Setting Up Brazil-specific Preferences
To setup your NetSuite account according to Brazil-specific preferences, you must adjust your NetSuite company and subsidiary settings.
Brazil-specific Company Preferences
Make sure that your NetSuite role has the appropriate permissions to set up company and subsidiary preferences specific to Brazil.
To set up Brazil-specific company preferences:
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If your parent company is Brazilian, do the following to set up the company information:
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Go to Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Company Information.
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In the Country/State/Province field, enter your company’s state or federative unit.
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In the Currency Locale field, select Brazil (Portuguese).
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In the Time Zone field, select the appropriate time zone (GMT-03:00) Brasilia.
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Click Save.
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To set up Brazilian subsidiary records, do the following:
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Go to Setup > Company > Classifications > Subsidiaries.
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Create a subsidiary record for each of your legal entities.
For more information, see Creating Subsidiary Records.
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On the Subsidiary page define the following preferences:
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In the Country field, select Brazil.
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In the State/Province field, enter your subsidiary's state or federative unit.
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In the Language field, select Português (Brasil).
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In the Currency field, select the currency for Brazil.
For more information, see Setting a Base Currency.
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Click Save.
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Brazil-specific User Preferences
As a best practice, define preferences at the company or subsidiary level. User preferences usually take precedence over the other preferences set for a role, subsidiary, or company. If a user is linked to a subsidiary, that user will inherit the settings set on the subsidiary record. For more information, see General Personal Preferences.
To set up Brazil-specific personal user preferences:
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Go to Home > Set Preferences.
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Click the General subtab.
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Under Localization, do the following:
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In the Language field, select Português (Brasil).
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In the Time Zone field, select (GMT -03:00) Brasília.
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Under Formatting, do the following:
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In the Date Format field, select DD/MM/YYYY.
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In the Long Date Format field, select DD Month YYYY.
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In the Time Format field, select DD/MM/YYYY.
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Click Save.