Explain Complex Assets And Asset Sub Numbers?

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A ‘Complex Asset’ in SAP is made up of many master records each of which is denoted by an ‘Asset Sub number.’ It is prudent to use asset sub numbers if:

You NEED to manage the ‘subsequent acquisitions’ separately from the initial one (for example, your initial acquisition was a PC, and you are adding a printer later).

You WANT to manage the various parts of an asset separately even at the time of ‘initial acquisition’ (for example, an initial purchase of a PC where you create separate asset master records for the monitor, CPU, etc.).

You need to divide the assets based on certain technical qualities (keyboard, MOUSE,etc.).

When you manage a complex asset, the system ENABLES you to EVALUATE the asset in all possible ways such as:

• For a single sub number
• For all sub numbers
• For select sub numbers

A ‘Complex Asset’ in SAP is made up of many master records each of which is denoted by an ‘Asset Sub number.’ It is prudent to use asset sub numbers if:

You need to manage the ‘subsequent acquisitions’ separately from the initial one (for example, your initial acquisition was a PC, and you are adding a printer later).

You want to manage the various parts of an asset separately even at the time of ‘initial acquisition’ (for example, an initial purchase of a PC where you create separate asset master records for the monitor, CPU, etc.).

You need to divide the assets based on certain technical qualities (keyboard, mouse,etc.).

When you manage a complex asset, the system enables you to evaluate the asset in all possible ways such as: