Fixed Assets Migration - Asset Value Date and Depreciation calculation Issue

[Ayman101]

Dear SAP Experts,

As part of our fixed assets migration, we are experiencing an issue with the depreciation calculation.

The assets in question are being migrated during the fiscal year, and the Legacy Data Transfer Settings have been configured in the application “Make Company Code Settings – Asset Accounting Specific”, with a Transfer Date of 30/04/2025.

However, after migrating the assets, we noticed that the depreciation calculation started from 01/01/2025 instead of from period 04/2025.

Upon reviewing the assets post-migration, we found that the Asset Value Date was set to 01/01/2025, even though we did not populate this field in the migration template. We believe that this field is the root cause of the issue.

Could you please clarify how this field is derived?

For your information, we filled in the following three tabs in the “Fixed Assets – Postings” migration object: Posting Key ; Cumulative Values ;Transaction Headers.

We also noticed that the Asset Value Date field exists in the Transaction Items tab, which we did not initially complete. We did tests by filling in this tab, but encountered errors due to the Asset Transaction Type 970 (Asset Data Transfer) we used.

Is there another asset transaction type that should be used for mid-year data migrations ? Please suggest an alternative solution if possible.

Thank you in advance for your help.

[VijaykumarV]

Hi @Ayman101 

Which migration cockpit object are you using ? 

For creation of assets and uploading asset values, you should use migration object "Fixed asset (incl. balances and transactions)"

Regards

Vijaykumar

[Ayman101]

Hi Vijaykumar,

Thank you for your help !

I've found a solution to our issue.

Since we are performing a mid-year assets transfer, the correct approach is to complete both the "Cumulative values" and "Posted Values" tabs.

[VijaykumarV]

Hi,

If you are doing Asset Data migration during the fiscal year then "Transaction during FY" tab information in Migration file is important. You should use Transaction type 100 for Acquisition and put Value date in the file same as your legacy transfer date i.e. 30/04/2035. This should solve your issue.

Try this, it should work. Check and let me know.

Regards

Vijaykumar

[Ayman101]

Hi Vijaykumar, 

Thank you for your answer. 

As you can see,  we have the following tabs : Cumulatives Values, Posted Values, Transaction headers, Transaction items, Transaction Proportional Val. I don't see the "Transaction during FY" tab

If I understand correctly, I have to use the "Posted Values" tab instead of the "Cumulative Values", right ? 

Also, do I have to use the subledger specific line item type 07203 - Revaluation of Acquisition Costs, Posted Periodically ? 

Thank you for your help,
Regards