INITIALIZATION PROCEDURES - Special Topic FA-2

We recommend that you set up initialization screens from the Costpoint Fixed Assets Controls menu (and from other screens, as applicable) in the order listed, before you begin to add data for an Asset Master or Asset Template record. We also recommend that you refer to the more extensive documentation in the Fixed Assets manual pertaining to each of the Fixed Assets setup items.

1.     Property Types

Set up required property types in the Property Types screen.

Property types are user-designated property categories, such as personal, real, government, etc., that are assigned to each asset record. The Prop Type field is a system-required validated entry in the Maintain Asset Master Info main screen (or the Maintain Asset Desc Info screen) and the Maintain Asset Template Info screen.

The only data from which to choose for entry in the Asset Master Prop Type and the Asset Template Prop Type fields are validated property type codes from the Property Types screen.

2.     Classification Codes

Set up required classification codes in the Classification Codes screen.

Classification codes are user-designated property classes, such as automobiles, computers, equipment, etc., that are assigned to each asset record. The Class Code field is a system-required validated entry in the Maintain Asset Master Info main screen (or the Maintain Asset Desc Info screen) and the Maintain Asset Template Info screen.

The only data from which to choose for entry in the Asset Master Class Code and the Asset Template Class Code fields are validated classification codes from the Classification Codes screen.

3.     Subclass Codes

Set up optional subclass codes in the Subclass Codes screen.

For example, if you had defined "Vehicles" as a classification code, you might define subclass codes such as "Trucks," "Automobiles," "Vans," etc., to enhance the sorting potential for your asset records. The Subclass Cd field (or Subclass Code field, as applicable) is an optional validated entry in the Maintain Asset Master Info main screen (or the Maintain Asset Desc Info screen) and the Maintain Asset Template Info screen.

The only data from which to choose for entry in the Asset Master Subclass Cd and the Asset Template Subclass Cd fields are validated classification codes from the Classification Codes screen.

4.     Depreciation Methods

Set up required depreciation methods in the Depr Methods - Basic Setup screen if you plan to enter data for depreciable assets.

The Depr Method Code field (or G/L Book Depr Method Code field, as applicable) is a system-required validated entry in the G/L Book Info (Years) subtask of the Maintain Asset Master Info screen (or the Maintain Asset G/L Book Info screen) and the Maintain Asset Template Info screen.

The Depr Method Code field for your optional other books, as applicable, is also validated against methods from this setup screen. The only data from which to choose for entry in the Asset Master or Asset Template Depr Method Code fields are validated depreciation method codes from the Depr Methods - Basic Setup screen.

5.     Location Code Labels and "Government" Labels

Set up optional location code and "government" labels in the Asset Master Field Labels screen as desired.

Use the location code and "government" label and data entry functionality to record additional information that may be specific to your company but for which there are no system-defined standard fields with the desired terminology.

Three location labels are available in which to establish user-defined categories, such as "Building," "Room No," "Bin No," etc.

Fifteen "government labels" are available in which to establish user-defined categories, such as "Contract #," "Funding Source," etc.  The system default labels reference "government" only as a matter of convenience and organization. Use the related fields in Asset Master and Asset Template records to hold data for any asset type, including company-owned property and other "non-government" property, as desired.

Note: You can use the corresponding optional location and government data fields in the Asset Master and Asset Template screens without first establishing labels for these fields. You may find, however, that screen inquiries and reports that use this data are more meaningful when appropriate labels have been designated for these fields.

6.     Location Codes 1, 2, and/or 3  

Set up optional location codes in the Location 1 Codes, Location 2 Codes, and/or Location 3 Codes screens as desired.

Location code data entry functionality allows you to record additional location information that may be specific to your company but for which there are no system-defined standard fields with the desired terminology (such as "Building," "Room No.," "Bin No," etc.).

