3606788 - Depreciation periods extended after changing the Useful Life/Periods of the Fixed Asset.

The useful life of the asset has been changed and it extended the depreciation periods of the fixed asset, however the depreciation period is different than you expected based on the new useful life of the Fixed Asset.

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1. Navigate to Fixed Asset work center > Fixed asset.
2. Search for Fixed Asset AAA.
3. The Useful Life of the Fixed Asset was changed from XXX to YYY
4. Note that the depreciation extends to an unexpected Accounting Period based on the new useful life of the Fixed Asset

The issue arises from a change in the Useful Life Periods of the asset from XXX periods to YYY periods. 
Once the useful life/Periods is changed, the depreciation recalculation run is automatically executed, however, the run could not adjust the depreciation from the previous years as they were already closed. 
The depreciation amounts are adjusted and redistributed between the not close periods and this led to an extension of depreciation periods.

The expected system behavior.

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