ANTE User ManualFixed Assets in Multibook
A read-only copy of Multibook's fixed-asset register as ANTE last read it. When Multibook runs your depreciation, its journals come into ANTE through the journal sync; this list is where you look up the asset such a journal refers to. It only appears for a company that is connected to Multibook, and it never creates an ANTE fixed asset.
Getting There
Go to Treasury → Fixed Assets → Asset Register and click Fixed assets in Multibook at the top.
Who Posts the Depreciation
Under Settings → Multibook → Who posts the books, fixed assets are posted by ANTE by default. If you switch them to Multibook, the Asset Register, the asset pages and the Depreciation page show a notice, and Post journal, Post all due and Dispose are switched off so nothing is booked twice. The server refuses those actions as well.
The switch applies from today and never rewrites what is already posted. If Multibook posts depreciation while ANTE is also set to post it, the readiness panel in Settings → Multibook warns that the same entries could be booked twice.
What the List Shows
The list is filled by a daily read of Multibook's register. Read now asks for a fresh read (the server allows one attempt an hour). The line under the filters says when it was last read.
| Column | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Asset no. | The asset number in Multibook, with its asset group underneath. |
| Name / Category | The asset's name and its Multibook category. |
| Depreciation | The depreciation method and the useful life in months. |
| Acquired / Residual value | The acquisition date and the value left at the end of the asset's life. |
| Status | Posted in Multibook when the acquisition is booked there, Not posted yet otherwise, Removed in Multibook for assets Multibook no longer lists. |
Common Tasks
Finding an asset
- Open the list
Click Fixed assets in Multibook on the Asset Register.
- Search
Type an asset number, name or category in Search. Choose Show removed under Removed assets to include assets Multibook has taken off the register.
The assets live in Multibook. To change one, change it there; the next read brings the change in.
How It Connects
Set up first
- Multibook settings — Who posts the books decides whether Multibook or ANTE posts depreciation.
Gets its data from
- Multibook sync — the reference read also reads the fixed-asset register once a day.
Feeds into
- Asset Register — ANTE's own assets sit beside this read-only copy.
- Journal Vouchers — Multibook's depreciation journals arrive here through the journal sync.