ANLA

Transparent table · masterAsset dimensionStill live in S/4HANA

The asset master — every asset’s identity: number, class, description, and capitalization date. In S/4HANA the asset values moved into ACDOCA, but the master record stays right here in ANLA, and it’s the dimension every asset report joins to.

Primary key: BUKRS · ANLN1 · ANLN2 (company code · main asset number · subnumber). The subnumber lets one asset carry sub-components — a building plus a later extension — under one main number.

◆Key fields (ANLA)

Field	Key	In reports	Description
BUKRS	PK	●	Company code — which set of books the asset belongs to.
ANLN1	PK	●	Main asset number — the asset's identity.
ANLN2	PK	●	Asset subnumber — sub-components grouped under one main asset.
ANLKL		●	Asset class — drives the G/L accounts (account determination) and the default depreciation terms.
TXT50		●	Asset description.
AKTIV		●	Capitalization date — when the asset goes live and depreciation starts.
DEAKT		○	Deactivation date — filled when the asset is fully retired.
ZUGDT		○	First acquisition date.
INVNR		○	Inventory number — the physical tag/label reference.
MENGE		○	Quantity.
MEINS		○	Unit of measure for the quantity.
ORD41–44		○	Evaluation groups — free fields for grouping assets in reporting.

◆The asset master family

ANLA holds the identity, but two siblings carry the parts that change over time and by valuation view. All three share the same asset key.

Object	Holds	Joined on
ANLA	Identity — number, class, description, dates	BUKRS · ANLN1 · ANLN2
ANLZ	Time-dependent assignments — cost center, profit center, segment, plant, location	BUKRS · ANLN1 · ANLN2 · valid-from
ANLB	Depreciation terms — depreciation key, useful life, start date (per area)	BUKRS · ANLN1 · ANLN2 · AFABE

ANLZ is time-dependent: an asset's cost center can change mid-life, and ANLZ keeps each assignment with its valid-from date. For a report that must show the historically accurate cost center, read ANLZ at the posting date — not just the current assignment.

◆Asset class & account determination

The asset class (ANLKL) is the single most important field on the master. It decides which G/L accounts the asset posts to and the depreciation it starts with.

ANLKL drives	What it sets
Account determination	Which APC, accumulated-depreciation, and depreciation-expense G/L accounts the asset posts to.
Default depreciation	The depreciation key and useful life proposed for each area (you can override per asset in ANLB).
Number range & screen layout	How asset numbers are assigned and which master fields are shown or required.

So when an asset report rolls up by class — Buildings, Machinery, Vehicles, IT — it is rolling up by ANLKL, and every figure under that class traces to the accounts the class determines.

◆S/4HANA status

ANLA is not replaced — it is a live transparent table and still the asset master. What changed is the values: classic Asset Accounting kept asset balances in their own tables (ANEP, ANEA, ANLP, ANLC), but in S/4HANA those values post to ACDOCA in real time. So there is no more FI-AA-to-G/L reconciliation, and the old value tables became compatibility views. The master stays in ANLA.

Reading directly: ANLA is safe to read as the asset dimension — class, description, capitalization date. Get the values from ACDOCA, and for the historically accurate cost center / profit center read the time-dependent ANLZ, not the current snapshot.

◆Where this surfaces — released CDS views

I_FixedAsset — the released asset master view over ANLA
I_FixedAssetAssgmt — the time-dependent assignments (ANLZ): cost center, profit center, segment
I_FixedAssetForLedger — the ledger- and area-dependent master view

◆Reports that use this master

Asset History Sheet — rolls forward by asset class (ANLKL)
Asset Balances — APC, depreciation, and NBV by class and area
Asset Transactions — movements by asset and transaction type
Depreciation forecast & run — useful life and key come from ANLB

How the data gets out: a SAP-compliant extract of the released CDS view via SLT or Table / Table-CDC — never ODP-RFC (SAP Note 3255746). See the extraction pattern →

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Terms on this page

ANLA: The asset master record table — one row per asset (plus subnumber).
Asset master: An asset's identity: number, class, description, and key dates.
Asset class (ANLKL): The group that drives the asset's G/L accounts and default depreciation.
Capitalization date (AKTIV): When the asset goes live and depreciation starts.
Subnumber (ANLN2): Groups sub-components — like a later extension — under one main asset.
ANLZ: The time-dependent assignments: cost center, profit center, segment, location.
ANLB: The depreciation terms per area: key, useful life, start date.
Depreciation area: A valuation view of the asset — book, tax, group, or IFRS.
CDS view: Core Data Services — an SAP-supplied, upgrade-safe view onto the data.
I_FixedAsset: The released view that exposes the ANLA asset master.
ODP-RFC: An older extraction route SAP now bans for non-SAP tools (Note 3255746).