Delete an Asset Item or Equipment Item

You can delete asset items or equipment items from the Equipment Info Center.

However, you cannot delete asset items that were:

Created from an AP voucher, purchase order, change order, or release order.
Entered directly in the Equipment Info Center, and depreciation has already been processed for them.

You cannot delete equipment items that were created from a purchase order, change order, or release order.

For asset items or equipment items that you are unable to delete, you can do the following:

If you use the Asset Management application, you can do any of the following for asset items:
- Change the asset item's status in the Asset Status field on the GL Book tab to Inactive.
- Clear the Include check box for the asset item in the Acquisition Cost grid on the GL Cost tab. This will bring the depreciation basis to zero.
For asset items or equipment items that were created from a purchase order, change order, or release order, you could enter a change order to reduce the asset item or equipment item's quantity to zero.

When a purchase order is canceled, any asset items or equipment items that were created from it are deleted automatically in the Equipment Info Center.

To delete an asset item or equipment item, complete the following steps:

From the Vision Navigation menu, click Info Center > Equipment.
In the Search field on the Equipment form, select the asset item or equipment item that you want to delete.
On the toolbar of the Equipment form, click Delete Equipment.
On the dialog box that asks Do you want to delete the current Equipment? click Yes. The item is immediately deleted from the Vision database.