The document provides guidance on basic asset accounting configuration in SAP, including how to create a new asset class and change an existing asset class' account determination. It explains that configuration changes are transported between development, quality, and production environments. It also outlines the steps to create a new asset class by specifying an account determination, assigning general ledger accounts, defining the asset class, and configuring default values. For changing an existing account determination, it may involve copying the determination, assigning a new one to certain asset classes, and adjusting the general ledger account assignments.

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Asset accounting
Basic configuration

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SAP Asset Accounting
1 Introduction
2 How to transport configuration changes?
3 How to create a new asset class?
4 How to change account determination in an existing asset class?
5 Q&A

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Introduction
The purpose of this document is to explain how to do some basic configuration
in asset accounting.
An introduction is given how to create a new asset class in asset accounting,
how to change account determination for an existing asset class and how to
move these changes to the production environment.
However, this is not a tutorial explaining the different steps to be executed in
the different configuration steps nor a transport guide.

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How to transport configuration changes?
Release transport
(SE01 / SE10)
OPTIONAL
Import transport
(STMS)
OPTIONAL
Validate transport
(STMS_QA)
Import transport
(STMS)SAP ERP
Development
O01
SAP ERP
Quality
K01
SAP ERP
Production
R01
Configuration changes are done in the development environment and deployed
via transports in the different environments of your SAP landscape.
Example: three-tier SAP landscape

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How to create a new asset class?
Financial statements (BGAAP, IFRS, SII)
Account determinations
Asset classes …
Asset master records
General ledger accounts

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How to create a new asset class?
Firstly the question to ask is if there’s already an existing asset class with the
same account determination?
The creation of a query can help in identifying if an accounting determination
already exist.
Example query
If no accounting determination exists, a new account determination has to be
created.

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How to create a new asset class?
A new account determination is created in two steps…
1. Specify Account Determination
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Organizational Structures > Asset Classes > Specify Account
Determination
Attention point: translation of account determination description

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How to create a new asset class?
2. Assign general ledger accounts
General ledger accounts are assigned at level of chart of depreciation, chart of
accounts, account determination and depreciation level
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Integration with General Ledger Accounting > Assign G/L
Accounts

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How to create a new asset class?
Secondly a new asset class can be created when the account determination is
configured.
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Organizational Structures > Define Asset Classes
Attention point: translation of asset class description.

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How to create a new asset class?
Thirdly the default values for the asset class have to be configured.
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Valuation > Determine Depreciation Areas in the Asset Class

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How to create a new asset class?
Overview customising activities
▪ Specify Account Determination (optional)
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Organizational Structures > Asset Classes > Specify Account
Determination
▪ Assign general ledger accounts (optional)
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Integration with General Ledger Accounting > Assign G/L
Accounts

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How to create a new asset class?
Overview customising activities (cont’d)
▪ Create asset class
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Organizational Structures > Define Asset Classes
▪ Default values for the asset class
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Valuation > Determine Depreciation Areas in the Asset Class

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How to change account determination?
General ledger accounts are assigned at level of chart of depreciation, chart of
accounts, account determination and depreciation level
Firstly the question to ask is which account determination has to be changed
and to which asset classes is this account determination linked?
The creation of a query can help in identifying this.
Example query

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How to change account determination?
There are multiple possibilities…
1. Account determination is only linked to one asset class
i. Change assignment of general ledger accounts to account
determination
2. Account determination is linked to more than one asset class
and all asset classes have to changed
i. Change assignment of general ledger accounts to account
determination
3. Account determination is linked to more than one asset class
and not all asset classes have to changed
i. Copy account determination and create a new account
determination
ii. Assign new account determination to asset class(es) to be
changed
iii. Change assignment of general ledger accounts to new account
determination

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How to change account determination?
Overview customising activities
▪ Specify Account Determination (optional)
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Organizational Structures > Asset Classes > Specify Account
Determination
▪ Change asset class (optional)
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Organizational Structures > Define Asset Classes
▪ Assign general ledger accounts
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Financial Accounting > Asset
Accounting > Integration with General Ledger Accounting > Assign G/L
Accounts