Tracking Projects in Fixed Assets

A consultant told us that Oracle has an add-on, or plug-in, that would allow us to track project level information in FA without having to use Oracle Projects. Of course they did not have any details.
Is anybody aware of such a product? We use one of the segments of our accounting flexfield as a project segment.
Thanks.

Assuming chart of account structure 'Project' is one of the segment.
then you can do tracking for Capitalized and CIP not for Expensed-type assets.

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Unable to capitalize the AUC from project to Fixed Asset

Dear Experts,
I created AUC automatically from WBS and i have settled that WBS with CJ88. But when i try to capitalize it to Fixed asset via AIBU, i am unable to do it. The system throws the error message as
Line item settlement is not possible for asset MY02 36 0
Message no. AW050
Diagnosis
You want to carry out line item settlement of an asset under construction. This transaction can only be carried out for assets with active line item management.
However, line item settlement is not active in the asset class of asset 36 0 (company code MY02).
If the asset is an asset under construction belonging to an investment measure, then you should carry out the settlement using order or project settlement.
Procedure
Check the setting for 'status of AuC' in the definition of the asset class.
Currently asset class settings was investment measure in "status of AUC". I choose this because i want to create a AUC automatically from WBS. If i choose line item settlement in asset class, then i can't assign that asset class to investment profile which inturn i am unable to create AUC automatically from WBS.
Please help me sort out this issue asap.
Regards
Vetri

Dear Vetri,
The reason for this error is most of the time that the field ANLA-XOPVW for this asset is not flagged. Please check this in table ANLA.
OR
In T.code OAOA check your AuC Asset Class whether your asset class is selected Line Item Settlement. If you have selected Line Item settlement after creating an asset and posting has been alsready done for the asset it won't help you.
The Line Item Settlement indicator should be active when the Asset Master is created and the postings are made to it. If this is the case, reverse the postings made to this asset - Create a New AUC - Make the postings Again - Then try AIAB.
I hope this will clear your conecpt and will help you to solve your issue.
If you have any doubts feel free to share.
Regards,
Pankaj A Bhalerao.

How to track a Material Code in MM with a Fixed Asset number?

Hello Gurus!
is there any t-code or way to track or link a material code generated in MM with its related fixed asset nummber?
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Tracking Fixed Assets between receipt and invoice processing

We have encountered an issue while using Oracle Fixed Assets that we are trying to solve. The issue involves asset tracking from the time of receipt until the invoice is processed and the asset record created and posted.
As you're probably aware, assets don't appear in FA until the invoice has been accounted and transferred to GL. We can have assets that are received and deployed before we even get the invoice for processing.
We need the ability to record and track where the asset has been deployed(Employee Name and asset Location) and to later update the appropriate asset records after they are created and posted in Oracle.
Right now we are doing this manually which means someone is entering data twice for the same thing. Has anyone come up with a workaround to cover this gap between asset receipt and asset creation?
TIA
Ken

Hi,
I see this is a very old post but did you find a solution? I am keen to learn more about this.
Mike

Usages a fixed assets

Hi
The company has fixed assets and we want to charge the cost of fixed assets usage to a project. What do you recommend us?
Thanks.
Edited by: user1076895 on 21/07/2010 06:22 PM

Well, what version of EBS are you on? I ask because in R12 Oracle has come out with a new module called Oracle Asset Tracking. This new module has some integration to Oracle Projects. We are still on EBS 11i, so have no personal experience with this new module. Since this is a new module, I suspect very few Oracle customers are using it so far. If you are on EBS 12, you might want to investigate this. I certainly will not say this is something that will work for your specific requirements.
For us, it does not help us. Oracle certainly has a deficiency in its ERP software in that it lacks any kind of equipment billing/equipment accounting module. I can tell you what we are doing. Our prior (to Oracle) ERP software had a pretty decent Equipment Billing/Accounting module. Was not perfect, but it worked pretty well. We could charge jobs for rental equipment by the day, week, or month. We could sell our jobs consumable materials through the order processing capability. We went live on Oracle on January 1, 2008 (talk about a painful process). We are still using our old ERP software to do our equipment cost and revenue processing. We extract on a monthly basis (billing done at end of month) the cost and revenue charges for the month into an Excel Spreadsheet and then load that spreadsheet into Oracle, going into expenditure batches. The expenditure type is USG (usage) and we have various non-labor resource values used, depending on the location (we have warehouses/yards in a couple of different U.S. cities).
We are still looking for a replacement for the old ERP software. Any such replacement would be non-Oracle software. So we would still need to interface that software to Oracle Project Costing.
In the old software, the equipment master was separate from the assets master. But certainly for many of the equipment items, they would also be an asset and getting depreciated (for example, a construction crane, that we would rent to jobs, and since own would be an asset that we would depreciate).
Why don't you ask your Oracle sales rep what he would recommend? Would be interesting to see what he tells you.
John Dickey

