Depreciation Schedules

Depreciation schedules must be defined before depreciation calculations can be executed for your CMDB items in ASM Core.

Creating Depreciation Schedules is the first step in configuring depreciation after you have defined your CMDB items. You will need to create your schedules before you can begin defining parameters, linking to CMDB item types and creating batch runs. You can create as many depreciation schedules as you wish and can link any of these to any CMDB item types.

Schedules can be linked to different CMDB item types using different depreciation methods, and are run against the ASM database to perform depreciation calculations.

To configure depreciation, you will need to carry out the folowing:

1. Define your CMDB Items.

2. Create one or more depreciation schedules.

3. Define the parameters for one or more methods of depreciation.

4. Link the schedules and methods to CMDB Item Types.

5. Create and define your batch run parameters for each depreciation schedule. This executes the depreciation calculation against the CMDB Items.

6. View a log of all the batch runs.

Creating a Depreciation Schedule

Before You Start

You must have Depreciation Setup enabled within your General Access Security Role in order to configure any Depreciation administration settings.

1. Select Menu and then Admin. Alternatively, select the arrow on the Admin button.

   Select System Administration. The System Administration window is displayed, with a menu of options available.

2. In the Explorer pane, locate the Depreciation group, scrolling up or down if necessary. You may need to expand the group to see the options within it.

3. Select Depreciation Schedule Names to open the window.

4. A list of all currently defined schedule names appears.

5. Select the New icon . This adds a new row to the browse table.

6. Type in the name of the new depreciation schedule into the blank row.

7. Select the Save icon to save the changes. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so.

Renaming a Depreciation Schedule

1. Select Menu and then Admin. Alternatively, select the arrow on the Admin button.

   Select System Administration. The System Administration window is displayed, with a menu of options available.

2. In the Explorer pane, locate the Depreciation group, scrolling up or down if necessary. You may need to expand the group to see the options within it.

3. Select Depreciation Schedule Names to open the window.

4. Select the entry you want to edit.

5. Overtype with the name you want to assign for the selected depreciation schedule.

6. Select the Save icon to save the changes. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so.

Deleting a Depreciation Schedule

You cannot reverse this procedure. If you delete a depreciation schedule name by mistake, you will need to re-create the entry by adding a new depreciation schedule name.

1. Select Menu and then Admin. Alternatively, select the arrow on the Admin button.

   Select System Administration. The System Administration window is displayed, with a menu of options available.

2. In the Explorer pane, locate the Depreciation group, scrolling up or down if necessary. You may need to expand the group to see the options within it.

3. Select Depreciation Schedule Names to open the window.

4. Select the depreciation schedule you want to delete. The row will be highlighted.

5. Select the Delete icon. If you attempt to delete the system default, you will receive a warning message.

6. Select the Save icon to save the changes. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so.