Automatic Asset Record Generation Parameters option is used to generate asset cards that are not defined in system yet and to assign these cards to the materials of Asset type in input slips. Asset Assignment transaction is located in the right click menu (F9) of purchase receipt / invoice, opening slip and input from project slip. If you check "Allow Automatic Assignment" parameter in Asset Assignment window, Automatic Asset Record Generation Parameters option will appear in the right click menu (F9) of the Assignment window.

Generate Code

The options are By Defined Template and Incremental.
"By Defined Template" option generates code according to the template as of the last record.
"Incremental" option generates code by increasing the value entered in Start Code field.

Start Code

It is an alphanumeric field which becomes active when Generate Code is selected as Incremental. It is used to determine the codes of asset cards which will be generated.

Description

It is the description info which will be shown in the asset cards.

Serial No.

Serial no of the asset card which will be generated. If any value is provided in this field, serial and lot number of the asset card are generated as Incremental.
This field is active only for the Transport Vehicle, Equipment and Other Asset categories.

Quantity

This field determines how many asset cards will be generated.

Asset Info

The asset information is displayed in this field with Code, Description, 2nd Description and Serial Number fields. The serial number of the assets can be tracked in this field and can be changed if necessary. 



The asset records are generated in Asset Assignments window in the number which is calculated after clicking Generate and Close buttons respectively. If you check "Auto. Commissioning" parameter in the Asset Assignments window, Commissioning slips are issued according to the specified Target Allocation Point info.

Automatic Asset Record Generation can also be performed over Asset Purchase Invoices. However, since material related assets cannot be entered in invoice lines of this type, the "Generate Asset Record Automatically" option will be available in F9-right-click menu after selecting an asset in line.
Similarly, material-independent asset records can be generated using Asset Management > Operations > Batch Asset Card Generation transaction.