The entry of location code data is optional in the Location Info subtask of the Maintain Asset Master Info screen, the Maintain Asset Location Info screen, the Maintain Asset Template Info screen, and/or the Location Groups screen. If you plan to enter this data in an Asset Master record, an Asset Template record, or in the Location Groups screen, however, the only location codes data from which to choose are validated location codes from the Location 1 Codes, Location 2 Codes, and Location 3 Codes screens (as appropriate).

7.     Location Groups

Set up optional location groups in the Location Groups screen.

Even if you have established location groups, the Location Group field is optional in the Location Info subtask of the Maintain Asset Master Info (or the Maintain Asset Location Info screen) and Maintain Asset Template Info screens.

You can use location group functionality to identify and establish sets of location data that you can summarize into location "templates" such as sites or other specific physical locations. Because many assets often share basic location data, the location group template makes location data entry more efficient in your asset records.

The only location groups from which to choose for entry in the Location Info subtask of the Maintain Asset Master Info (or the Maintain Asset Location Info screen) and Maintain Asset Template Info screens are validated location group codes previously set up in the Location Groups screen.

The only location codes from which to choose for entry in the Location Info subtask of the Maintain Asset Master Info and Asset Template screens, the Maintain Asset Location Info screen, and/or the Location Groups screen are location codes from the Location 1 Codes, Location 2 Codes, and Location 3 Codes screens (as appropriate).

8.     User-Defined Field Labels

Set up optional user-defined field labels in the User-Defined Labels screen as desired.

Although the user-defined field functionality is an optional feature, you must set up labels if you plan to enter user-defined data.

You can use user-defined label and data entry functionality to record additional information that may be specific to your company but for which there are no system-defined standard fields with the desired terminology.

You can establish labels for four types of user-defined fields: Date, Numeric, Text, and Validated Text.

The use of validated text user-defined fields requires that either the acceptable text options be entered in advance by the user via the Validated Text subtask of the User-Defined Labels screen OR that the validation occur against a user-specified selection from a pre-defined list of Costpoint tables and fields.

You cannot use the corresponding optional fields in the User-Defined Field Info subtasks of the Maintain Asset Master Info and Maintain Asset Template Info screens (or the Maintain Asset User-Defined Info and the Maintain Template User-Defined Info screens) without first establishing labels for these fields.

9.     Validated Text

If you want to use optional user-defined validated text values, set these up in the Validated Text subtask of the User-Defined Labels screen.

You can use validated text values to control the allowable (validated) data that can be entered. User-defined validated text entries are optional in the User-Defined Field Info subtask of the Maintain Asset Master Info and Maintain Asset Template Info screens (or the Maintain Asset User-Defined Info and the Maintain Template User-Defined Info screens).

You can alternately bypass this subtask and specify that validation occur against a user-specified selection from a pre-defined list of Costpoint tables and fields.

10.    Asset, Depreciation Expense, Accumulated Depreciation, and Gain/Loss Accounts

In your Costpoint Chart of Accounts, set up and link the account combinations (acct/org/proj) that you will use in Costpoint Fixed Assets. (If you use reference numbers, set these up as well.)

The four types of accounts used in Costpoint Fixed Assets include:

Note: You can allocate depreciation expense for a single asset record to multiple depreciation expense account combinations. As a result, you must set up one or more depreciation expense account allocation codes that define the account combinations(s) and allocation percentage(s) for depreciation expense. Once you have established your "catalog" of depreciation expense account allocation codes, you can "assign" them to depreciable assets on a record-by-record basis, as desired. Item #12 refers to the setup of depreciation expense account allocation codes.

A valid depreciation expense account allocation code that maps to at least one combination consisting of an account, and an organization (at a minimum) is system-required in both an Asset Master and Asset Template record for depreciable property.

Note: You must set up an accumulated depreciation account code to represent each Acct-Org-Proj-Ref1-Ref2 combination you wish to use. Because many asset records share the same accumulated depreciation account number combination, the ability to identify each combination with a code enhances the efficiency of data entry. Item #11 discusses the setup of accumulated depreciation account codes.

A valid accumulated depreciation account code that maps to a combination consisting of an account and an organization (at a minimum) is system-required in both an Asset Master and Asset Template record for depreciable property.

