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Training Tidbit: Am I able to track both fixed (capital) and non-fixed assets in Fixed Asset Inventory?

Yes, you are able to use the Fixed Asset Inventory module to track both your fixed (capital) assets and your non-fixed assets as inventory for insurance purposes.  If you track both fixed (capital) assets and non-fixed assets, you will still be able to generate reports to see just fixed (capital) assets, or see just non-fixed assets, or print a report showing the full inventory of both fixed and non-fixed assets together.

One way to track fixed assets and non-fixed assets in the Fixed Asset Inventory module is to enter all assets as normal, but only define those that are fixed assets as depreciable.  Then when running reports, utilize the Total Cost parameter in the following ways to generate reports containing the various information:  1) to only include the fixed assets on the reports, enter the threshold for what is considered a fixed asset in the From field (i.e. $1,000.00) and delete the amount in the To field so it is blank; 2) to only include the non-fixed assets on the reports, leave the From field blank and enter the number just below the threshold in the To field (i.e. $999.99); or 3) to include all fixed and non-fixed assets, leave both the From and To fields blank.

Note:  There are other ways of tracking fixed assets and non-fixed assets in the Fixed Asset Inventory module.  For example, another method would be to define a referenced custom field as Asset Type with Fixed and Non-Fixed as the IDs; then when entering all assets, you would assign the appropriate Asset Type for each asset, while defining only those that are fixed assets as depreciable.  To then run reports using this method, generate the Asset Report by Referenced Custom Field in either the Detail or Summary format and complete the Custom Field Description parameter as desired.  The Fixed Asset Inventory module is flexible and can be setup for whichever method will work best for the needs of your district.