SAP S/4HANA · Fixed Assets
Fixed Assets Data Model
Three FA factsOn ACDOCAConformed dimensions
One owned model for Fixed Assets. The balance, history-sheet, and transaction facts are all built from ACDOCA and join one shared set of conformed dimensions. The same set the rest of finance uses.
One source (ACDOCA) · three FA facts · one shared set of conformed dimensions — the same set your finance model uses.
Why it matters: when the Fixed Assets facts share the same asset, account, and date, a number means the same thing in every Fixed Assets report — and it reconciles with the rest of finance, because the dimensions are the same ones the enterprise model uses.
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◆ The Fixed Assets facts— each is a thin view over the source, sharing the same keys.
| Fact | Grain (one row per) | Built from |
|---|---|---|
| fct_asset_balance | asset × area balance | ACDOCA + ANLA |
| fct_asset_history | asset movement | ACDOCA by transaction type |
| fct_asset_transaction | asset transaction line | ACDOCA · I_FixedAsset |
In S/4HANA asset values post real-time to ACDOCA, so there is no separate asset sub-ledger to reconcile. The history sheet is the transactions grouped by movement type and depreciation area.
◆ The conformed dimensions— one asset, one account, one calendar — used by every fact.
| Dimension | What it is | Master |
|---|---|---|
| dim_asset | Asset master (ANLN1/ANLN2) | ANLA |
| dim_deprec_area | Depreciation area | area config |
| dim_transaction_type | Transaction type (acquisition, retirement…) | ATM config |
| dim_company_code | Company code (RBUKRS) | T001 |
| dim_date | Fiscal year & period | calendar |
Conformed means the same dimension table, the same keys, joined by every fact that needs it — so a value means the same thing in every report.
◆ Why it is one model, not three— the dimensions are shared, and it plugs straight into your finance model.
- Shared dimensions — all three facts join the same asset, account, and date dimensions, so a number reconciles across the reports instead of arguing.
- One source — ACDOCA feeds every fact; the reports differ only in grain.
- It is the same conformed set the rest of finance uses — dim_company_code, dim_gl_account, and dim_date are shared with the enterprise model, so Fixed Assets is not a silo.
- Add later without rebuilding — new measures join the dimensions that already exist.
◆ How it is built & owned— over the source + released CDS views, on your cloud, extracted the compliant way.
- Source — ACDOCA for the values; ANLA and the released view I_FixedAsset for the asset dimension.
- Build — dbt models: the facts and conformed dimensions, reconciled to the source ERP before go-live.
- Land — your own cloud warehouse: GCP, AWS, or Azure.
- Extract — released CDS + ODP-OData, SLT, or Table/Table-CDC; never ODP-RFC. See the extraction pattern →
- Fits the whole — these facts and dimensions slot into the enterprise data model via the conformed keys.
Terms on this page
- Asset (ANLN1/ANLN2)
- The asset number and its sub-number — the asset master is ANLA.
- Depreciation area
- A valuation view of an asset (book, tax, group…).
- History sheet
- The asset movements — acquisitions, retirements, depreciation — over a period.
- Fact
- A table of measures and keys — the numbers you aggregate.
- Conformed dimension
- One dimension shared by every fact, so a value means the same thing everywhere.
- ACDOCA
- The Universal Journal — the single S/4HANA table behind the finance facts.
- Star schema
- One fact surrounded by its dimensions — the report-friendly shape.
- Grain
- What one row of a fact represents — the level of detail.
Want your Fixed Assets model built & owned?
We build the balance, history-sheet, and transaction facts on ACDOCA — reconciled to the asset register before go-live — and your team owns every line of code.