Note: You can designate a default Gain/Loss account in the Fixed Assets Settings screen, as desired.

11.  Accumulated Depreciation Account Codes

Set up accumulated depreciation account codes in the Accum Depr Acct Codes screen if you plan to enter data for depreciable assets.

Each code represents an Acct-Org-Proj-Ref1-Ref2 combination to which the offset to depreciation expense will be posted for depreciable assets.

The Code field in the Accumulated Depreciation Account group box is a system-required validated entry in the Account Info for G/L Book subtasks of the Maintain Asset Master Info and Maintain Asset Template Info screens (or the Accum Depr Acct Code field in the Maintain Asset Account Info screen) for depreciable assets. The only data from which to choose for entry in the Asset Master Code and the Asset Template Code fields are validated accumulated depreciation account codes from the Accum Depr Acct Codes screen.

12.  Depreciation Expense Account Allocation Codes

Set up depreciation expense account allocation codes in the Depr Exp Acct Alloc Codes screen if you plan to enter data for depreciable assets.

You can allocate depreciation expense from a single asset record to multiple depreciation expense account combinations, based on percentages.

Each code defines the Acct-Org-Proj-Ref1-Ref2 combination(s) and allocation percentage(s) to which depreciation expense will be posted for depreciable assets. Once you have established your "catalog" of depreciation expense account allocation codes, you can "assign" them to depreciable assets on a record-by-record basis, as desired.

The Code field in the Depreciation Expense Account group box (or the Depr Exp Acct Alloc Code field, as applicable) is a system-required validated entry in the Account Info for G/L Book subtasks of the Maintain Asset Master Info and Maintain Asset Template Info screens (or the Accum Depr Acct Code field in the Maintain Asset Account Info screen) for depreciable assets. The only data from which to choose for entry in the Asset Master Depr Exp Acct Alloc Code and the Asset Template Depr Exp Acct Alloc Code fields are validated depreciation expense account allocation codes from the Depr Exp Acct Alloc Codes screen.

13.  Disposal Types

Set up optional disposal types in the Disposal Types screen to define disposal type codes to link with your asset records when you enter disposal data.

You might, for example, set up codes for disposal types such as "Scrapped," "Obsolete," "Stolen," etc., to enhance the sorting potential for your asset records. The Disposal Type field is an optional validated entry in the Maintain Single/Multiple Disposal Transactions screens and in the Template subtask of the Create Multiple Disposal Transactions screens.

(In the rare instance that this data is entered directly in an Asset Master record, the Disp Type field in the Disposal Info subtask of the Maintain Asset Master Info screen and the Disposal Type field in the Maintain Asset Disposal Info screen are also optional validated entries.)

The only data from which to choose for entry in the Disposal Type fields in an Asset Master and/or Asset Template record are validated disposal type codes from the Disposal Types screen.

14. Maintain FA Fiscal Years and Maintain FA Accounting Periods

Regardless of the Date of Purchase or Fiscal Year basis assigned to any depreciation method, you must establish your accounting periods and fiscal years in Costpoint Fixed Assets.

The FA FY/Pd Settings menu contains three separate screens: Maintain FA Fiscal Years, Maintain FA Accounting Periods, and Update FA FY/Pd Info from GL FY/Pd Info. You need not set up future fiscal years and periods in the General Ledger for Fixed Assets use, because functionality for both current and future fiscal year/period data resides in its entirety to Costpoint Fixed Assets to accommodate the computation of current period depreciation expense as well as projected depreciation expense.

Enter data during initialization in the required Maintain FA Fiscal Years and Maintain FA Accounting Periods screens. You can manually enter data in these screens or you can use the optional Update FA FY/Pd Info from GL FY/Pd Info screen to automatically populate these screens with fiscal year data already existing in Costpoint General Ledger.

Data set up in the required Maintain FA Fiscal Years and Maintain FA Accounting Periods screens is not validated against data in Costpoint General Ledger because of the ability to add future time periods for use with the projected depreciation expense functionality.

