Party Information Needed

2010-02-03 Thread Brendan Vogt
Hi, I am trying to understand how the party manager works, and how everything fits in together. Is there any documentation about understanding the party better? Like for example, how do I find out what the different party types are like person, customer, employee, etc? Regards, Brendan

Re: Party Information Needed

2010-02-03 Thread Christopher Snow
The Data Model Resource book volume 1 really helps with this. Brendan Vogt wrote: Hi, I am trying to understand how the party manager works, and how everything fits in together. Is there any documentation about understanding the party better? Like for example, how do I find out what the

Re: Party Information Needed

2010-02-03 Thread Christopher Snow
From memory: Product Management Ordering Invoicing Shipments Workeffort HR Brendan Vogt wrote: With what else does it help with? On 3 February 2010 13:46, Christopher Snow sno...@snowconsulting.co.ukwrote: The Data Model Resource book volume 1 really helps with this. Brendan

Re: Party Information Needed

2010-02-03 Thread Brendan Vogt
I've just been reading it on Amazon. Is it worthwhile to go and buy all 3 volumes? I want to create my own e-commerce product in .NET, OFBiz too big for me, and the way things are done is not understandable for me. Will these 3 books help me? On 3 February 2010 14:03, Christopher Snow

Re: Party Information Needed

2010-02-03 Thread Christopher Snow
I bought all three, but haven't got past book 1! What are you struggling with in understanding ofbiz? Brendan Vogt wrote: I've just been reading it on Amazon. Is it worthwhile to go and buy all 3 volumes? I want to create my own e-commerce product in .NET, OFBiz too big for me, and the way

Re: Party Information Needed

2010-02-03 Thread Brendan Vogt
I've just managed to get everything setup correctly, The webpages and everything work correctly. I want to figure out how everything works, so I decided to start with party manager because it looks the easiest to understand. So I am browsing the various party screens. So next step is to look

Re: Party Information Needed

2010-02-03 Thread Christopher Snow
This is a good starting point: http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Tutorial+-+A+Beginners+Development+Guide Learning ofbiz can be a long journey, but it's worth it. Brendan Vogt wrote: I've just managed to get everything setup correctly, The webpages and everything work

Re: Party Information Needed

2010-02-03 Thread Jacques Le Roux
The 1st volume is enough for most implementations Jacques From: Christopher Snow sno...@snowconsulting.co.uk I bought all three, but haven't got past book 1! What are you struggling with in understanding ofbiz? Brendan Vogt wrote: I've just been reading it on Amazon. Is it worthwhile to go

Re: Party Information Needed

2010-02-03 Thread BJ Freeman
the Data model books give you and Idea of how the data ties together, somewhat. Ofbiz has modified some of the ways data is handled. this will give you and Idea how ofbiz works http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBTECH/Framework+Introduction+Videos+and+Diagrams here are some good links

Re: Party Information Needed

2010-02-03 Thread Matt Warnock
In my experience, these books are really valuable. I've read 12, just got 3 (opened it 10 minutes ago). Silverston lays out how to store data in tables that make sense, rather than (for example) the usual separate tables for employees, suppliers, customers, etc. If a customer becomes an

Re: Party Information

2007-12-14 Thread Mridul Pathak
Hi Brendan, We can create Party for any person or group. A person is for a single person and a Group is for any organization or a departments in an organization. We can assign roles (more than one) to each person according to the roles they play in a organization (like employee, customer,

Re: Party Information

2007-12-12 Thread sqlien
as possible about the OFBiz system but by bit. Thanks Brendan -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Party-Information-tp14238709p14296508.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Party Information

2007-12-09 Thread Brendan Vogt
Hi there, Is there any document-specific information about the party section? What I mean is I need to know what type of party is used for what? And maybe an explanation for all the input fields. I don't know when I party is a person or an employee? Every one that works for me is going to