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Select the Work with assets menu item.
On the main panel, click the prompt icon in the Template field in the header and select the applicable template. Click Add.
You access Work with assets, New asset. Complete the following fields:

Asset type: Mandatory entry. Enter the asset type to which this asset belongs.

Asset group: Enter the asset group to which this asset belongs, if the asset type is sub-divided into groups.

Asset number: Mandatory entry. The asset number may be defaulted from the asset type and group. Otherwise, it must be entered manually. Every asset number must be unique.

Asset seq number: Enter a sequence number in combination with the asset number, if further sub-division of this asset is needed. The sequence number 0 must exist before it is possible to enter any other sequential number in this field. Note: Sequence cannot be entered if Budget asset is set to YES.

Budget asset: Indicate if this is a budget asset. Here, set to NO.

Click OK.

You access the first panel for the selected template, namely Basic information. The following fields are relevant:

Asset number: The system defaults the number from the previous panel.

Disposable: Indicate if the asset can be disposed. NO is defaulted.

Asset type: The system defaults the type from the previous panel.

Asset group: Enter the asset group of the asset.

Asset quality: Mandatory entry. Enter the code for the asset quality. The following codes are valid:; Here, enter 1.

Code	Description
1	Normal
2	Improvement
3	Write up
4	Write down

Asset account group: Enter the asset account group of the asset.

Asset description: Mandatory entry. Enter a description for the asset.

Acquisition value: Mandatory entry. If you have transferred an invoice from the Acquisition wait file, then the acquisition type will be defaulted. If not, then you have to enter an amount manually. The amount must be in system currency.

Acquisition type: Mandatory entry. If you have transferred an invoice from the Acquisition wait file, then the acquisition type will be defaulted. If not, then you have to enter a type from Work with acquisition types.

Index: Mandatory entry. If the index is not defaulted from the asset type and group of the asset, then it must be entered. The index will be used when revaluing the replacement value.

Economic useful life: If the economic useful life is not defaulted from the asset type and group, then it should be entered, although this field is not mandatory.

Techn useful life: If the technical useful life is not defaulted from the asset type and group, then it should be entered, although this field is not mandatory.

Legal useful life: If the legal useful life is not defaulted from the asset type and group, then it should be entered, although this field is not mandatory.

Some fields already contain values. These are the default values entered for the template. See Set up a new template and default for an asset for more information.

Complete all other relevant fields on this and the following remaining panels in the template (see the Panel help if you need further information). After clicking OK on the last panel for the template, you return to the initial panel of this routine. Exit the routine. This asset is now ready to be used in your daily work. Note: You can at any time change the information for an existing asset by using the Change option for that asset on the Work with assets main panel.

Default non depreciable amount during asset entry

You are able to specify a percentage which should be used to calculate the non depreciable amount for an asset type and group combination and which should be defaulted when entering a new asset using the asset type and group combination.

Select the Work with asset types & groups menu item.
On the main panel, select the applicable asset type and group combination and click Define dflt val.
On the Define default values detail panel, select the applicable depreciation type and click Change. Complete the following field:

Non depr calc perc: Enter the percentage that should be used for calculation of the non depreciable amount that should be defaulted when entering depreciation for a new asset.

Click OK.

Result
Whenever the asset type and group combination together with the depreciation type is used for a new asset, the Non depreciable am field on the Work with assets, Depreciation information panel will be calculated as follows:

percentage * acquisition value = non depreciable amount

The calculated amount will be defaulted as the asset’s depreciation value. Exit the routine.