Note:  Although the system permits FY/Pd data in Costpoint Fixed Assets that is inconsistent with GL data, use extreme caution when entering different data or editing existing data. To avoid potential Fixed Assets calculation, posting, and closing problems, FY/Pd data in Costpoint Fixed Assets should be identical to existing data set up for comparable fiscal years/periods in Costpoint General Ledger.

The system will verify that the current fiscal year and periods from Costpoint Fixed Assets is consistent with GL data and will display an information message if this is not true. (When posting depreciation/disposal data from Costpoint Fixed Assets, the system will always use the fiscal year/period data from Costpoint General Ledger, however.)

Regardless of the Date of Purchase or Fiscal Year basis assigned to any depreciation method in the Depr Methods - Basic Setup screen, you must set up all FY/Pd/Subpd data in Costpoint General Ledger for at least the current fiscal year.

You should, at a minimum, enter data for the current fiscal year and data for the next two future fiscal years in Costpoint Fixed Assets to enable current period depreciation expense calculations. If you do NOT set up this data before computing depreciation, incorrect data may display in the Current Pd Depreciation field(s) of the G/L Book Info and Other Books Info subtasks of the Maintain Asset Master Info screen (and in the Maintain Asset G/L Book Info and Maintain Asset Other Books Info screens) after depreciation is computed for new records.

In addition, blanks will display in the report produced by running the Verify/Update Depr Computation Data utility (in the Curr Depr Yr and Days/Pds Remaining fields) for any record for which no corresponding FY/Pd data is found in the Maintain FA Fiscal Years and Maintain FA Accounting Periods screens for the fiscal year indicated in the Depr Start Date field(s) the Asset Master record.

If you plan to use the Verify/Update Depr Computation Data utility to verify (and optionally update) data in the Depr Start Date, Curr Depr Yr, and Days/Pds Remaining fields for your historical assets, you must also set up FY/Pd data in Costpoint Fixed Assets for the historical fiscal years that correspond to the Depr Start Date field(s) of the G/L Book Info (Years) and Other Books Info subtasks in the Maintain Asset Master Info screen (and directly in the Maintain Asset G/L Book Info and Maintain Asset Other Books Info screens), as applicable). To use the projections functionality, you should add fiscal year/accounting period data for each future year for which you will compute projected depreciation expense.

If you have assigned a Date of Purchase basis to one or more depreciation methods in the Depr Methods - Basic Setup screen AND you have also selected the "Catch-Up" calculation option in the Fixed Assets Settings screen that adds missed depreciation for prior periods in the current year to the current period depreciation amount, the system displays the following soft warning message before computing depreciation:

You have assigned a Date of Purchase basis to one or more depreciation methods in the Depr Methods - Basic Setup screen. You have also selected the "Catch-Up" calculation option in the Fixed Assets Settings screen that adds missed depreciation for prior periods in the current year to the current period depreciation amount.

In order to ensure the proper calculation of depreciation under these conditions, make sure that you have first set up historical fiscal year and period data in the Maintain FA Fiscal Years and Maintain FA Accounting Periods screens.  Please refer to the documentation for these screens for additional information.

You should set up the data referenced in the warning message on a one-time basis for each year specified in the depreciation start date assigned to your Asset Master records, for which there is remaining book value. (Make sure that you INSERT the earlier fiscal years into the Maintain FA Fiscal Years screen instead of using the NEW LINE function.)

Alternately, if you do not want to add historical fiscal year and period data in the Maintain FA Fiscal Years and Maintain FA Accounting Periods screens, you can change the "Catch-Up" calculation option in the Fixed Assets Settings screen to spread missed depreciation for prior periods among the remaining periods in the current year.

Note:   The process run from the Close Fixed Assets Acctng Pd screen can automatically update the Maintain FA Fiscal Years and Maintain FA Accounting Periods screens under specific circumstances. If the period being closed is the last period of the current Fixed Assets fiscal year (see the Posting Settings screen) and the next fiscal year and accounting periods are already set up in Costpoint General Ledger, the system will automatically import the next fiscal year data from the G/L to the Maintain FA Fiscal Years screen. Additionally, the system will also automatically import the G/L accounting periods and period ending dates for that fiscal year from the G/L to the Maintain FA Accounting Periods screen.

