Creating or Selecting Variables

PeopleSoft provides a listing of the user-defined depreciation variables that are commonly used to construct the depreciation formula. The following table shows the variable name, the corresponding program variable, and whether a variable can be assigned a calculation result. Review this information to see if you can use it to construct your formula.

Variable

Program Variable

Assign To Flag

ALLOC_LIFE

# ALLOC_LIFE

N

ALLOC_TOTAL

#ALLOC_TOTAL

N

ASSET_BASIS

#ASSET BASIS

N

ASSET_COST

#ASSET_COST

N

ASSET_COST_PER_CHARTFIELD

#LINE_COST

N

ASSET_LIFE

#ASSET_LIFE

N

BEGIN_DEPR_PERIOD

#BEGIN_DEPR_PD

N

BEGIN_DEPR_YEAR

#BEGIN_DEPR_FY

N

CURRENT_YEAR

#SELECTED_FY

N

DB_PERCENT

#DB_PERCENT

N

DEPR

#DEPR

Y

DEPR_LOW_LIMIT

# DEPR_LOW_LIMIT

N

DEPR_PERCENT

#FLAT_PERCENT

N

LIFE_IN_YEARS

# LIFE_IN_YEARS

N

LIFE_REMAINING

#LIFE_REMAINING

N

LINE_COST_FRACTION

#LINE_COST_FRACTION

N

LTD_DEPR

#LTD_DEPR

N

NO_OF_PERIODS_IN_YEAR

#NUMBER_OF_PERIODS

N

NO_OF_PERIODS_TO_DEPR

# ALLOC

N

RESULT_A

#RESULT_A

Y

RESULT_B

#RESULT_B

Y

RESULT_C

#RESULT_C

Y

RESULT_D

#RESULT_D

Y

RESULT_E

#RESULT_E

Y

RESULT_F

#RESULT_F

Y

RESULT_G

#RESULT_G

Y

RESULT_H

#RESULT_H

Y

RESULT_I

#RESULT_I

Y

RESULT_J

#RESULT_J

Y

RESULT_K

#RESULT_K

Y

RESULT_L

#RESULT_L

Y

RESULT_M

#RESULT_M

Y

RESULT_N

#RESULT_N

Y

SALVAGE_VALUE

#SALVAGE_VALUE

N

TOTAL_PERIODS_DEPR

#PERIOD_COUNT_ACCUM

N

UDX1

# UDX1

Y

UDX2

# UDX2

Y

UDX3

# UDX3

Y

UDX4

# UDX4

Y

UDX5

# UDX5

Y

UDX6

# UDX6

Y

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

User Defined Variables Page

UD_VARIABLE_DEFN

Create a new variable or select an existing variable.

Review User Defined Methods - User Defined Variables

UD_VARIABLE_INQ

View or select an existing variable.

Use the User Defined Variables page (UD_VARIABLE_DEFN) to create a new variable or select an existing variable.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the User Defined Variables page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 User Defined Variables page

Field or Control

Description

Assign To Variable

Indicates whether you can assign the resultant value to this variable.

Program Variable

Identifies and references the user-defined variable name with the corresponding internal AM_DEPR_CALC or AMDPCUDM program variable name.

Initialize

Note: This check box appears only for variables that have the Assign To Variable selected.

Determines whether you can initialize the content of a variable during consecutive year calculation in order to use the variable content in the calculation for the subsequent years.