Asset preparation

Hi SAP team,
I am new to FI/CO and i have few issues in asset preparation.
Please help me in this.
Thanks,
Chakri.

Hi
please be more specific! You should read first the online documentation, which is to be found at help.sap.com
Best Regards,
Blaz

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from the compressor Manual
"About 24p from p. 133
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When I choose what format I want my DVD to be made in, I choose progressive scan and remove any trace of interlace options. So there should be no need for 29.97 anywhere. Even the DVDSP manual says I have a choice between 23.98 and 29.97 display in NTSC. (ie DVD Studio Pro User Manual > Preparing Assets > Preparing Video Sources)
I would look at a professional movie on my progressive scan DVD player (or my iMac DVD player), wait for a good slow pan, then pause. Clicking one frame at a time, I see the following frame progression...
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, etc
My original video footage will do the same thing. A smooth pan with all frames lining up properly. However, post DVDSP, I get the following results on my progressive scan DVD creation...
1,2,3,4,4,5,6,7,8,8,9,10, etc This is what the articles calls "judder".
Now, if DVDSP is indeed a PRO application, I should be able to get the same results as the professionals do with their DVDs, correct? Why can't I get a 24fps output like they can with their movies? Why am I forced to accept a duplication of every 4th or 5th frame that jutters up my smooth pans?
The manual says that if your asset is 23.98, it will be rendered as such on output, but this is not the case. My M2V files will not import at all into DVDSP, and my original footage gets converted to 29.97. So therein lies my angst.
Mind you, I am not trying to be provocative. My way of getting to know all sides of an issue is to come at it in a debate-style way. I truly want to know and hope to create as professional a product out of DVDSP as I possibly can.

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Hiya.
In the first place, I would personally avoid batching - you save no time at all as each file still has to be checked as 99% of all DVD & BluRay problems are caused by bad assets.
ffmpeg I would also avoid as it is a collection of hacked, reverse engineered & freeware codecs, and neither MPEG-2 (DVD & BD) or AVC are free codecs.
x264 Pro works beautifully out of Premiere Pro though, and there is a plugin version designed to set the correct flags (264 for BluRay & 264 for web are very different animals indeed) at only $300 and that is cheap given TotalCode went for £15,000 when sold!! All authors should own this. There is simply no good reason not to, and furthermore the implementation in VideoLAN is designed to be all things, but Blu-Ray has some very specific requirements for 264 files - x264 Pro sets these for you and does it very, very well - do not try to cut corners on asset preparation as this is 99% of the work.
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>Maybe worth a feature request for CS5?
God in heaven - NO!
As Joe just pointed out, these are 2 completely different TV standards, running on different frame rates at different resolutions.
The results of attempting this "on the fly" with menus etc would very closely resemble a dogs dinner.
>I would therefore guess that you are stuck with copying the menus and other such assets into a new Encore project for each output format.
That won't work.
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Asset preparation should be done
i outside
the authoring application, never
i in
it.

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>Maybe worth a feature request for CS5?
God in heaven - NO!
As Joe just pointed out, these are 2 completely different TV standards, running on different frame rates at different resolutions.
The results of attempting this "on the fly" with menus etc would very closely resemble a dogs dinner.
>I would therefore guess that you are stuck with copying the menus and other such assets into a new Encore project for each output format.
That won't work.
NTSC is 720x480, PAL is 720x576. They have different PAR as well.
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Asset preparation should be done
i outside
the authoring application, never
i in
it.

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Hi
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I work in the real estate accounting department of a large retailer. At quarter/year end we are required to prepare a set of workpapers to support the fixed asset ledger and related P&L accounts. Currently, we are using the following reports:
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Secondly, my real dream report would be more of a standard general ledger with a beginning balance, activity, and ending balance for the period that I could use for all my balance sheet and P&L accounts. Ive tried using the FBL3N report for the balance sheet accounts and it works okay, but I havent been able to figure out how to get it to show the transaction types from the fixed asset ledger. I read something in another post that talked about using the BWASL field to show the transaction types, but I wasnt able to locate it in the available fields list. Do I need to do something special when I run the report?
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Hi Andreas,
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!
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Thanks again,
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In Purchase requestion ME51N
Now we are creating "n" number of assets ( All are same item but "s.no" will vary) with "n" number of line item.
Instead of this I have to enhance to create only one line item( For same item) with "n" quantity.
for the ASSET account Assignment we have to create Asset(Temp no) for the each item/quantity(if the same item).
as well as if they are going to create a PO with ref to PR they have to see all the "n" number of asset no.
In MIGO creation for each asset we have to assign S.No and Asset Tag.
How enhance the functionality in PR,PO and MIGO as well as in Invoice.
Is it any User Exit/BADI is available for PR/POand MIGO to show all the "n" number of assets for a single line item.
Kindly help me to give details to proceed further.
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sharma

