Capital Asset Management Batch Processes

This section provides a brief introduction to the batch processes that extract capital asset transactions from the General Ledger and / or Purchasing and Accounts Payable for processing or for pre-asset tagging and depreciation.

Job Name	Description
cabExtractJob	This job collects information from both the General Ledger and the Purchasing module based on object code sub-types specified in parameter CAPITAL_OBJECT_SUB_TYPES to create assets, add payments to them, and apply credits. The Capital Asset Module (CAM) allows purchase line items to be separated and/or combined to create assets. Currently, only moveable asset transactions are processed in CAB.
preAssetTaggingExtractJob	Purchase order information is extracted from the Purchasing/Accounts Payable (PURAP) module when the purchase order is approved. The extract job selects line items that have a capital equipment object sub-type code specified in parameter CAPITAL_OBJECT_SUB_TYPES and a unit cost equal to or greater than the amount defined in CAPITALIZATION_LIMIT_AMOUNT. The purchase order number, line number, quantity ordered, description, and vendor information are recorded in the Pre-Asset Tagging table for movable capital equipment.
assetDepreciationBatchJob	This job calculates and posts depreciation expense entries to the General Ledger and adjusts the affected asset records. For information about the Capital Asset Depreciation process, see Capital Asset Management Depreciation Process.
resetAssetDepreciationForFiscalYearJob	This job empties the prior year depreciation buckets associated with asset and updates the Previous Year Depreciation field. This job should be run at the beginning of each fiscal year prior to the first run of the new fiscal year’s depreciation.