Advantage/ disadvantage Asset sub number & asset super number

[Former Member]

Hello,

I do not really understand what are the advantages from the asset sub number compare to the asset super number.

The only point for me is that a sub-number asset can inherit some informations from the principal asset.

For me there is no difference for example for the depreciation.

Can someone help me?

Thank you very much

Cécile

[andreas_mann3 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

i only know the case of sub-no:

classical example is :

1) car = main number

2) accessory like radio receiver or navigation system = sub-number

and both have different asset classes and life time

A.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer. But I have known this example and I think that the car could be an asset/main number and the radio an other asset/ main number; these two assets could be grouped with the super number. Isn'it?

What inconvenient could be on that choice?

Thanks

Cécile

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Cécile,

The purpose of the Asset Super number is to group together assets that are not necessarily related to each other the same way as sub assets are normally related to its parent asset. As an example if you have power grid with several distribution centers and even plants you would not define that as sub assets to a parent asset called power grid. However you might want to be able to look at them together and that is when you would create a super asset called power grid 1 and classify all the assets belonging to the grid as such's.

Hope this clarifies this a bit better.

cheers,

Gudmundur

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Gudmundur.

To resume :

- the asset super number is just a group, to organize the data

- the sub number is a way to decompose an asset. This way is more binding because of the asset class (for me the asset class is the same between the main asset and the sub asset; contrary in my first obtained response).

Cécile