This reminds of some document/script for "Success scenario". We can use those scenarios for manual testing and later for writing JUnit tests.
Regards Anil Patel On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 08:19 +0100, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: > Jim, > > the accounting transaction's partyId and roleTypeId are used by some of > the automatic posting services to better specify the transaction. > > For example, when you issue inventory for a sales shipment, the > accounting transaction is created with the shipmentId set, and with the > partyId = ship-to-party and roleTypeId = "bill to customer" > > You may try to run some outo posting routines and see how the > transactions look like. > > If you need notes on how to do this, I'll provide them (it's really very > easy with default demo data). > > Jacopo > > Jim Barrows wrote: > > 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 > >> > > > > > > > >