Fixed Asset Book Report

When running the Fixed Asset Book report, the system shows every instance of an asset number. By that I mean that when and asset has changed locations the asset shows in the report in both locations with a value of zero in one location. This makes using this report for NBV reconciliations to the GL very difficult as I need to find ways of tracking and eliminating the duplicates before I can even begin.
Is there a way to get the report to provide the data only in the current locations or is there a differant report I can use that provides a NBV at a period end broken out by cost and accumulated depreciation.
Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Automatic settlement rule for receiver 'Fixed asset' (with out IM)

Hi Experts
I am working with project settlement to a fixed asset.
I have defined a selttlement profile in which, FXA is the only valid receiver.
Please note that we do not use Investment managent and hence no automatic AUC.The predefined asset to be used for settlement.
In this situation i am unable to generate settlement rule automatically as like the case with CTR.
The below message is experienced.
"Enter a distribution rule for Asset without a validity limit"
However i have manually maintained the settlement rule with specification of appropriate asset as receiver and settled.
In this scenario, how to ensure that the settlement rule is automatically generated, any where can we refer the fixed asset?
warm regards
ramSiva

Hi,
Settlement rule cannot be automatically maintsined, you have to maintain manually, for example if you want to settle to fixed asset, how the system know to which fixed asset it should settle. You have to maintain settlement parameter manually.
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Sreekanth

New user to Oracle 11i who needs help on creation of new fixed asset class

Hi all,
I am new to my Company who is using Oracle 11i. And the Company has a new class of fixed asset and a GL code has been created. But there is no link between the Fixed Asset Manager and the GL code, i.e. depreciation is not linked, additions are not captured into "Cost register", no asset number was assigned in Oracle. Please help.
Thanks,
Simon

Hi.
No, Simon, it does not work that way.
First, be sure that the distribution line has the flag "Track as Asset" checked.
Second, the GL Account to be used on the distribution line must be the one defined, in the FA Asset Category, as the Asset Clearing Account.
In FA, navigate to /Setup/Asset System/Asset Categories. Following, query a Category. There you can see which account has been used as the Asset Clearing Account.
You can use as many Asset Clearing accounts as you which, but normally, all Categories share the same account.
Now reverse the distribution line and cretae a new one with the correct account. Post it, run the Mass Additions Process and you will see the that the addition was created.
Hope this helps.
Octavio

SAP fixed asset add-on. Not able to import master data using upload pgm.

Hi all,
I am trying to import fixed asset master data using an excel file into sap B1 2007a patch level 42. I am able to run the import transaction. It tries to process and then giving me a message ' Import end: Number of successfully imported assets: 0. Number of processed assets:2. We have looked at the event log file and couldn't find anything related to the upload. I have gone through other posts and didn't face this issue. Any hellp is apreciated.
Path which I am using to upload the fixed asset master master data: Administration --> Setup --> fixed asset --> import fixed asset master data.
Following points (see below) also taken into account while creating the master data sheet.
also replaced the ',' in the csv file to ';' before uploading and changed the fixed asset mode to 'transfer' in the administration --> system initialization > company detaills> basis initialization.
Thanks
Johnson zavier
Mandatory:     Item Code = Asset Class; this Asset Class must be previous defined in the Asset Settings (don't change/delete anything in the item-master data - there are the Asset Classes Z-00u2026. Are stored
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     Useful Life 01 = calculated in months (not years)
     Remaining Life 01 = calculated in months (not years)
     Depr Type 01 = Depreciation Type must be previous defined in the Asset settings
     Ordinary Depr 01 = ordinary depreciation; this is the comulated value you can see in the asset history sheet from the old asset solution. When you have digits after coma please use dot for separation - don't use thousand separators; Example 23444.45
     Unplanned Depr 01 = unplanned/extraordinary depreciation; this is the comulated value you can see in the asset history sheet from the old asset solution. When you have digits after coma please use dot for separation - don't use thousand separators; Example 23444.45
     SpDpAcc1 01 = Special depreciation account; when you use special depreciations and you have it to balance on special accounts fill in this account. This is an exeption - in normal projects not needed
     SpDpKey2 01 = Special depreciation; when you use special depreciation you have to enter this cumulative value in this field. This is an exeption in normal projects not needed
     SpDpAccu2026 = for further special depreciation accounts; This is an exeption
     SpDpKey.. = for furhter special depreciation values; This is an exeption
Optional:     Vendor Code = when using this please be aware that the vendor code is previous defined in the system
     all others = you can use if you want. The only limitation is the type/length of these fields
     When you are ready with your entries mark from the first free row on for instance the next 20 rows than right mouse key - delete rows. This is necessary to prevent that in the background are invisible signs
     After entering in this default excel all your assets, please save it as .csv file. (the grey message - relation to information of csv - please say yes; when you close than excel a furhter message - would you save.. - please say no now
     After entering all data please save it as .CSV file. First grey window (format information) please choose 'yes'. Second window (when you close this file) please choose 'no'.
     You have now a .csv file in hands right now for uploading into the fixed assets.
     This example you can use for a test-import based on the year 2004

