.. _changelog: Changelog ========= `V2.0` ------ Enhancements/changes made by Noviat (www.noviat.com) - New Time Method: Number of Years - New Computation Method: Degressive-Linear - Fiscal Year based depreciation table calculation. The table calculation logic has been rewritten: - The calculation takes into account fiscal year start/stop dates. Fiscal year start/stop dates can be different from calendar year start/stop dates. Also extended/shortened fiscal years are supported. - The first entry will contain the Year-To-Date depreciation amount. - The depreciation table is calculated in 2 steps: - Step 1: calculate the amount for the fiscal years. - Step 2: spread this amount over the fiscal year according to the selected depreciation period duration. - Rounding deviations caused by the cost spreading over the fiscal are compensated as follows: - year 1: compensation on the first depreciation date - others years: compensation on the last depreciation date of the fiscal year. - Fiscal year dates and duration are not known yet at the time of asset creation. The initial depreciation table calculation assumes undefined fiscal years to be equal to a calendar year. Fiscal year duration changes are automatically taken into account by recomputing the depreciation table when running the periodical asset posting wizard. - Depreciation dates are always equal to the last date of a Fiscal Year/Quarter/Month. - Time Methods The Time Method 'Number of Years' should be used for Financial Assets. The Time Methods 'Ending Date' and 'Number of Depreciations' have been adapted for Deferred Cost/Income and Cost/Income Spreading purposes. As a consequence, the calculation is always 'pro rata' for these Time Methods and the 'Set to Removed' button is not available. - Accounting entry corrections Negative depreciation amounts are correctly handled (e.g. to compensate for excessive depreciation in case of period duration change). - Foreign currency support Purchases in foreign currency are converted to company currency using the exchange rate at the purchase date. The depreciation table is calculated in company currency. - The 'Journal Entries' button now opens a list view of the 'Journal Entries'. The 'Journal Items' remain available via the 'Journal Items' link and the History tab. - An extra button is added to the depreciation lines to facilitate the access to the accounting entry associated with a depreciation line. - The Accounting Entry Reference field can be customised via the '_get_depreciation_entry_name' method. - account.asset.asset,purchase_date (Purchase Date) field renamed to date_start (Depreciation Start Date), since an asset can be composed of different purchases. - Assets with accounting entries in previous/closed fy's/periods are supported via 'Initial Balance Entries' in the depreciation table. - Extra controls have been added to guarantee consistency between depreciation lines amounts and accounting entry values: - an accounting entry linked to an asset cannot be changed - an asset_id cannot be added to an accounting entry - a depreciation line with a linked accounting entry cannot be changed - Depreciation line 'sequence' field removed (replaced by m2o to previous line) - Database fields replaced by computed fields: - account.asset.asset : asset_value - account.asset.depreciation.line : remaining_value, depreciated_value - parent_id concept has been changed : parent = type 'view'|'normal'. Hierarchy view shows subtotal calculation. - new (calculated) asset field 'value_depreciated', UI (form, list, hierarchy) adapted to show fields value, depreciated, remaining - new field on account.account : asset_category_id used as default asset category on sale invoice invoice line with asset account - Support the Purchase Journal 'Group Invoice Lines' option - account.asset.depreciation.line renamed to account.asset.line with types 'create'|'depreciate'|'dispose' since this table is now used to track the complete lifecycle of an asset. - 'Remove' button to generate the asset removal accounting moves. - Extra security - 'Set to Draft' button reserved for users of the 'Accounting & Finance / Manager' group. - 'Asset Removal' button reserved for users of the 'Accounting & Finance / Manager' group. - 'Remove accounting entry' button reserved for users of the 'Accounting & Finance / Manager' group. - Fixes for Time Methods 'Number of Depreciations' and 'Ending Date' - Pro Rata Temporis: include asset start date in number of days for first depreciation - Fix logic for recompute of table with posted entries - Fix rounding errors in depreciation table computation - Selection lists for fields 'method' and 'method_time' have been moved to object methods so that they can be modified in an inherited module. - Migration code has been added to upgrade asset database tables via the standard module upgrade process. `V2.1` ------ Enhancements/changes made by Noviat (www.noviat.com) - Support assets without depreciation table (e.g. properties that keep their value). Specify 'method_number' = 0 for such assets. `V2.2` ------ Enhancements/changes - Generation of accounting entries in case of early removal.