How does depreciation calculation in Asset Accounting differ between SAP ECC 6.0 EHP6/7 and S/4?

[RahamanEmal]

Dear SAP Experts in Asset Accounting within Financial Accounting,

In the relevant literature, it is recommended to activate the new FI-AA directly when implementing Asset Accounting in SAP for the first time. This not only provides an extended range of functionalities but also reduces the effort required for the future migration to S/4HANA. While certain activities are still necessary during the migration, their scope is significantly smaller if the new Asset Accounting has already been used in SAP ECC.

The advantages of the new Asset Accounting can be summarized as follows:

• Real-time postings: All depreciation areas are updated in real time.
• Flexible leading valuation: There is no hierarchical dependency— all depreciation areas are now treated equally.
• Parallel document creation: Separate documents are posted for each valuation, ensuring correct values from the outset.
• Simplified valuation plan: The structure and handling of valuations have been optimized.
• New transaction for valuation-specific postings: This allows targeted restrictions to a specific ledger group or depreciation area.
• Elimination of delta depreciation areas: Parallel valuation is now performed without the need for separate delta depreciation areas.
• No restriction of transaction types to depreciation areas: Transaction types can now be used flexibly across all depreciation areas.
• Different fiscal year variants per valuation: Only the start and end dates of the fiscal year must match.
• Simplified handling of different accounting principles: Assets can be capitalized according to one accounting principle while being expensed under another.

I am interested in the differences in depreciation processing across the three systems: SAP ECC 6.0 up to EHP6, SAP ECC 6.0 EHP7 and later, and SAP S/4HANA.

I have noticed that in transaction AFAB, the reason for the posting run (Planned posting run, Repeat, Restart, Unplanned posting run) is missing in SAP S/4HANA.

Thank you for your support.

Best regards,
Emal Rahman

[Li_Sen]

Dear,

please refer to below SAP note

2270388 - S4TWL - Asset Accounting: Parallel valuation and journal entry 

as for the "missing" repeat, restart, the new AFAP can distinguish the different scenarios automatically, 

so the radio buttons got removed.

Regards,

Sen