Simulate Depreciation Forecast calculation

[former_member251898]

Hi Fixed Asset gurus,

The client is requesting how to incorporate the depreciation forecast/simulated amount in the future, which is visible in S_ALR_87012936/RASIMU02 within the report painter/Report Writer.

My question is whether SAP store those forecast depreciation amount in any of Transparent Database table or simply calculated within this report? Also if you know whether there is any Function module that could be used to simulate the forecast depreciation amount.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers

Taro

[MarkusBredel · Accepted solution]

Hi,

as Mukthar already stated the report calculates these values on the fly and does not store it in any database table.

The simulation is basically done in 2 steps:

1) Carry forward the depreciation with function module DEPR_RECALCULATE into the target future year.

2) Period depreciation is calculated with function module RA_AFABUCHEN.

I would recommend to set a breakpoint in these FM`s and to check the call sequence of both in RASIMU02 (respectively its successor report RASIMU_ALV01).

Regards,

Markus

[jan_turek · Accepted solution]

Quite informative. One would guess that the report just reads planned depreciation values (suppose that the values shown in Asset explorer are precalculated and stored rather than  calculated on the fly).

[MarkusBredel · Accepted solution]

Hi John,

the current Asset Accounting implementation does not store "planned" period values, they are always calculated on the fly. Only once the depreciation is posted they are stored in database table ANLP.

This underlying architecture may change with the newest "SAP Simple Finance" Add-On.

Kind Regards,

Markus

[former_member198650]

Hi Taro,

You can get these details from the above report. It will forecast the depreciation for future periods also. It cannot store any table. It is calculated within the report.

Regards,

Mukthar