The issue was because of the conflict of Depr. Start Date, Use Life and Remaining Life. After I corrected the data, it worked just fine. The note 876670 helped me to resolve this issue. Thanks to Adam at Toronto SAP Business one support for his expert analysis and suggestions.
thanks
johnson zavier
Edited by: Johnson Zavier on Feb 19, 2009 11:10 PM
Edited by: Johnson Zavier on Feb 19, 2009 11:20 PM

Transfer of a fixed asset to a WBS

Hello Everybody ,
I need your help.
A new scenario has come over here and i am not getting how to implement it in
SAP .
Scenario is :
1. We have a fixed asset at cost center .
2. Now the asset is need to be replaced .
3. We settled new asset at that cost center .
4. Old asset needs to be used in a project.
Problem is :
Client is required that old asset that was replaced, should be transferred to a new project or WBS where the asset final cost
(including depreciation) should consume the budget from the WBS .
Example:
Asset cost along with depreciation is say Rs 50000.
We transferred an Asset to a new WBS where budget is defined 80000.
So as asset gets transferred , remaining WBS budget value should be 80000 - 50000 = 30000 means old asset value should get expensed by WBS .
Then later on we can settle the asset along with the AUC of WBS.
Conclusion:
We need to transfer an fixed asset that is not in anymore used in that defined cost center and need to be replaced and after replacement it should get transferred to a WBS where WBS budget value would be reduced equal to asset value along with depreciation and later on we could transfer it to a cost center where asset is required.
Thanks,
Jagjeet Sandhu

Hi Sunil.
Thanks for your valuable response .
But issue is bit different
Scenario is :
We dont have to make asset as an scrap.
Ex:
We have to take the same asset to another WBS without making scrap and the current asset value should be expensed from the defined WBS budget .
How the asset at cost centre would be transferred to WBS and should be capitalised again at new WBS .
Kindly share the procedure .
Thanks & Regards

Assets (Investment profile): Transfer value from AuC to Fixed asset

Good afternoon all,
We have implemented Assets across investments profile. The settlement of investment is u201CSummary settlementu201D and we do not have u201CList of Originsu201D.
We have created a project and then a WBS that automatically creates the AuC (asset under construction). Transaction code CJ20N.
Then we have created the purchase order (ME21N) and afterwards we have carried out an entry sheet (ML81N) where we have informed the WBS previously created.
Through CJ88 we have done the settlement of the WBS and we have checked it.
Now we have created the fixed asset and we would like to transfer the value of the AuC to the fixed asset. I am not able and I am a bit lost. I do not how to perform it.
Any idea?
Many thanks and regards in advance. Daniel

Hi Renfe,
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Settlement of WBS to the Fixed Asset in another company code

Hi Friends,
I have another problem with WBS elements and fixed assets.
I used WBS elements to create a AUC by AUC settlement in company code A. Then I put a second settlement rule with settlement type "FUL" in WBS element and settle AUC to a depreciable asset in company code A. Then I transfer the depreciable asset from company code A to company code B. Now I put the current month as the end day of the second settlement rule and add a third settlement rule in WBS element in compnay code A. The third settlement rule will settle to the depreciable asset in company B. When I am adding the third settlement rule, the system gives an error: "Asset XXXX not in company code A" .
Then I add another WBS element in company code A and put a settlement rule which settle to the depreciable asset in company code B. The system did not issue any error. Everything works fine.
So it seems the WBS element cannot settle to the asset in the other company code if it created a AUC in its own company code.
People told me that it worked in their legacy SAP system. So I am wondering whether there is some settings that I did not do, which caused this problem.
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What is Security by FA Book in Fixed Assets Module

