Features of a Depreciation Area 
The depreciation areas in a chart of depreciation have no automatically defined features. You determine the features of each area individually, based on the basic structure, which is the same for all depreciation areas. For each depreciation area, you can specify different characteristics:
At the level of the chart of depreciation
At the level of the company code
For the legacy data transfer
Figure: Features of a Depreciation Area
The above figure illustrates the different options, at the level of both the chart of depreciation and the company code, for defining a depreciation area. For example, the depreciation area for book depreciation in the U.S. chart of depreciation can be managed in different currencies in different company codes, while the APC and depreciation of the book depreciation area are posted to the general ledger in all company codes.
Note
You cannot define any features that apply across all charts of depreciation. Therefore, it is not possible for the system to guarantee that certain depreciation areas (such as depreciation area 01 for book depreciation) are defined uniformly in all charts of depreciation that you are using.