DDB

Name

DDB

Syntax

DDB (Real Cost, Real Salvage, Real Life, Real Period)

Purpose

To return the double-declining balance of an asset.

Description

Returns the depreciation of an asset for a specific time period using the double-declining balance method.

Return Type

Double

Parameters

Cost [System.Double]

Salvage [System.Double]

Life [System.Double]

Period [System.Double]

Example

To calculate the depreciation value for the aforementioned example, we will be passing the required parameters to the function transformation object using a Variables object.

Where,

Cost = 10000

Salvage = 3000

Life = 10

Period = 6

Right-click on the function transformation object and select Preview Output. You can see that Astera Data Stack has returned depreciation value using the double-declining method.