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Could anyone explain the concepts on 'Security by FA Book in Fixed Assets'
In my opinion,,
'Security by Book is the model that allows organization security in Fixed Asset module'.
To achieve this, do we need any setup to do.
Anyone can help me?
I am in the middile of the project.
They have one BG and two operating units, and they want one user should not enter the asset in other operating unit.
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Edited by: user8691386 on Aug 13, 2009 4:47 PM

Hi Srikanth
Security Book to Restrict Employees to restrict Using of Books. Security Profile Option can be Assigned at User Level or Responsability Level so People can use only respective book.
Regards
Guhanadh
Edited by: Guhanadh on Aug 15, 2009 10:20 AM

Does any one know how Fixed Assets links to the Purchasing ledger?

Hi,
Does any one know how Fixed Assets links to the Purchasing ledger? As I have looked high and low and can't find any table mappings or anyway the ledgers link, this is a problem as I am struggling to track an asset back to a Purchase Order.
I have looked at http://etrm.oracle.com with no joy and any help with this would be great.

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Lsmw for fixed asset

Hi All,
I am uploading data for fixed assets using LSMW with bapi -
business object - BUS1022
Method - FIXEDASSET_CREATEINCLVALUES
Message Type - FIXEDASSET_CREATEINCLVALUES02
According to project settings group asset and group asset subnumber are mandatory fields for depreciation area 15. When i am running the lsmw i am getting the error
"DEPRECIATIONAREAS-GRP_ASSET ("Group asset") is a required entry field in depreciation area 15. The field was not supplied with data when the BAPI was called."
Please help me how to solve the problem...
I am copying the lsmw for which group asset and group asset sub number were not included and i am adding those two fields in my lsmw and i am not able to upload the data because of the error. Previously these two fields were not mandatory and LSMW was working fine.
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Hi Govinda,
                  Please try with the following code , if it is useful then please allocate points to me
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   input parameters to the bapi
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    gen_data        LIKE bapi1022_feglg001,
    gen_datax       LIKE bapi1022_feglg001x,
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    posting_infox   LIKE bapi1022_feglg002x,
    posting_data    LIKE bapifapo_gen_info,
    acquis_data     LIKE bapifapo_acq,
    time_dep_data   LIKE bapi1022_feglg003,
    time_dep_datax LIKE bapi1022_feglg003x,
    real_estate     LIKE bapi1022_feglg007,
    real_estatex    LIKE bapi1022_feglg007x,
    allocations     LIKE bapi1022_feglg004,
    allocationsx    LIKE bapi1022_feglg004x,
    extensionin     TYPE TABLE OF bapiparex,
    origindata      LIKE bapi1022_feglg009,
    origindatax     LIKE bapi1022_feglg009x,
it_depreciationareas TYPE TABLE OF bapi1022_dep_areas,
wa_depreciationareas TYPE bapi1022_dep_areas,
                 occurs 0 with header line,
it_depreciationareasx TYPE TABLE OF bapi1022_dep_areasx,
wa_depreciationareasx TYPE bapi1022_dep_areasx,
                 occurs 0 with header line,
it_investment_support TYPE TABLE OF bapi1022_inv_support,
                 occurs 0 with header line,
output parameters from the bapi
    asset_number    LIKE bapi1022_1-assetmaino,
    sub_number      LIKE bapi1022_1-assetsubno,
    out_return      LIKE bapiret2,
    out_return2     LIKE bapiret2.
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gen_data-assetclass   = '00003000'.
gen_datax-assetclass = 'X'.
gen_data-descript = 'Testing BAPI'.
gen_datax-descript   = 'X'.
gen_data-serial_no    = '1111'.
gen_datax-serial_no = 'X'.
gen_data-base_uom     = 'KG'.
gen_datax-base_uom   = 'X'.
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wa_depreciationareas-area = '01'.
wa_depreciationareas-descript = 'Book deprec.'.
wa_depreciationareas-dep_key = 'LINA'.
wa_depreciationareas-ulife_yrs = '2'.
wa_depreciationareas-ulife_prds = '3'.
wa_depreciationareas-exp_ulife_yrs = '5'.
wa_depreciationareas-exp_ulife_prds = '3'.
*wa_depreciationareas-EXP_ULIFE_SDEP_YRS
