# Pause or change an asset

Use Adjust on a running asset to change its duration, interval or salvage value and rebuild the entries not yet posted, or to mark it paused and resume it later.

Plans change: a laptop lasts longer than expected, a screen will be resold for more than planned, a room is closed for works. Once an asset or a deferral is confirmed, change its parameters through **Adjust**, which keeps the posted entries and rebuilds the rest; the fields of the form stay editable, but a value saved there does not rebuild the schedule. The example uses the demo asset *Reception furniture*, 4,200.00 over 84 months.

## Before you start {#before-you-start}

- You need the **Administrator** access right on **Accounting**.
- **Adjust** is offered on a **Running** or **Paused** record. A draft record is still changed on its form before **Confirm**.

## Change the duration, interval or salvage value {#modify}

1. Open the asset from **Accounting/Accounting/Assets & Liabilities/Assets & Deferrals**, open the **Actions** menu and choose **Adjust**.
2. The dialog **Adjust Asset** opens with **Action Type** set to **Modify Parameters**. **Effective Date** is today; it is written in the note the change leaves in the chatter.
3. In **New Depreciation Parameters**, change what has changed:
   - **New Duration**: the number of entries over the whole life, those already posted included. To keep the reception furniture one year longer than planned, go from 84 to 96.
   - **New Interval**: **Monthly**, **Quarterly** or **Yearly**.
   - **New Salvage Value**: what you now expect to get back at the end.
   - **New Declining Rate**: shown only for the two declining methods.

![Modify Parameters takes a new duration, interval or salvage value and rebuilds the entries not yet posted.](https://jaah.app/web/image/11360-f8dc2160/fixed-assets-pause-adjust_modify-en.png)

4. Click **Apply**. The record takes the new values, every entry not yet posted is deleted, and a new schedule starts the period after the last posted entry. The posted entries do not move. A note in the chatter lists what changed.

Rebuilding a long schedule can take a minute or more: wait until the dialog closes.

## Pause and resume {#pause}

1. Choose **Adjust** again in the **Actions** menu and set **Action Type** to **Pause**.

![Pause marks the record as paused; the effective date goes to the chatter.](https://jaah.app/web/image/11364-7808270e/fixed-assets-pause-adjust_pause-en.png)

2. Click **Apply**. The record is **Paused** and the chatter notes *Schedule paused on* with the effective date.

![The asset is paused and the chatter records the date.](https://jaah.app/web/image/11368-803cbc3c/fixed-assets-pause-asset_paused-en.png)

Pausing changes the state of the record and nothing else: the entries already in its schedule stay as they are, and those set to **Auto-post at Date** are still posted on their dates by the daily job (see [Fixed asset automations](fixed-assets-automations)). A paused record keeps **Adjust** in its **Actions** menu, but no longer offers **Cancel** or **Set to Draft**.

3. To resume, choose **Adjust**, set **Action Type** to **Resume** and click **Apply**. The record is **Running** again and the chatter notes the date.

![Resumed, the asset is running again.](https://jaah.app/web/image/11372-0406da86/fixed-assets-pause-asset_resumed-en.png)

## FAQ {#faq}

### I do not see Adjust in the Actions menu. {#no-adjust}

The record is still a **Draft** (confirm it first), or it is **Closed** or **Cancelled**. A user with a read-only access right sees no actions at all.

### Can I change only the method? {#method}

The dialog shows the **Method** of the record. On this version, a change of the method alone is written on the record but leaves the entries already scheduled as they were; change it together with the duration, the interval or the salvage value so that the schedule is rebuilt.

### Can I go back to Draft and start again? {#set-to-draft}

Only while no entry is posted: **Set to Draft** in the **Actions** menu deletes the draft entries and lets you change the form before confirming again. Once one entry is posted, it is refused; use **Adjust** instead.

### Can I sell the asset from the same dialog? {#sell}

Yes, with **Sell / Dispose / Write-off**. See [Sell or dispose of an asset](sell-or-dispose-of-an-asset).

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- Source: https://jaah.app/docs/fixed-assets/pause-or-change-an-asset
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- Version: Fixed assets 19.0.1.5.0
- Verified: 2026-10-23