Hi Sharma,
What i understand from your question is, you want to create a single line item in PR and PO. But the qty would be > 1.
Each single qty would have its own asset number in account asssignment tab of item details of PR & PO.
This is what you are expecting...Right???????????????
Then this is possible with certain limitations.
While creating PR, enter only one item with more qty.
In item details section, in account assignment tab, on top left corner, there will be a button called Multiple account assignments.
Click on it, then it looks like a table, where you can enter more than one line. (each line will have its own asset no)
And choose option Distribute on qty basis for field Distribution.
So that you can enter 1 qty for each line. ( Ex: if you created one line item in the item level with 10 qty, you need to maintain 10 line here, each qith 1 qty and diff asset no).
The only limitation to this is, the GRN would be treated as non valueted. So when you make GRN there wwould not be any accounting doc. ( means no use of GR/IR clearing account as like normal for POs)
when you prepare MIRO, all the assets will be capitalised and vendor credited.
But in case if you receive partial invoice, then you have choose manually in MIRO. which asset is ot be capitalised.
After entering the PO number in MIRO, there will be one line will be appeared with full qty. in the same line, move till the end of line, there you will have one button called Account assignments.
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SRBORIGI_MULTIPLE ACCOUNT ASSIGNMENTS

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Hi
I have just finished the first DVD of a series consisting of 26 menus (18 buttons each, except for the main menu which has 25 buttons), 75 playlists, 323 video files, 24 audio files, 33 timelines (up to 45 chapters each). In every case a video file corresponds to just one chapter. Total 3,4 Gb more or less.
I had a lot of problems (general error, out of memory, sorry an abnormal condition has occurred...) during the DVD build process, and I finally had to start from scratch and create new versions every few steps to get this thing to build. Took a long time as I had to save as, then build to see if it worked, then close the file, then reopen and start a new version, ended up with 27 versions.
I have to prepare the rest of the DVDs, which will have exactly the same structure, although some of the videos may be slightly different in length (just a few seconds difference).
Is it possible at all just to rename all the assets to avoid re authoring the whole thing, and then review only the timelines including the different lenghted videos?
Thanks a lot

Graciela Caro,
When faced with a similar Project (ended up being a set of 18 DVD-5's with the same structure), I built a test Project to work out the details and finally got everything as I wanted, then burned a DVD RW.
I took the "test" and built a "template" with all of my Bins/Folders, Menus (knowing that I'd change these, as each DVD would be similar, but unique) and Imported just the Assets that would be common, like the First Play and a lead-in to the Main Menu. This I Saved to a master folder. For each individual DVD, I opened that "template" Project and did a Save_As into the appropriate folder for that piece of the Project, i.e. Barry_DVDs_01. For each of these, I Imported the Assets unique to that phase of the overall Project. Then, it was just a matter of creating the individual Playlists, etc., and linking. I helped myself by doing a Flowchart in Illustrator. For each phase, I swapped out the Menus, and altered the Links to suit. This gave me the full schematic of each sub-Project. I used these for myself in the Linking process, and also used them for the client to sign off on. He knew exactly what was going to be on each DVD in the set, and how the navigation would work. In Illustrator, I kept things in their Layers, so it was easy to make changes for each sub-Project. Any changes after the Flowchart had been approved cost more $. The client knew this and could see exactly what was happening at every step.
Though it's some additional work, if you have the Project (your "test") finialized, and know that you'll be duplicating it many times, just with different Assets, I'd urge you to adopt something similar. It should not take long to re-create a blank Project with all of the common aspects in it. Use this as a "template," and do a Save_As of it, to begin each phase. It keeps the XML Links that have to be re-done to a minimum, 'cause you're starting with a semi-clean slate for each one.
As Jbowden points out, just replacing the Assets can lead to problems. I did not even want to go the Replace Assets command route, to keep the Project file from possibly getting corrupted by overwriting the Links, even using the correct, approved process.
Just make sure to place a copy of your "template" Project well away from the area that your working in on your I/O system. Make it Read Only, for safe-keeping, in case you forget to do the Save_As. I actually made two copies - one onto a DVD just for safety.
Good luck,
Hunt

