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What-if depreciation analysis differs from projecting depreciation expense in that what-if depreciation analysis allows you to forecast depreciation for many different scenarios without changing your Oracle Assets data. Depreciation projection allows projection only for the parameters set up in Oracle Assets. See: Projecting Depreciation Expense.

To perform what-if depreciation analysis in Oracle Assets, you enter different combinations of parameters for a set of assets in the What-If Depreciation Analysis window, or you can run what-if analysis directly in Report eXchange, using the What-If Depreciation Analysis window.

After running what-if analysis based on the parameters you entered, you can run a report in Report eXchange from which you can review the results of the analysis. You can run what-if analysis for as many scenarios as you like. The results of each analysis will be available for you to download on Report eXchange. The analysis results will remain on Report eXchange until you purge them.

If you are satisfied with the results of your analysis, you can enter the new parameters in the Mass Changes window to update your assets according to the parameters you specified in the what-if analysis.

You may want to run what-if analysis for several different scenarios for comparison purposes. You can run what-if depreciation analysis for any number of scenarios. The results of an analysis will not overwrite the results of previous analyses. You can download the results of any of the analyses in Report eXchange at any time.

   To forecast depreciation using what-if depreciation analysis:

1. Navigate to the What-If Depreciation Analysis window in Oracle Assets or Report eXchange.

2. Enter the book containing the assets for which you want to run what-if analysis.

3. Enter the Assets to Analyze parameters to identify the set of assets for which you want to run what-if depreciation analysis.

4. Enter the Depreciation Scenario parameters to identify the depreciation rules to be used in the analysis.

5. Choose Run to run what-if depreciation analysis.

6. Download the What-If Depreciation Analysis Report from Report eXchange.

7. Review the results of the What-If Depreciation Analysis Report.

8. Update your assets according to the specified parameters in the Mass Changes window.

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Repeat this procedure using different parameters.