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License Depreciation Groups

dean_hinson2
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Hello,

I have tried though the GTS Help Portal and reviewed the Configuration Guide, but the topic of Depreciation Groups doesn't make any sense to me.

Since we do not have these assigned at the Legal Regulation level for a Line Item category, I am curious why I see our YSDA01 Depreciation Group in the Values section of the License instead of the GTS standard SDA01. And so, how did GTS know to YSDA1 for the sales order and YSD0B1 for the delivery?

I have not uncovered any custom development yet.

Any Ideas? Also, I am assuming the Export Declarations cannot be used in the Depreciation in the License. It is strictly a Compliance Document topic.

Regards., Dean.

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former_member215181
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Hi Dean,

I haven't used them, but the concept seems to make sense...

As I understand it, you can depreciate a Licence separately for each Depreciation Group(DG). Without using the DG's, your Sales Order might depreciate your Licence by EUR 100, and your Delivery could do the same, so your Licence value of EUR 150 could be wiped out and block the Delivery.

With DGs, you set up the Order and Delivery Item Categories so that they are assigned to separate DGs. Then the depreciation for each is separate, and the Licence value is reduced by the highest amount of each, not by the total amount.

Of course, that use-case might involve re-configuring to make sure that your Orders and Deliveries are mapped to separate GTS Item Categories (so not both to 'CLPOS'), otherwise it can't work.

Does that make some sense?

Regards,
Dave

dean_hinson2
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Hello Dave,

Thank you for your input. I would think having the SD0C values in the License could be valuable for analysis on how the logistics process is flowing. Also, using the Exceeded %, or Shortfall %, would be a benefit for when there are pricing fluctuations.

Regards, Dean.

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Hi Dave,

For this statement "License value is reduced by the highest amount of each DG", I think this logic doesn't appear appropriate in some cases.

Example:

  • Import flow: PO has a value of 100EUR and qty 10PC and the inbound delivery has a value 90EUR and qty 9PC (we received less than what we have ordered)
  • Export flow: SO has a value of 100EUR/10PC and the outbound delivery has a value 90EUR/9PC (We ship less that then order)

In both cases, I would expect to depreciate the license by the real value/qty (90EUR/9PC) that means from the inbound/outbound delivery and not from PO/SO?

Best regards

Eric Faveeuw

former_member215181
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Hi Eric,

I can understand your thinking & logic, but confess (as mentioned above) that I haven't used DGs up to now. It would be great if you could try using the functionality - I guess in a test system, and let us know what actually happens.

Thanks in advance,
Dave

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dean_hinson2
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Hello All,

Well I found the configuration for the Depreciation Groups. My Homer moment of the day... Dooh!

However, still don't know what the Depreciation Groups really do. It looks like just a category tag to show in the License Values section.

Am I wrong here?

Regards, Dean.