Chris Travers wrote: > Ok, I think you folks misunderstand what I am saying about making sure > that things are done GAAP-compliant on the back-end. > > The big thing is that what you see when you "correct and repost" an > invoice should be what makes sense with your workflow. I.e. pull up > the invoice, enter new numbers, click "Repost" and it does all the > GAAP-compliant wizardry behind the scenes. I posted pseudocode for > this before. It *might* not look quite the same as I posted before > but the idea is that you can have a basic button that is convenient > workflow and automates the details of GAAP behind the scenes.
I really don't like this Repost idea. It goes against basic accounting principles. Isn't this what things like quotes and estimates are for? Joshua D. Drake > > Best Wishes, > Chris Travers > > On 3/18/07, Ashley J Gittins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> This "draft" mode is useless for such an operation. I do a lot of >>> lurking here, and I believe a good number of L-SMB users are "casual" >>> users who aren't accountants and are simply doing their best to keep >>> some semblance of order in their record-keeping. >> I was thinking much along the same lines - for us being able to alter >> transactions is a great boon, as is having the system not enforcing rules >> just because they are "best practice" (eg, many systems won't allow selling >> inventory into negatives which is just crazy for many businesses). >> >> That said though, having the ability to set up SL to enforce rules would be a >> great boon for many other users (especially sites with staff). In our setup >> the only staff are the biz owners so trust is not an issue, but if you have >> staff then enforcing reversal and controlling edits becomes very important. >> >> I would encourage any efforts to add business rule enforcements as _optional_ >> rules that can be switched on and off (by suitably authorised pesons only, of >> course). >> >> As for drafts specifically, I guess it would be helpful for some to be able >> to >> save invoices and other docs "in progress" - I wonder how much extra >> infrastructure is going to be required though to handle these "twilight zone" >> documents though - it ain't an invoice, and it ain't a sales order, it's some >> sort of embryonic thing that has no home in the current reporting or menu >> system, so some effort might be required in adding a new "state" for these >> docs. Others will likely have good ideas for solving this though so don't >> think I'm entirely against it, I just think it's not as simple as adding >> a "save" button to the invoice entry screen. >> >> Personally I would probably want to turn drafts off - if you are doing an >> invoice, FINISH IT! It just opens up another hole for things to fall through >> imho, but I know it would suit some people's workflows better. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Ashley J Gittins >> web: http://www.purple.dropbear.id.au >> jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> _______________________________________________ >> Ledger-smb-users mailing list >> Ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Ledger-smb-users mailing list > Ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list Ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
