AFAB & ASKB: Differences

ASKB:

You can post the values of depreciation areas to the general ledger directly, without having to generate a batch-input session, using a new periodic APC posting run. In addition, you can directly update the values of depreciation areas to a ledger during the posting transaction. This direct update is similar to online posting used for the master depreciation area.

Following is the procedure:

1. ASKB

2. Enter the required dataThe update run of the report has to be executed in the background, in order to improve system performance. Therefore, start the report in the background Report selection screen: Program >Execute in Background

3. Check the log of the APC posting run

4. Generate an asset history sheet for the depreciation areas posted

5. Compare the asset history sheet values with the balances of the corresponding reconciliation accounts in the general ledger.

AFAB:

Posting of Depreciation.

The calculation and scheduling of depreciation, interest and revaluation are automatically controlled by keys in the system, or you can control them manually using a special posting transaction. In both cases, planned depreciation from Asset Accounting has to be periodically posted to the corresponding asset and expense accounts of the general ledger. In addition to the various depreciation types, interest and revaluation, this posting run also posts the allocation and write-off of special reserves.

The main purpose of ASKBN and AFABN are different.
AFABN posts depreciation directly to the depreciation areas on a realtime.

However ASKBN does this on a periodic basis along with APC values.

ASKBN will be used when you want to post values to two real depreciation areas.

As SAP cannot post to two real depreication areas on real time, you need to post values to the other areas using ASKBN.

This useful when you have 2 ledgers and each ledger is used for one depreciation area lets say Local GAAP and US GAAP where the APC values and the rates of depreciations are different.

By ASKBN system arrives the differential values between APC, Dpereciation for different depreciation areas which AFABN doesn't do.

More Over ASKBN checks thoroughly than AFABN.