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How to change currency in data widgets

How to change currency in data widgets

Using different currencies

When Octoboard connects to a cloud application it retrieves data in the currency that you use in that application. For example, if your Facebook Ads account is set up in British Pound (GBP), we will get all Spend, Cost Per Click and other metrics in British Pounds.

In some cases, we do not know what currency is being used (it is not possible to retrieve this information from Facebook, for example). By default, we will display a dollar sign ($) next to financial metrics. However, you can always override this default value by specifying another currency in Octoboard.

How to configure different currency in Octoboard Marketing Analytics product

To change the currency symbol, go to LEFT MENU, select CLIENTS, choose your CLIENT, select the "Formatting" tab and use available configurations as shown on this image:

Client config formats

Please note that this configuration is defined on a PER-CLIENT level. This means that if you have multiple clients operating in different currencies, you can always set different currency symbols for each individual client.

It is also possible to change currency per widget. Click the top-left corner of your widget, select PARAMETERS and use the Options tab to manage currencies.

Currencies in data widgets

Above is related to data visualisation in the reports and dashboard of the Octoboard Marketing Analytics product (Octoboard for Business and Octoboard for Agencies).

How to change the presentation currency in PPC Data Analytics

When you connect a PPC data source such as Google Ads or Bing Ads, our platform identifies its original (source) currency. Since you can connect different data sources and combine data in multi-channel data streams, we need a currency conversion mechanism to present total financial values in the same output (presentation) currency. Octoboard uses historical currency exchange rates to convert values of financial metrics to the presentation currency.

The presentation currency can be modified at any time. The change of the presentation currency would trigger the recalculation of financial values in all data streams in the selected client (organisation).

To modify the presentation currency for your clients, use the Currency option in the left panel:

Changing currency in ppc data analytics

Octoboard maintains an internal table of historical exchange rates that covers 140 world currencies and spans over 10 years. The Octoboard exchange rate table is updated every hour using official currency exchange rates sourced from commercial sources and banks around the world.

The PPC presentation currency parameter affects all data visualisations and data exports in the PPC analytics module. When you modify the presentation currency, Octoboard will recalculate your paid advertising financial metrics (cost, CPC, CPM, ROAS and others) using accurate daily currency exchange rates. You will see the changes in your widgets, in data warehouse tables and in Google Data Studio datasets.

If you are using Google Data Studio, please refresh your Octoboard GDS connection to see the changes. The currency changes made in the PPC Analytics module do not affect the currency conversion in the Octoboard Marketing Analytics product (non-PPC Analytics dashboards and reports).