David,
after reviewing the AcctgTrans and AcctgTransEntry entity I've noticed
that fixedAssetId, inventoryItemId, physicalInventoryId, partyId,
roleTypeId, invoiceId, paymentId, finAccountTransId, shipmentId,
receiptId, workEffortId are in the AcctgTrans entity, while partyId and
productId are defined in the AcctgTransEntry entity.
This sounds slightly different from #4 in your notes:
> 4. origin "documents" (detail records) are associated with the
> transaction entry, and there are structures for this in OFBiz
If the data model is correctly defined, it should be:
4. origin "documents" (detail records) are associated with the transaction
Sorry for the many questions, but I'm moving the information from the
list to the Wiki page and I want to be sure I understand the design.
Thanks,
Jacopo
David E Jones wrote:
Some notes on journals (GlJournal), transactions (AcctgTrans),
transaction entries (AcctgTransEntry), etc:
1. they are optional, transactions do not have to be associated with a
journal
2. a transaction is not associated with a GL account and does not
represent a debit or credit, each entry in a transaction does
3. journals are not meant to be balanced, individual transactions are
(checking to see whether or not an entire journal is balanced is simply
a matter of seeing if each transaction is balanced
4. origin "documents" (detail records) are associated with the
transaction entry, and there are structures for this in OFBiz
I think this is mostly a difference in terminology, most of the rest of
what you wrote sounds correct to me based on my understanding based on
my research and collaboration with others on accounting systems.
-David