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C_STUE_BER-->     CS BOM Authorizations
C_STUE_WRK-->     CS BOM Plant (Plant Assignments)
C_TCLA_BKA-->     Authorization for Class Types
C_TCLS_BER-->     Authorization for Org. Areas in Classification System
C_TCLS_MNT-->     Authorization for Characteristics of Org. Area
F_BKPF_BUK-->     Accounting Document: Authorization for Company Codes
F_BKPF_BUP-->     Accounting Document: Authorization for Posting Periods
F_BKPF_KOA-->     Accounting Document: Authorization for Account Types
F_FICA_FOG-->     Funds Management: authorization group of fund
F_FICA_FSG-->     Funds Management: authorization group for the funds center
F_FICB_FKR-->     Cash Budget Management/Funds Management FM Area
F_KNA1_APP-->     Customer: Application Authorization
F_LFA1_APP-->     Vendor: Application Authorization
F_SKA1_BUK-->     G/L Account: Authorization for Company Codes
G_GLTP -->       Spec. Purpose Ledger Database (Ledger, Record Type,
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J_1IDEP_SL-->     Authorization object for depot sale transaction
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J_1IEX_PST-->     Autorization object for posting Other Excise invoice
J_1IGRPT1-->     Auth. for PART1 at GR
J_1IINEX -->            Incoming Excise Invoice
J_1IRG23D-->     Authorisation object for Depo Transactions
K_CCA-->                     CO-CCA: Gen. Authorization Object for Cost Center
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K_CSKS     -->                CO-CCA: Cost Center Master
K_CSKS_SET-->     CO-CCA: Cost Center Groups
K_PCA-->                    EC-PCA: Responsibility Area, Profit Center
L_TCODE-->                    Transaction Codes in the Warehouse Management System
M_ANFR_BSA-->     Document Type in RFQ
M_ANFR_EKG-->     Purchasing Group in RFQ
M_ANFR_EKO-->     Purchasing Organization in RFQ
M_ANFR_WRK-->     Plant in RFQ
M_BEST_BSA-->     Document Type in Purchase Order
M_BEST_EKG-->     Purchasing Group in Purchase Order
M_BEST_EKO-->     Purchasing Organization in Purchase Order
M_BEST_WRK-->     Plant in Purchase Order
M_MATE_CHG-->     Material Master: Batches/Trading Units
M_MATE_STA-->     Material Master: Maintenance Statuses
M_MATE_WRK-->     Material Master: Plants
M_MRES_BWA-->     Reservations: Movement Type
M_MRES_WWA-->     Reservations: Plant
M_MSEG_BMB     -->Material Documents: Movement Type
M_MSEG_BWA-->     Goods Movements: Movement Type
M_MSEG_BWE-->     Goods Receipt for Purchase Order: Movement Type
M_MSEG_BWF-->     Goods Receipt for Production Order: Movement Type
M_MSEG_LGO-->     Goods Movements: Storage Location
M_MSEG_WMB-->     Material Documents: Plant
M_MSEG_WWA-->     Goods Movements: Plant
M_MSEG_WWE-->     Goods Receipt for Purchase Order: Plant
M_MSEG_WWF-->     Goods Receipt for Production Order: Plant
M_RAHM_BSA-->     Document Type in Outline Agreement
M_RAHM_EKG-->     Purchasing Group in Outline Agreement
M_RAHM_EKO-->     Purchasing Organization in Outline Agreement
M_RAHM_WRK-->     Plant in Outline Agreement
Q_TCODE     QM -->         Transaction Authorization
S_ADMI_FCD-->     System Authorizations
S_ALV_LAYO-->     ALV Standard Layout
S_BDS_DS-->     BC-SRV-KPR-BDS: Authorizations for Document Set
S_BTCH_ADM-->     Background Processing: Background Administrator
S_BTCH_JOB-->     Background Processing: Operations on Background Jobs
S_CTS_ADMI-->     Administration Functions in Change and Transport System
S_DATASET-->     Authorization for file access
S_DEVELOP-->     ABAP Workbench
S_DOKU_AUT-->     SE61 Documentation Maintenance Authorization
S_GUI-->                     Authorization for GUI activities
S_OC_DOC-->     SAPoffice: Authorization for an Activity with Documents
S_OC_ROLE-->     SAPoffice: Office User Attribute
S_OC_SEND-->     Authorization Object for Sending
S_PACKSTRU-->     Internal SAP Use: Package Structure
S_PRO_AUTH-->     IMG: New authorizations for projects
S_RFC-->                     Authorization Check for RFC Access
S_SCD0     -->                Change documents
S_SPO_DEV-->     Spool: Device authorizations
S_TABU_DIS-->     Table Maintenance (via standard tools such as SM30)
S_TCODE     -->                Transaction Code Check at Transaction Start
S_TRANSLAT-->     Translation environment authorization object
S_TRANSPRT-->     Transport Organizer
S_WFAR_OBJ-->     ArchiveLink: Authorizations for access to documents
V_LIKP_VST-->Delivery: Authorization for Shipping Points
V_VBAK_AAT-->Sales Document: Authorization for Sales Document Types
V_VBAK_VKO-->Sales Document: Authorization for Sales Areas

Have you executed a trace while a functional user executes the transaction code for the specific parameters? (i.e. document type). The trace will then show which objects are being checked; then look at the object documentation in txn Su21 to determine if there are any ways to restrict on the particular value; in some cases, if the authorization group field is being checked, additional configuration is needed in order to implement the security (Su21 will explain in detail for the particular object).

Calculate Depreciation Forecast for Fixed asset

Dear all expert,
I'm new to ASO, would like to know if there's a way to do depreciation forcast for fixed asset in Essbase.
1. Database type is ASO
2. Assuming user will prepare forecast caplitialization of fixed asset then upload to Essbase
3. Attribute dimension "Useful life" has been defined and attached to specific "Accounts" dimension for calcluation
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I haven't used the feature, but the reference to 'local script_file' in the MaxL railroad diagram for the 'execute calculation' command suggests the location is relative to the client, if the semantics are consistent with the 'export data' command (the options for report scripts there are 'server' or 'local', although according to the railroad diagram there is no non-local alternative in this case!).
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