DB function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

DB

Returns the depreciation of an asset for a specified period using the fixed rate declining-balance method.

 

Syntax

 

DB(original_cost; salvage; lifetime; year; [months])

original_cost: The initial cost of the asset. Eg., 50000

salvage: The value at the end of depreciation. Eg., 300
lifetime: The number of years over which the asset is depreciated. Eg., 3
year: The year number for which the depreciation is calculated. Eg., 1
months: The number of months in the first year. It defaults to 12 if omitted. Eg., 10

 

Examples  

 

Formula

Result

=DB(A2;B2;C2;D2;E2)

34083.333333333

=DB(A3;B3;C3;D3;E3)

528.048

=DB(A4;B4;C4;D4;E4)

825.489249104


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Possible Errors

 

Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

  • The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.

#NAME!

  • The function name is incorrect or invalid.

  • The given defined name (if any) is invalid.

  • There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.

  • Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.

  • Colon missing in a cell range reference.

#VALUE!

  • The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
    For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

  • The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved or pasted over.

#NUM!

  • The value of year is less than 1.

 

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