15.   Fixed Assets Settings

Enter control information in the following critical fields:

For more information, please refer to the field-by-field documentation for the Fixed Assets Settings screen.

Warning: Because these critical fields establish your system configuration for depreciation calculation rules and in many data entry screens, make certain that you first read the documentation for these fields before you finalize your selections. Decide on your configuration options carefully during your initialization planning. In most cases, once you have selected the configuration and have begun depreciating in the system, you cannot change your selection without extensively editing the asset data.

If you want to set up a default Gain/Loss account for the G/L Book and/or a default Asset Template at this time, you may do so. Alternately, you can safely add this optional data at any time after initialization.

If you have assigned a Date of Purchase basis to one or more depreciation methods in the Depr Methods - Basic Setup screen AND you have also selected the "Catch-Up" calculation option in the Fixed Assets Settings screen that adds missed depreciation for prior periods in the current year to the current period depreciation amount, the following soft warning information message displays prior to computing depreciation:

You have assigned a Date of Purchase basis to one or more depreciation methods in the Depr Methods - Basic Setup screen. You have also selected the "Catch-Up" calculation option in the Fixed Assets Settings screen that adds missed depreciation for prior periods in the current year to the current period depreciation amount.

In order to ensure the proper calculation of depreciation under these conditions, make sure that you have first set up historical fiscal year and period data in the Maintain FA Fiscal Years and Maintain FA Accounting Periods screens.  Please refer to the documentation for these screens for additional information.

You should set up the data referenced in the warning message on a one-time basis for each year specified in the depreciation start date assigned to your Asset Master records, for which there is remaining book value.  If you have already set up some fiscal year/period data, make sure that you INSERT the earlier fiscal years into the Maintain FA Fiscal Years screen instead of using the NEW LINE function.

Alternately, if you do not want to add historical fiscal year and period data in the Maintain FA Fiscal Years and Maintain FA Accounting Periods screens, you can change the "Catch-Up" calculation option in the Fixed Assets Settings screen to spread missed depreciation for prior periods among the remaining periods in the current year.

16.  Posting Settings

Specify the current Fixed Assets fiscal year, period, and subperiod to which depreciation and disposal data will be posted to the General Ledger. Unlike the rest of Costpoint, there can only be ONE fiscal year, period, and subperiod designated as current in Costpoint Fixed Assets.

Decisions relative to the field entries in this screen are very important to system processing. Once data is entered in these fields and the first posting has taken place, you will need to run a special process to close the Fixed Assets accounting period. The F/A period close process will automatically populate these fields with the next sequential fiscal year/period.

The system validates the fiscal year, period, and subperiod in this screen against existing data in Costpoint General Ledger, because these fields are used in the very important posting process to the General Ledger.

The Maintain FA Fiscal Years and Maintain FA Accounting Periods screens should agree with data in Costpoint General Ledger, but if there is a discrepancy, the system will validate against G/L data.

You cannot change the data in the Current Fiscal Year and Current Period fields after you have posted depreciation and/or disposal entries to the General Ledger for the first time. You should be very careful to initialize these fields correctly. You can change the Current Subperiod field at any time, because it relates only to the posting timing.

During the F/A period close process, the system will automatically populate the Current Subperiod field in this screen with "1" as the default subperiod. If you have set up more than one subperiod, you can always edit this field to specify in which of your subperiods FA postings should take place.

Note: Historical depreciation is usually entered based on a pre-determined "live" date that corresponds with the date that balance sheet amounts were "frozen" for data entry. If your initialization date slips, which is often the case, you should make certain that you adjust the Current Fiscal Year and Current Period fields in this screen (as well as your historical data) before the first posting to the G/L takes place.

17.  Tracking Field Labels

Set up optional labels for use with the optional ability to enter additional inventory, maintenance, and transfer tracking data for your property records.

