currency
masterThe currency list: one row per currency the account transacts in, with precision, base/anchor flags and a default rate.
the ISO code (USD, EUR) is the `symbol` column; `displaysymbol` holds the glyph ($, €). Joining on the wrong one is the classic first-day mistake.
exchangerate on this record is the default rate stamped on the currency itself, not a dated rate — per-date rates live on currencyrate and period consolidation rates on consolidatedexchangerate.
What the badges mean
- master
- Data class: what the record holds — master data, transaction documents, control/configuration, or a documented convenience record. NetSuite has no product-family or schema axis, so this is the whole classification.
- Subsidiary-scoped
- The record carries a
subsidiarycolumn that partitions its rows, so the generated SQL anchors it. On a few records the column is a multiselect rather than a scalar foreign key — the table notes say which (see the quirks guide). - Location-scoped
- The record carries a
locationcolumn — an org segment in NetSuite before it is a warehouse — and the generated SQL anchors it the same way. - View
- A documented convenience record rather than a stored one. Land the records it stands in for instead of assuming it extracts as-is — the table notes say where the rows actually live.
Structural facts — how the record is partitioned, not a trap by itself
Join & extract hazards — verify before you rely on this
'T'/'F' string.Fields
13 fields · 1 key
13 fields.
| # | Field | Description | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | id | Internal ID | NUMBER | Primary-key field |
| 2 | name | Currency name | VARCHAR | |
| 3 | symbol | ISO code (USD, EUR) — despite the column name | VARCHAR | |
| 4 | displaysymbol | Display glyph ($, €) | VARCHAR | |
| 5 | symbolplacement | Symbol placement (internal id) | NUMBER | |
| 6 | exchangerate | Default exchange rate on the currency record | NUMBER | |
| 7 | currencyprecision | Decimal precision | NUMBER | |
| 8 | isbasecurrency | Is a base currency | VARCHAR | |
| 9 | isanchorcurrency | Is the anchor currency | VARCHAR | |
| 10 | isinactive | Inactive | VARCHAR | |
| 11 | includeinfxrateupdates | Included in automatic rate updates | VARCHAR | |
| 12 | fxrateupdatetimezone | Rate-update time zone (internal id) | NUMBER | |
| 13 | externalid | External ID | VARCHAR |
Field provenance: hand-curated. 1 key field.
Boilerplate SQL
Starting point for reading the Connect-landed copy of currency on Databricks — dates are real DATE/TIMESTAMP columns and need no conversion, and the partition anchors are already in place. This record carries no modification stamp, and the snippet says so where the watermark would otherwise go. Set your Unity Catalog location, schema, and filter values below; they’re substituted into the SQL and the copy button.
3 parameters not filled: <catalog>, <schema>, <id>
-- ============================================================
-- Table : currency — The currency list: one row per currency the account transacts in, with precision, base/anchor flags and a default rate.
-- Purpose: Column-selected read of currency — auto-generated from field metadata
-- Grain : One row per id
-- Caution: the ISO code (USD, EUR) is the `symbol` column; `displaysymbol` holds the glyph ($, €). Joining on the wrong one is the classic first-day mistake.
-- Notes : Auto-generated skeleton for NetSuite data landed in your lakehouse from a SuiteAnalytics Connect (or SuiteQL) extract — it never addresses live NetSuite. Identifiers are lowercase as NetSuite2.com renders them. Select-type columns hold numeric internal ids: BUILTIN.DF() display resolution exists only at extraction time, so decode ids by joining the landed list records; see quirks #display-values. Check-box columns arrive as 'T'/'F' strings; see quirks #tf-booleans.
-- ============================================================
SELECT
t.id AS "Internal ID",
t.name AS "Currency name",
t.symbol AS "ISO code (USD, EUR) — despite the column name",
t.displaysymbol AS "Display glyph ($, €)",
t.symbolplacement AS "Symbol placement (internal id)",
t.exchangerate AS "Default exchange rate on the currency record",
t.currencyprecision AS "Decimal precision",
t.isbasecurrency AS "Is a base currency", -- 'T'/'F' string — compare = 'T', or CAST via CASE; see quirks #tf-booleans
t.isanchorcurrency AS "Is the anchor currency", -- 'T'/'F' string — compare = 'T', or CAST via CASE; see quirks #tf-booleans
t.isinactive AS "Inactive", -- 'T'/'F' string — compare = 'T', or CAST via CASE; see quirks #tf-booleans
t.includeinfxrateupdates AS "Included in automatic rate updates", -- 'T'/'F' string — compare = 'T', or CAST via CASE; see quirks #tf-booleans
t.fxrateupdatetimezone AS "Rate-update time zone (internal id)",
t.externalid AS "External ID"
FROM <catalog>.<schema>.currency t
WHERE
1 = 1 -- no partition column on this record; the filters below are optional
-- AND t.id = <id>
-- no lastmodifieddate on this record — there is no watermark column, so incremental extraction must full-refresh it (see quirks #deletes)
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Select columns hold internal ids, not display text — see decoding display values.
Relationships
Diagram of 1-hop neighbors — join details below. Document-link edges are highlighted; they chain one document to the next and are the joins newcomers most often get wrong.
Join details
ON transaction.currency = currency.idON customersubsidiaryrelationship.primarycurrency = currency.idON customer.currency = currency.idON vendor.currency = currency.idON pricing.currency = currency.idON subsidiary.currency = currency.idON currencyrate.basecurrency = currency.idON currencyrate.transactioncurrency = currency.idON consolidatedexchangerate.fromcurrency = currency.idON consolidatedexchangerate.tocurrency = currency.idON budgets.currency = currency.id
More Foundation tables
- currencyrateDated transaction exchange rates: one row per base-currency / transaction-currency pair per effective date, with a rate type.
- departmentThe department segment: one row per department, hierarchical through parent, used to stripe transaction lines for reporting.
- locationThe location master: stocking sites, stores and virtual locations, hierarchical through parent, carrying the inventory-availability, bin and warehouse-management switches that decide how stock behaves at a site.
- subsidiaryThe OneWorld legal-entity master: one row per subsidiary, hierarchical through parent, each carrying its own base currency, country and fiscal calendar.
- accountingbookThe multi-book accounting register: one row per book, with isprimary marking the book most analytics should anchor on.
- accountingperiodThe period calendar: one row per period, hierarchical through parent, with year/quarter/adjustment flags and the close and lock state that governs what can still post.