it differently from editing a label or note.
If the change affects posted financial records, follow your finance control process rather than editing around the ledger.
Regional examples
The documentation uses examples from multiple currencies and regions on purpose. The product should not imply that GHS, USD, EUR, GBP, AED, SAR, or another currency is universally correct.
Your workspace configuration decides the accounting context. Last modified on September 7, 2026
