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3384236 - Error Message : An Error Occurred During Depreciation Calculation for Asset ABC For An Unposted Goods and Services Receipt

Symptom

An error message occurs for an unposted  Goods and Services Receipt :

An Error Message occurred during depreciation calculation for asset ABC;

Asset ABC val.view XXX: Transaction contradicts net book value rule.

When the user tries do a Manual Write up posting to match this difference, and then, post the Goods and Services Receipt again.

(i.e. here ABC refers to Fixed Asset)

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign 

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to General Ledger work center.
  2. Go to Source Documents sub view.
  3. Search for the affected Goods and Services Receipt.
  4. The document is unposted with the following error message:
    'An error occurred during depreciation calculation for asset ABC'
    'Asset ABC val.view XXX: Acquisition cost negative'

(i.e. here ABC refers to Fixed Asset)

Cause

 As original document posted in YYYY (i.e. previous years), reversal of the document is not possible in this case.

Resolution

You can follow the below steps in order to post the unposted business transaction document for fixed asset ABC. 

Set the below Valuation Check Settings:

  1. Go to the Fixed Asset work center.
  2. Select Fixed Asset ABC.
  3. Go to the Master Data tab.
  4. Then go to Asset Valuation and choose Additional Parameters section to "3 - No Checks". for all the valuation views and Save
  5. Go to unposted source documents and post it to currently open accounting period using Post to another accounting period. 

This prevents the system from checking the values being posted and allows the affected fixed assets to accept negative net book value. 

 (i.e. here ABC refers to Fixed Asset)

See Also

  3338637 - Unposted Goods and Services Receipt: 'An error occurred during depreciation calculation for asset ABC'.  

Keywords

Goods and Services Receipt, Fixed asset, unposted source document, An error occurred during depreciation calculation for asset , KBA , SRD-FIN-FA , Fixed Assets , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions