The commit ML shows commits relative to this entity after the ver4.0 branch, which I use for production. did not look at it closely since this is not something I am focusing on right now.
Vince M. Clark sent the following on 11/9/2007 3:40 PM: > BJ > > Are you suggesting there is new functionality related to this in OfBiz trunk? > > I found the entity David referred to, but the only place I'm finding related > services is in opentaps-common. I haven't searched OfBiz trunk yet because we > do not sync with trunk on production environments. > > Vince Clark > Global Era > The Freedom of Open Source > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (303) 493-6723 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 9, 2007 11:15:36 AM (GMT-0700) America/Denver > Subject: Re: Different Shipping Accounts per Party > > Ah a trunk update. Darn > > David E Jones sent the following on 11/8/2007 10:23 AM: >> Not sure where you've looked so far to find this, but it does exist. The >> name of the entity is PartyCarrierAccount. >> >> To find stuff like this the easiest thing is to browse around either the >> entitymodel.xml file or the Entity Reference pages in WebTools. The best >> place to start in either is the entities related to the Party entity, as >> you're looking for information attached to a party. >> >> Hope that helps, and best of luck. >> >> -David >> >> >> On Nov 8, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Vince M. Clark wrote: >> >>> This will give us the ability to capture the shipping account info for >>> a party. So at least we could populate a notes field to notify sales >>> reps. But we would still need to create any logic, right? For example, >>> when selecting a shipment method look for content mechs for the party >>> on the order of type "Shipping Account" or something like that. That >>> still doesn't give us the ability to pass an alternate billing account >>> number to the shipping company. We would have to take this all the way >>> to it's logical conclusion in order to automate. >>> >>> Vince Clark >>> Global Era >>> The Freedom of Open Source >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> (303) 493-6723 >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2007 10:18:30 AM (GMT-0700) America/Denver >>> Subject: Re: Different Shipping Accounts per Party >>> >>> you can setup a contact mech. >>> just add a contactmech purpose >>> and type if they don't exist >>> >>> https://localhost:8443/webtools/control/ViewRelations?entityName=ContactMechType >>> >>> >>> https://localhost:8443/webtools/control/FindGeneric?entityName=ContactMechType&find=true&VIEW_SIZE=50&VIEW_INDEX=0 >>> >>> >>> https://localhost:8443/webtools/control/FindGeneric?entityName=ContactMechTypePurpose&find=true&VIEW_SIZE=50&VIEW_INDEX=0 >>> >>> >>> Vince M. Clark sent the following on 11/8/2007 8:51 AM: >>>> Is it possible to use different shipping accounts for calculating >>>> rates and getting tracking number and labels based on the Party on an >>>> order? For example, a large retailer such as Wal-Mart would want all >>>> shipments charged to their UPS or FedEx accounts to take advantage of >>>> the volume discounts they have negotiated with shippers. I do not see >>>> anywhere in Party Profile to add Shipping Accounts. >>>> >>>> As I think about this I am not optimistic this can be done since >>>> these accounts are setup in a properties file. >>>> >>>> Any ideas on a workaround would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Vince Clark >>>> Global Era >>>> The Freedom of Open Source >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> (303) 493-6723 >>>> >
