And another question.... why do I have to provide a role? I can understand the party id, that's the party id of the person doing the entry. I think anyway. Shouldn't the role come from the persons list of roles?
On Nov 30, 2007 8:37 AM, Jim Barrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Jacopo,I'm actually hoping to be a part of that effort. The > reason this question is in user, and not dev, so because this has to > be a questiont that more then just me wants to know. > > > On Nov 30, 2007 8:15 AM, Jacopo Cappellato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > > > first of all, thanks for your interest in the OFBiz accounting GL component. > > Before I answer to (some of) your questions I'd like to clarify that the > > OFBiz accounting component is under active development right now... > > things are changing/evolving very very quickly and many of the GL > > features are still not stable enough, or are incomplete/missing, for a > > production server. > > However the community is working hard on it right now, and even if this > > is an unsponsored effort and so there is not an established completion > > date, several business analysts and developers are actively > > participating at it. > > From what I see, if things go on as they are going now, I'd say that by > > the end of the year the GL component could be in a very good shape. > > > > Now, please, see my comments inline: > > > > Jim Barrows wrote: > > > I"m using trunk, updated yesterday. > > > I'm also trying to get some entries into the accounting system so I > > > can work the Income and Balance sheets. > > > So I login as admin, and go to > > > Accounting->GeneralLedger->Accounting(for the company > > > entry)->AccountingTransactions->QuickCreateAnAccountingTransaction > > > I decide the the owner (I've set up a new party, with the owner and > > > person roles), is going to capitalize the business. > > > Now I have several questions: > > > 1) I can't find any documentation on what some of the values are in > > > the transaction type drop down. I know that several of my potential > > > clients prefer to lend money to their business, > > > rather then dump money into stock/Owners Equity. Would that be Credit > > > LIne, or is credit line extending a credit line to a customer? Is > > > this an internal transaction? Are these values important? Can I add > > > my own? > > > > I'll leave to others, much more expert than me on GL, to answer this > > question. > > > > > 2) The GL account ID lists don't have all the gl account ids... why? > > > If I manually add them to the company list, do I break anything? > > > > You have to associate the GL Accounts that your company will use; you > > can use this screen to accomplish this task: General Ledger>Setup>Chart > > Of Accounts > > > > > 3) Where is a good resource to find out about how various provided > > > values are being used? What they mean? etc etc > > > > > > > You may find useful the references to the books/resources that are > > inspiring this effort in the following page: > > > > http://docs.ofbiz.org/x/sgw > > > > Now I go back at the development of the GL features :-) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jacopo > > > > > > -- > James A Barrows > -- James A Barrows
