Purpose
The Asset Explorer (transaction AW01N) shows planned as well as alreadyposted asset balance sheet values and depreciation of a fixed asset invarious formats and levels of summarization. The Asset Explorer is usedfor displaying and analyzing fixed asset values.

Features
The Asset Explorer consists of:

• A header, in which you first enter the company code the asset to be
considered

• An overview tree for navigation among depreciation areas


• An overview tree that displays objects related to the asset


• The tab pages, in which you can analyze planned values, posted values,
and various parameters and make comparisons or fiscal years ordepreciation areas
Title Bar
Refresh Asset pushbutton: You can read the data of the fixedasset from the database again, without having to start the AssetExplorer again.
Display Master Data pushbutton: You can jump to the asset masterrecord.
Translate Currency Amounts: You can display amounts in othercurrencies using various currency translation methods.
Call Asset Reports: You can jump to various standard assetaccounting reports.
Switch On Simulation : You can simulate different depreciationterms and different transactions.
Header
Along with the company code and main asset number, you can also enterthe asset subnumber here and navigate to different fiscal years.
If you enter an asterisk (*) in the asset subnumber field, then all thesubnumbers for the main asset number are also included in the valuedisplay. However, there are certain limitations that should beconsidered.
Overview tree for depreciation areas
By choosing the pushbutton above the overview tree, you go to thedisplay transaction for asset master data.
In the tree itself, you navigate among the depreciation areas byselecting the depreciation area you want to view. The icon to the leftof the depreciation area name indicates if the depreciation area is realor derived.
Overview tree for related objects
The system automatically searches for objects related to the asset, forexample, cost center, equipment, G/L account, and displays these in anoverview tree. You can go directly from here to the display transactionfor the master data of the given object.
To go to a report that contains all contextual data for logisticsdocuments, double click on the folder icon above the purchase orders.
Planned Values tab page, Planned Values subscreen
On the Planned Values tab page, the system displays alltransactions affecting APC values, all depreciation calculated for theasset (including proportional value adjustments), the net book value,and any interest calculated. The values at the start of the year areshown compared to the values at the end of the fiscal year. Thedifferences between the two are also displayed. For each type ofdepreciation, it shows the accumulated depreciation of closed fiscalyears (value at start of the fiscal year) and the planned depreciationfor the current year. Reductions to APC (investment support, transferredreserves) and revaluation are shown separately from the acquisition andproduction costs.
You can recalculate planned depreciation for the displayed asset bychoosing the Recalculate dep. icon.
Choose the Display dep. calculation icon to display thedepreciation calculation. Here you can see step-by-step, detailedinformation for the depreciation values calculated. This applies foreach depreciation area, each depreciation type, and each assettransaction. The system displays the asset balance at the start of thefiscal year, as well as the depreciation planned on the balance. Inaddition, all changes to APC values in the current year, with thecorresponding adjustments to planned annual depreciation, are listed. Bychooseing the Routines function, you go to a hierarchicalstructure (depreciation trace) that displays all routines fordepreciation calculation that were called during the calculation. Youcan expand the tree structure to see the most important paramters.
If the asset is a group asset, you can go to the standard report thatshows its component assets by choosing the Break down group asset
icon.
Planned Values tab page, Transactions subscreen
Select a transaction line item, and choose Display FI document togo to the corresponding document in Financial Accounting.
Select a transaction line item, and choose All Accounting Documents
to receive a list of all documents in Financials. You can jump fromthe list to these documents.
Select a transaction line item, and choose Display Header AssetAccounting to display the corresponding information in the assetaccounting document.
Select a transaction line item, and choose Display Originals todisplay ArchiveLink documents related to the transaction.
After choosing Simulation in the title bar, you can simulatevarious APC transactions for the asset by choosing Trans. Simulation
. The results are displayed directly in the Asset Explorer. Thesimulated transaction is shown in the transaction list in a differentcolor.
Posted Values tab page, Posted Depreciation Values subscreen
On the Posted Values tab page, you can see the depreciationactually posted in Financial Accounting in the current fiscal year,rather than the planned depreciation.
Posted Values tab page, Depreciation Planned/Posted subscreen
The Depreciation Planned/Posted table shows a breakdown ofdepreciation by period. The status indicates whether the depreciation isstill planned only, or it has actually been posted. The table lists bothregular posting periods as well as special periods (if there are any).
Select a transaction line and choose Display Deprec. Log in orderto see the log for that depreciation posting run.
Comparisons tab page
On this tab page, you can display and compare up to five differentdepreciation areas for one or more fiscal years.
Parameters tab page
On the Parameters tab page, you see the depreciation terms used,such as the depreciation key, useful life, and index specifications.
If you switch on the simulation mode, then certain fields on this tabpage become ready for input. You can change these fields to simulatedepreciation with different terms. This triggers a recalculation ofdepreciation. The system then displays the simulated values directly inthe Asset Explorer.
Additional Functions
You can set up standard reports with your own variants so that these canbe called directly from the Asset Explorer. Choose Goto -> MaintainReports.
Limitations
You should be aware that the Asset Explorer has certain limitations inits simulation functions and in displaying all subnumbers for a mainnumber. For more information, refer to the SAP Library documentation forthe Asset Explorer.

Activities
Start the Asset Explorer and enter a company code and a fixed assetnumber.