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| Asset Type Drop-down
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Click the drop-down arrow on a grid header to complete any of the following actions:
- To print grid data, click
Print. On the Print Preview form, click
to send the grid data to your default printer.
- To export grid data to an Excel spreadsheet, click
Export to Excel. When Microsoft Excel opens, use its features to modify, print, or email the grid data, or to save the spreadsheet file locally.
- To turn on grouping for a grid, click
Enable Grouping. When a field displays with the instruction: "Drag a column header here to group by that column," drag and drop column headers into the field, in the sequence that you want them to display.
Not all options are available on all grids.
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 Insert
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Click this option to open a new blank row in the grid and then complete the fields in the row to add an asset type.
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 Delete
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Select the row to delete and then click this option to remove the asset type. You can only delete an asset type that is not already assigned to an asset on the GL Book tab in the Equipment Info Center. If the asset type is assigned to an asset, you must first clear the
In Use selection on the asset's row.
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| Code
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Enter a code for the asset. This code is used in the Vision database and does not display with the asset type description.
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| Description
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Enter a description for the asset. This description displays in the
Asset Type drop-down list on the GL Book tab in the Equipment Info Center.
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| Property Type
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Select a property type for the asset. The property types in this drop-down list are determined by your firm and entered on the Property Type tab of this form.
After you assign a property type to an asset, the property type populates by default wherever the asset is entered in Vision.
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| Depreciation Method
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Use this field to select a depreciation method for the asset. Vision defaults to the Straight-line method (SL), but if you specify additional methods on the Methods tab of this form, those methods display in this drop-down list.
After you select a depreciation method for an asset, the depreciation method populates by default wherever the asset is entered in Vision.
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| Useful Life in Years
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This field displays the defined useful life, in years, for the selected depreciation method. You can only edit this field if you select the straight-line method of depreciation (SL). For all other methods of depreciation, you define the useful life in years on the Methods tab of this form.
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| Asset Account
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Use this lookup to select the asset account. A voucher that is defined as an asset defaults to use this asset account.
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| Accumulated Depreciation Account
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Use this lookup to select the asset account. This account is the default accumulated depreciation account that is used on GL Book tab in the Equipment Info Center. The journal entry that is created by depreciation applies this account on the credit side of the entry.
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| Depreciation Expense Account
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Use this lookup to select the depreciation expense account. This account is the default depreciation expense account that is used on the GL Book tab in the Equipment Info Center. The journal entry that is created by depreciation applies this account on the credit side of the entry.
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| In Use
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Select this option next to each asset on this grid that you want to display in the
Asset Type drop-down list on the GL Book tab in the Equipment Info Center. If this option is cleared (not selected), the asset is not available for selection.
You can only delete an asset type that is not already assigned to an asset on the GL Book tab in the Equipment Info Center. If the asset type is assigned to an asset, you must first remove the
In Use selection on the asset's row.
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