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
