QAD 2017 Enterprise Edition > User Guides > Fixed Assets > Creating and Managing Fixed Assets > Using CIM to Load Fixed-Asset Data > Using CIM Load in Fixed Asset Batch Maintenance
  
Using CIM Load in Fixed Asset Batch Maintenance
In Fixed Asset Batch Maintenance, you can use the CIM-load functions to load basic fixed-asset data for 25 assets at a time into the system.
Use the numbers in Radio Button Definitions to represent the corresponding radio buttons in your CIM data input file.

Radio Button Definitions
 
Screen
Number
Radio Button
Fixed Asset Batch Maintenance header screen
1
Update
2
Add
3
Assets
4
Create
5
Undo
6
Find
7
Delete
8
End
Assets screen
1
Update
2
Add
3
Delete
4
End
CIM Data Input File is an example of a CIM data input file for Fixed Asset Batch Maintenance.

CIM Data Input File
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
@@batchload fabchmt.p
"2"
"30" "960"
"3"
"2"
"Asset 1" "first asset" "db01" "ca" "11/01/07" "430" "100" "1" "100000" "1000" "ea"
 
"Asset 2" "second asset" "db01" "ca" "11/05/07" "530" "100" "1" "100000" "1000" "ea"
"4"
"4"
"8"
.
@@end
CIM Data Input File Elements explains each element of the CIM data input file.

CIM Data Input File Elements
 
Line
Explanation
1
Indicates the beginning of the CIM data file
2
Add radio button on the Fixed Asset Batch Maintenance header
3
Input for Batch and Batch Control fields
4
Assets radio button on the Fixed Asset Batch Maintenance header
5
Add radio button on the Assets screen
6
“Asset 1”: Asset field
“first asset”: Asset description field
“db01”: Class field
“ca”: Location field
“11/01/07”: Service Date field
“430”: Cost field
“100”: Salvage field
“1”: Components field
“100000”: Total Units field
“1000”: Units/Period field
“ea”: UM field
7
If the units-of-production depreciation method is used, enter information for the following three fields:
“100000”: Total Units field
“1000”: Units/Period field
“ea”: UM field
8
Leave a blank line after each asset in the batch except the last
9
Same explanation as line 6
10
Same explanation as line 7
11
End radio button on the Assets screen
12
Create radio button on the Fixed Asset Batch Maintenance header
13
End radio button on the Fixed Asset Batch Maintenance header
14
End
15
Indicates the ending of the CIM data file