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Rules to populate every month till end of the year

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:21 am
by telula
Hello,
I would like the rules of the cube to calculate the depreciation of a capex starting from the month the capex cost in incurred to
(i) end of the year
(ii) end of 3 years.

For example, in June, a forecast for Capex worth $36,000 happens.
I would like to show depreciation
June -$1000
July-$1000
Aug-$1000
.
.
Dec - $1000
What would the syntax of the rules look like ?I am stuck at the allocating for each month starting in June...Help!!

Re: Rules to populate every month till end of the year

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:46 am
by lotsaram
What the rules are going to look at will depend on the depreciation method.

One thing I would recommend is to use a cube with a combined year-month dimension for calculating depreciation as many depreciation methods can then be calculated using consolidations or a combination of consolidations and rules which is faster and more efficient than a pure rules approach.

It is probably also going to be useful to have a lookup cube(s) for asset classes, depreciation methods and applicable ratios.