Iain, Comments inline...
From: "Iain Fogg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I had another look at this tonight, and I don't think the Gift > Certificate is ready for general use as a product saleable through a > variety of channels. Here's some observations that may or may not be > correct: > > 1. The GC services rely on the recipient having an email address. This > is no good if you want to sell a GC in-store and provide the purchaser > with a physical certificate that can be redeemed later. Yes this is really a problem in POS and we must do something about it. I hope to work on https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-286 ASAP... > 2. Other than the email in (1), there doesn't seem to be a way for staff > to look at the details of the GC (eg, the GC # and remaining value) Yes I agree, anybody interested may have a look at http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-478 > 3. The GC email tells the user the exTax value of the certificate (yes, > I know this is only relevant in VAT/GST countries) You mean don't tell for the moment and you want to have it in ? > 4. I'm sure this is jsut user error, but I couldn't figure out how to > accept a payment from a GC. I assume that the end-user has an ecommerce > screen to pay with the GC but since I don't use the ecommerce features > of OFBiz (yet) I couldn't test that. Either way, accepting a GC payment > in either Order Manager or POS seemed to be out of the question. Yes that's right AFAIK. BTW there is all is needed in eCommerce. > 5. I didn't look too closely since 1-4 were real show-stoppers, but it's > not clear that the accounts are getting updated properly. I saw that Financials is recording something please see http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-478#action_12455173 > Anyone else interested in having GCs that work outside a pure ecommerce > environment? Yes I am and Ray Barlow too and possibly other people I'm not aware of (I know POS begin to interests more and more persons...). Unfortunatly I have also some other duties/tasks to work on ... Jacques > Cheers, Iain > > Jacques Le Roux (JIRA) wrote: > > [ > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-478?page=comments#action_12455174 > > ] > > > > Jacques Le Roux commented on OFBIZ-478: > > --------------------------------------- > > > > Mmm... perhaps I'm not clear : users are here of course admin, etc. > > > > > >> Gift Certificates sold offline (in store, over the phone, etc) > >> -------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Key: OFBIZ-478 > >> URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-478 > >> Project: OFBiz (The Open for Business Project) > >> Issue Type: Bug > >> Components: accounting > >> Reporter: Iain Fogg > >> > >> Apologies in advance if this is user error and not a bug. > >> If I create a Sales Order for a gift certificate (basically using the Demo > >> Seed Data) I think the finaccount is being created but I'm confused about the use-model. > >> If I look in the FinAccount table, I can see several GIFTCERT_ACCOUNTs. > >> None of them have a finAccountName, but they all have a finAccountCode which looks like the output of a toString or something similar. With the Demo Data config, ought I be seeing a 12 alphanum account id somewhere in that table? > >> In the case where I am selling the GC to a customer (say on the phone), > >> should I be able to get the account id from somewhere in the UI to inform the customer, and/or to print out on some official looking store card for later redemption. Or....... > >> Is the current implementation only intended for pure electronic use? A > >> slight bummer if this is the base. > >> Also, where can I see the balance on a fin_account? I can see transactions > >> in the GL, but I'm having a heck of a time finding where (if at all) I can view/update fin_accounts. > >> Again, apologies if this is inappropriate use of Jira, but from my naive > >> perspective this looks like a bug, but I recognise it could be either deliberate design, or a stupid user :-) > >> Cheers, Iain > >> > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.6/568 - Release Date: 4/12/2006