Although you can establish the labels at any time, you cannot enter the actual inventory, maintenance, and transfer data for a record until you have added the Asset Master for the record. (You can add the data for an existing master record even if you have not entered your own labels, although the data will be more meaningful with user-designated labels.)

You can set up inventory tracking labels for up to eight additional user-defined inventory categories, such as "Counted By," "Condition," etc.

You can set up maintenance field labels for up to nine additional user-defined maintenance categories, such as "Type," "Vendor," "Cost," etc.

You can set up transfer tracking labels for up to eight additional user-defined transfer categories, such as "Fld Chngd," "From," "To," "Reason," etc.

Note:  You will most likely find that the new change/audit trail functions available for transfers in Costpoint Fixed Assets are more powerful and flexible than the older transfer functions available from the Transfer Records menu.  Make sure that you read #18 to determine the capability that will work best for you.

18.  Enable Audit Trail Functionality

You can use the Asset/Template Change Settings screen to select specific actions to be performed by the system when you capture and store change data for fields/columns in the Asset Master and/or Asset Template records.

You must first decide if you want the system to capture change data at all and, if so, whether you want to capture change data for Asset Master records, Asset Template records, or both.  The system can capture the asset/template record identifier, the name of each changed field, the old data from before the change, the new data after the change, information on the user who performed the change, and the date and time of the change.

In order for the system to capture change details, you must select the desired fields/columns in the Asset/Template Field/Names subtask of the Asset/Template Change Settings screen BEFORE you make changes to Asset Master and/or Asset Template records.

Each checkbox that you select in the Asset/Template Field/Column Names subtask of the Asset/Template Change Settings screen signifies that you want to capture data for that field for an Asset Master and/or Asset Template record each time you make a change to that data, regardless of the screen in which the change was made.

Note: The tables that store the change data have the potential to become very large, depending on how many fields you select and how many changes you make to Asset Master/Template records.  As a result, the default status for ALL checkboxes for ALL rows in the Asset/Template Field/Column Names subtask of the Asset/Template Change Settings screen have all been initially set to unselected.

To limit the size of the audit log tables, you will probably select specific checkboxes rather than all checkboxes.  You should capture change data for the fields YOU consider most significant, such as depreciation method, current period depreciation expense amount, location, etc.  You may decide not to capture change data for more insignificant data changes, such as spelling corrections made to description fields, etc.

Once the change details have been captured, use the Asset Change History Inquiry screen to view change data from the Asset Audit Log and the Template Change History Inquiry screen to view data from the Template Audit Log. Use the Print Change History screen to print change data reports from the Asset Audit Log or the Template Audit Log.

You can also use the Asset/Template Change Settings screen to post transfer entries to the General Ledger. You can have the system generate transfers entries automatically when you make changes to the asset ("ownership") account, organization, and project fields AND/OR the Accum Depr Acct Code fields in an Asset Master record.

Provided that the applicable checkboxes are selected in the Asset/Template Change Settings screen, you can:

19.  Enable Autocreation Functionality

You can use the screens in the Autocreation of Asset Records menu to manage the setup and functions of the optional autocreation feature.  This feature can automatically create Asset Master records by importing data from Costpoint Purchasing, Receiving, and/or Accounts Payable, thus reducing the need for duplicate data entry in Costpoint Fixed Assets.

To use the autocreation feature, you must perform the following initialization:

Once initialization is complete, perform the following steps:

20.      Asset Templates

Use the optional template functionality to establish sets of default data for property that shares common characteristics by entering this data in the Maintain Asset Template Info main screen and the eight available subtask screens.

The template functions only as the mechanism by which template data is automatically imported into an Asset Master record. Once the data displays in the Asset Master record (after import), you can edit it on a field-by-field basis, if necessary, and there is no additional functionality for the template.

The primary role for the Asset Template is to reduce the amount of repetitive manual data entry in Asset Master records that share mutual attributes. Another important advantage in the Asset Template functionality lies in the ability to incorporate consistent descriptions and data across property records, thus enhancing the quality of tracking and reporting functions within the system.

