Field help (STRDPRDAT)

This field contains the depreciation start date. When creating a new asset, this date is automatically loaded after the depreciation method has been specified, using one of the three following dates based on the setup for this depreciation method: First use date, Purchase date, Posting date.
After validation, it can only be modified for the goods:

• that are earlier than the current fiscal year, and that were not the subject of a fiscal year closing (legacy assets or assets in process).
• that were acquired during the current fiscal year or that are later than the current fiscal year.
  
  The modification is then possible only via the actionChange method.

Remarks :

• The depreciation can start before or after the mentioned depreciation start date, based on the depreciation method or the applied pro rata temporis rules for the first fiscal year. For some methods, the real depreciation start date can be earlier than the purchase date.
• When the modification of the previous situation is prohibited (parameter PRVSITUPD - Previous situation modification set to 'No'), the depreciation start date can be earlier than the start date of the current fiscal year. In this case, the adjustment is performed as follows:
  
  - the depreciation total for the previous fiscal year (FY-1) equals 0 with the forcing flag set to 'Yes'.
  
  - the depreciation that should have been performed for the previous fiscal year (FY-1) is adjusted in the current period of the current fiscal year: this adjustment is added to the charge for this period.