Matching Assets 

Use

You use this procedure in combination with Elimination of Interunit Profit/Loss in Transferred Assets in the following scenario:

The seller and the buyer separately enter the master data and the additional financial data (for example, using manual entry or flexible uploads). This results in two incomplete data records for the same asset transfer, and the system has no link whatsoever between these two records.

Prerequisites

In the data basis, you have (or the system has) created the InfoProvider for noncurrent assets and asset transfers.

Procedure

Follow these steps to link the data records using asset matching:

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      1.      Start manual data entry of additional financial data using the dedicated task in the Consolidation Monitor.

      2.      In the overview screen of data collection, choose the Asset Matching entry.

      3.      The system lists all incomplete asset transfers. Potential matches are grouped together and their matching indicator is selected. (Matching assets are those where the revenue equals the original cost of the buyer less the incidental costs of the buyer.)

Such “matches” are merely proposed by the system. You can change the matches by deselecting the indicator.

To go to the detail screen of the record, highlight the name of the asset and choose Change in the context menu.

      4.      Select all of the records you deem as being matched; then choose Save.

      5.      The system performs a consistency check. (For example, this checks whether the revenue is equal to zero or equal to the original cost of the buyer less the incidental costs of the buyer.) If the system discovers inconsistencies, the link between the two data records cannot be saved.

      6.      Where applicable, correct any faulty data records and save again.

      7.      Repeat the same procedure for other pairs of data records.