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Additional wishlist for currency stuff.

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The currency stuff is going to be complicated, but I agree completely we
should leave it wishlist'ed.
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Bradley M. Kuhn 2016-08-30 11:16:34 -07:00 committed by Brett Smith
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@ -156,12 +156,23 @@ be extended to address the case of "other question isn't answered"
* Richer lifecycle management: A leader may need to approve a request before
it's added to the books, like an employee's manager or a program director
* Various currency improvements:
* Automatic currency conversion for validation (e.g., validate that an amount
in an aribtrary currency is within a limit in USD)
* Validate currency amounts from outside data sources: The main case for this
is per diem, where many organizations use rates that are determined by
another party (e.g., US GSA) and updated periodically.
* Validate currency amounts from outside data sources: The main case for
this is per diem, where many organizations use rates that are determined
by another party (e.g., US GSA) and updated periodically.
* Handle totaling the request based on currency (e.g., expenses can are in
USD, EUR, CHR but the traveler may want payment in INR.) Unclear what
interface for this would look like, but real-time data about past
currency rates might be available via an API somewhere, and we can use
that to have the requestor give us "preferred currency for payment" so
all changes happen in real time in the interface (even allowing the
requestor to be able to decide *while filling out the report*: "ugh,
these exchange rates to INR are horrible; I'll have them pay my USD
account instead").
* Data import: Apps like [Tricky Tripper](http://trickytripper.blogspot.de/)
let users track expenses for a trip as they go. The system could import