[Matt Kress]

We have recently uploaded our fixed assets with their acquisition and depreciation amounts/dates into NAV 2015.  We “think” we have the information in correctly.  When importing the data, we kept the acquisition date as the depreciation start date and the last day of the previous fiscal year as the last depreciation date (6/30/16).  It is  when I try to run depreciation for July 2016 that I get the below error message.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV
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It was not possible to find a Starting Date in Accounting Period.
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OK
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Any ideas on what this means?

Thank you in advance for your help.

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Matt Kress
Controller, Rupp Seeds Inc.

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[Robb Delprado]

Matt,
Each fixed asset has to have an FA Depreciation Book assigned to it.  And each FA Depreciation Book has to have at least a “Deprecation Starting Date”.  Depending on the Depreciation Method selected you may also need to specify “First User-Defined Starting Date”.

To utilize NAV Depreciation, you should have posted the cumulative depreciation for each asset through an FA Journal with the integration to G/L turned off during the conversion / upload.  NAV needs to know what the current net book balance is as of the date you are running the depreciation.  If you are now integrating to the G/L you will need to turn the integration on for depreciation.

You can always call for more information.

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Robb Delprado
President
Western Data Systems, Inc.
Houston TX
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[Cynthia Priebe]

Matt,

Check that Accounting Periods have been defined for the fiscal years you intend to post depreciation. From the error, I think they are not. Defining these is a Financial Management periodic activity.

Thanks,

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Cynthia Priebe, MCTS, DCP
Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager
Liberty Grove Software
Grafton OH
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[Kim Dallefeld]

Once you’ve checked your accounting periods, and your FA depreciation book, you might also want to check the FA Setup. There are allow posting from and to dates in the FA Setup that you should be aware of. These are not causing your current error but could be something down stream.

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Kim Dallefeld
NAV Consultant
Past NAVUG Chair
NAVUG Programming Committee
Ft Worth, TX
Kim@Dallefeld.com
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