Close Depreciation at Month and Year End

Purpose:  Refer to this document to close depreciation at the end of each month in ctcLink. No additional processing is required at year end.

Audience:  Financial Asset Manager, Facilities Asset Manager

You must have at least one of these local college managed security roles:

  • ZZ Depreciation Processing

If you need assistance with the above security roles, please contact your local college supervisor or IT Admin to request role access.

Close depreciation after all the transaction activity for the period is completed, including:

  • calculate depreciation
  • create accounting entries
  • generate journals

Close Depreciation

At the end of each month, run the Depreciation Close process (AM_DPCLOSE) to generate period depreciation entries in the General Ledger for all depreciable assets. Depreciation Close can only be run for accounting periods that are open in Asset Management.

Only run this process once for each accounting period/month.

Navigation: Asset Management > Accounting Entries > Close Depreciation

  1. The Depreciation Close run control ID search page displays.
  2. If you have run this process in the past, select the Find an Existing Value tab to enter an existing Run Control ID and select the Search button. If this is the first time running this process or report, select the Add a New Value tab to create a new Run Control ID and select the Add button. 
    • NOTE: It is important to note that Run Control IDs cannot be deleted. Do not include spaces in your Run Control. We encourage the Run Control ID to have the same process naming convention but unique to the step; because of this, including your institution code and a short process description in the Run Control ID is recommended--e.g., WA010_CLOSE_DEPR (College, Process).
  3. The Close Depreciation page displays.
  4. Enter the request parameters. These parameters will be used to define the processing rules and data to be included when the process is run.
    1. Use the Process Frequency drop-down button to select the "Always" option.
    2. If it did not already default, enter or select the appropriate business unit in the business Unit field.
    3. Enter or select "WACTC" in the Book Name field.
    4. Enter or select the accounting year to be closed in the Fiscal Year field.
    5. Enter or select the appropriate period/month # in the Period field.
  5. Select the Run button to run the close depreciation process for the selected Period/Month.
Close Depreciation 1 period page
(OPTIONAL) Close Depreciation for Multiple Periods/Months at One Time

All Periods/Months processed at one time must be in the same Fiscal Year.

  1. On the Close Depreciation page, select the plus icon [+] to add another Request.
  2. A new Request page appears, which shows “2 of 2” in the upper right corner. Some fields may auto populate.
    1. Select the Process Frequency to Always.
    2. Change the Request ID to a different number than used before.
    3. Change the Period to the desired month to close.
  3. As needed, to add another Month/Period, select the plus sign [+] to add another Request and follow step 2 above.
  4. Select the View All link to review all requests.
  5. Select the Run button to run the close depreciation process for the selected multiple Periods/Months.
Close multiple periods page
  1. The Process Scheduler Request page displays with the AM_DPCLOSE process is automatically selected. Select the OK button to run the process and return to the updated Close Depreciation page. Write down the Process Instance number.
  2. Select the Process Monitor. Please refer to the Process Schedule Request steps for further instructions. The Process Monitor page displays. Ensure the process runs to Success and is Posted.

Note: A Process Instance number appears when the process runs correctly. This number helps you identify the process you have run to check its status.

Select process monitor
  1. To view the AM Journal created when depreciation is closed, please select Review AM Journals.

Video Tutorial

The video below demonstrates the process actions described in steps listed above. There is no audio included with this video. Select the play button to start the video.

Video Tutorial via Panopto

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