2014-07-02 16:07 GMT+02:00 Cédric Krier <cedric.kr...@b2ck.com>: > On 02 Jul 15:47, Albert Cervera i Areny wrote: > > We have a requirement for sharing the same chart of accounts among all > the > > companies in a Tryton database. In the first place we didn't want to > change > > anything in the account module because it seemed too invasive but the > > alternative keeping accounts in sync among all companies seems to be > worse > > and quite complex. > > > > The need for sharing the same chart of accounts comes from the need of > the > > same team of accountants working on 7 companies having predictable > accounts > > when working. The alternative for them is first realizing that an account > > is missing and creating it manually on each company but also with the > risk > > of not remembering a given account should exist and use the wrong one > > instead. An extra advantage for them is that having the same chart of > > accounts eases creating reports outside Tryton. > > > > So I've been looking at how hard it would be to make the company not > > required in account.account and related models. What I've seen so far is > > that: > > > > - Company field in account.account could be removed. It is mainly used > for > > two things: > > > > - Determining the currency, which could be replaced by picking the > > currency (and digits) of the company the user is using currently. The > > account itself does not need to be linked to a company or currency > because > > it is only used for a Function field. > > - Determining the company in account moves and account move lines. For > > this, we should add the company field in account.move or > account.move.line. > > Don't see much of a problem. It would mean changing some python code and > > some queries, but doesn't seem extremely complex. > > This one will be needed if we really want to have one day a real > multi-company support. >
I don't understand why you say it's required for true multi-company if chart of accounts must be a company thing. Because in this case, the company will always be linked to the account. > - It may also be necessary to change some domains and checks that require > > the company of the account to be the same of another record > > > > - Taxes also have a company but again the most important thing for the > tax > > is not the company but the currency. Some taxes can have a fixed amount > and > > thus this needs a currency. I think we could replace the m2o of the > company > > with a m2o to the currency. Also, we could add some checks to ensure the > > currency of the tax is the same of the company when using the taxes > > (similar to what's currently done with the company). > > > > What do you think? Anyone else with similar needs? Showstoppers I didn't > > think of? Any chance of making it into Tryton? > > Any. A chart of account is specific to each company. Your case is just a > shortcut which should not influence the design of Tryton. > You can use templates to synchronize account charts. > Idem for taxes. > -- > Cédric Krier - B2CK SPRL > Email/Jabber: cedric.kr...@b2ck.com > Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 > Website: http://www.b2ck.com/ > -- Albert Cervera i Areny Tel. 93 553 18 03 @albertnan www.NaN-tic.com
