Nayan,
On one of our recent user meetup calls, this issue with the account
numbering came up for users in both Nigeria and Ghana:
Here's the notes on what we discussed (
http://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/RES/06.07.2012+User+Meetup)
*Feedback from Aliyu in Nigeria*
- Major problems - CBN's directives of things that need to be put into
place before can make use of software
- Account # - command from regulatory agent - account # have to be 10
digits
- Can change account# at MySQL table level - is there a way that can
a module that can be developed to enable account #s that can have just 10
digits.
- Trying to convince MFIs to use it - they want it - spoken with GM of 3
bank - this is issue that is blocking them.
- Patrick Asare Frimpong: This is also a requirement from Central Bank
of Ghana - 13 numbers or less for account #s
- Luckily it's not mandatory
- Keith: long-standing issue in mifos - challenge is it's hardcoded -
formula is office + zero-padded number using the ID of the database.
- No nice way-- question is can it be fixed in a clean way?
- Need to get estimate from Jakub for current Mifos codebase
- For Mifos X we will want to support it - generate a unique
identifier for loans or clients depending on what looking for.
- Workarounds:
- Suggested by Arun: one possible workaround for aliyu would be to
have a separate number list created - a simple tool which just links the
two numbers. the loan number showing in MIFOS and what actually gets
communicated to clients. i agree it is not an ideal solution,
but shd work
as a temporary solution to follow regulatory norms until the chnages can
come in mifos
- Could also manually keep updating the account number directly in
the database but this wouldn't be a sustainable solution in the long run.
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Nayan Ambali <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hey Stephen,
>
> May I know the reason to reset the number ?
>
> Thanks
> Nayan Ambali
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Ogutu Ochieng <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> How do we configure mifos such that the customer number begins at 1
>> instead of the number like 002-000001 i want it to start from 1.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Stephen Ochieng,
>>
>>
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