21.      Verify/Update Depr Computation Data

To assist you in entering the correct data in the Curr Depr Yr and Days/Pds Remaining fields in your Asset Master records, you can use this utility to verify the relationship of the Depr Start Date field to the Curr Depr Yr and Days/Pds Remaining fields.

This utility should be especially helpful when you are initializing historical data.  Data entry in the Curr Depr Yr and Days/Pds Remaining fields in Asset Master records is particularly prone to error due to misinterpretation of the system "rules" for this field and/or because of missing/inadequate historical data.  The relationship of initialization data in the Curr Depr Yr, Days/Pds Remaining, and Depr Start Date fields is critical to the accurate calculation of depreciation (as is the data in the Amt Taken Purchase YTD field for users whose depreciation methods employ a Date of Purchase basis).

The Verify/Update Depr Computation Data utility produces a report based on the depreciation start date. The system first prints a side-by-side comparison of both the current values displayed in the Asset Master and the values that the system computed for the Curr Depr Yr and Days/Pds Remaining fields, by book. Once the report has printed, the system displays the following message:

The report has been printed.  Are you sure you wish to update the data?

If you select the OK pushbutton, this activates the "Update" portion of the utility that applies the system-computed values to the Asset Master records.  This process updates the existing data in the Curr Depr Yr and Days/Pds Remaining fields by replacing the existing Asset Master data with system-computed values.

For new Asset Master records, the system will automatically compute the values in the Curr Depr Yr and Days/Pds Remaining fields (provided you have not entered data in these fields) when depreciation is computed for the first time, based on the date in the Depr Start Date field.

For additional information, please refer to the specific documentation for the Depr Start Date, Curr Depr Yr, and Days/Pds Remaining fields for the G/L Book Info subtask of the Maintain Asset Master Info screen.

Warning: Because the Update portion of this utility will overwrite your existing data with system-generated data, always carefully review and agree with the reported results on a record-by-record basis updating.
The Update process is similar to posting routines in that you must first print the report before you can update. Never run the Update process as a matter of routine unless you agree with the system field changes that will take place for each Asset Master record.

22.      Verify/Update Amt Taken Purchase YTD

This utility will verify/update Asset Master data only for books in which the assigned depreciation method uses a Date of Purchase basis and whose depreciation start date is before the current Fixed Assets posting FY, Pd, and Subpd.  (For assets in the first period of a purchase year, the Amount Taken Purchase YTD value will be automatically display as zero.)

To assist you in entering the correct data in the Amt Taken Purchase YTD field in your Asset Master records, you can use this utility to verify the relationship of the value in the Amt Taken Purchase YTD field to the values in the Curr Depr Yr and Days/Pds Remaining fields.

This utility should be especially helpful when you are initializing historical data. Data entry in the Amt Taken Purchase YTD field in Asset Master records is particularly prone to error due to misinterpretation of the system "rules" for this field and/or because of missing/inadequate historical data. Initialization data in the Amt Taken Purchase YTD field is critical to the accurate calculation of depreciation (as is the data in the Curr Depr Yr and Days/Pds Remaining fields). 

The verify and update portions of this utility follow methodologies similar to those in the Verify/Update Depr Computation utility, except that this utility computes and compares values in the Amt Taken Purchase YTD field in Asset Master records (instead of the Curr Depr Yr and Days/Pds Remaining fields).

 For new Asset Master records, the system will automatically initialize and update the values in the Amt Taken Purchase YTD fields in Asset Master (provided you have not entered data in these fields) when you close the current accounting period.

For additional information, please refer to the specific documentation for the Amt Taken Purchase YTD field for the G/L Book Info (Years) subtask of the Maintain Asset Master Info screen.

Warning: Because the Update portion of this utility will overwrite your existing data with system-generated data, always carefully review and agree with the reported results on a record-by-record basis before updating.
The Update process is similar to posting routines in that you must first print the report must before you can update. Never run the Update process as a matter of routine unless you agree with the system field changes that will take place for each Asset Master record.