*wa_depreciationareas-EXP_ULIFE_SDEP_PRDS
*wa_depreciationareas-ORIG_ULIFE_YRS
*wa_depreciationareas-ORIG_ULIFE_PRDS
wa_depreciationareas-change_yr = '3'.
*wa_depreciationareas-dep_units = '3'.
*wa_depreciationareas-odep_start_date = '01012005'.
*wa_depreciationareas-sdep_start_date = '01012005'.
*wa_depreciationareas-INTEREST_START_DATE
*wa_depreciationareas-READINESS
*wa_depreciationareas-INDEX
wa_depreciationareas-AGE_INDEX
wa_depreciationareas-var_dep_portion = '200'.
wa_depreciationareas-scrapvalue = '20'.
*wa_depreciationareas-currency = 'USD'.
*wa_depreciationareas-currency_iso = 'USD'.
*wa_depreciationareas-NEG_VALUES
*wa_depreciationareas-GRP_ASSET
*wa_depreciationareas-GRP_ASSET_SUBNO
*wa_depreciationareas-ACQ_YR
*wa_depreciationareas-ACQ_PRD
*wa_depreciationareas-SCRAPVALUE_PRCTG
APPEND wa_depreciationareas TO it_depreciationareas.
CLEAR: wa_depreciationareas.
wa_depreciationareasx-area = '01'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-DESCRIPT = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-DEACTIVATE = 'X'.
wa_depreciationareasx-dep_key = 'X'.
wa_depreciationareasx-ulife_yrs = 'X'.
wa_depreciationareasx-ulife_prds = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-EXP_ULIFE_YRS = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-EXP_ULIFE_PRDS = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-EXP_ULIFE_SDEP_YRS = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-EXP_ULIFE_SDEP_PRDS = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-ORIG_ULIFE_YRS = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-ORIG_ULIFE_PRDS = 'X'.
wa_depreciationareasx-change_yr = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasx-dep_units = 'X'.
wa_depreciationareasx-odep_start_date = 'X'.
wa_depreciationareasx-sdep_start_date = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-INTEREST_START_DATE = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-READINESS = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-INDEX = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-AGE_INDEX = 'X'.
wa_depreciationareasx-var_dep_portion = 'X'.
wa_depreciationareasx-scrapvalue = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasx-currency = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasx-currency_iso = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-NEG_VALUES = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-GRP_ASSET = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-GRP_ASSET_SUBNO = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-ACQ_YR = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-ACQ_PRD = 'X'.
*wa_depreciationareasX-SCRAPVALUE_PRCTG = 'X'.
APPEND wa_depreciationareasx TO it_depreciationareasx.
CLEAR wa_depreciationareasx.
*Append the Depreciation keY VALUE EQUAL TO LINb to the internal table.
break mukherar.
CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_FIXEDASSET_CREATE1'
EXPORTING
    key                        = input_key
REFERENCE                  =
CREATESUBNUMBER            =
POSTCAP                    =
CREATEGROUPASSET           =
TESTRUN                    =
   generaldata                = gen_data
   generaldatax               = gen_datax
INVENTORY                  =
INVENTORYX                 =
POSTINGINFORMATION         =
POSTINGINFORMATIONX        =
TIMEDEPENDENTDATA          =
TIMEDEPENDENTDATAX         =
ALLOCATIONS                =
ALLOCATIONSX               =
ORIGIN                     =
ORIGINX                    =
INVESTACCTASSIGNMNT        =
INVESTACCTASSIGNMNTX       =
NETWORTHVALUATION          =
NETWORTHVALUATIONX         =
REALESTATE                 =
REALESTATEX                =
INSURANCE                  =
INSURANCEX                 =
LEASING                    =
LEASINGX                   =
IMPORTING
COMPANYCODE                = company_code
   asset                      = asset_number
   subnumber                  = sub_number
ASSETCREATED               =
   return                     = out_return
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   depreciationareasx         = it_depreciationareasx.
INVESTMENT_SUPPORT         =
EXTENSIONIN                =
CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT'
          EXPORTING
            WAIT          =
          IMPORTING
            RETURN        =
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