This is an important point. Your question is about functionality, and
that is what the trunk is all about, so the trunk is what you need to
look at.
This is especially important in this case because a LOT of new
accounting functionality has been added in the last 1.5 years since
the 4.0 branch was done. In fact, so much was added that before you
couldn't really call the OFBiz GL "complete" by any means, but now
with a little configuration you can fill the needs of most
organizations.
-David
On Jul 19, 2008, at 3:52 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
Hi Brad,
for a real evaluation of the features of OFBiz I really suggest you
to get the trunk version.
Jacopo
On Jul 19, 2008, at 12:42 AM, Bradley Plies wrote:
Hi everyone,
Looking over the very impressive 4.0 release, I've noticed a
handful of missing features that I would think some of you who use
OFBIZ in production have probably solved. For those of you who
actually use OFBIZ in production, to what extent do you make use of
the provided out-of-the-box functionality? Do you use OFBIZ to
satisfy some, most, or all of your company needs? Do you use OFBIZ
more for its framework components, for the applications it
provides, or both?
Two areas of particular interest to me are Accounting Reports and
Payroll. I know that the OpenTaps variant claims to have more work
done in the area of accounting, but for those of you who use OFBIZ
itself and need these missing features, how have you met your
need? Do many of you use some other application to do the missing
work? Do you export transactions to Quickbooks or something and
use that application to handle your reporting?
Sorry if these questions have been asked before, maybe I'm just
looking for more up-to-date answers. I am also not complaining
that OFBIZ is deficient in any way. I really like OFBIZ. I'm just
curious to understand how some of you manage to put it into
production even though it "appears" to be missing a few pieces to
make it a "basically" complete solution. I know that since OFBIZ
is an open-source project and that features do not get included
until someone provides it. Has anyone been working on these
features? Does anyone know of any people, proposals, or timelines
relating to these features?
So in summary: What do OFBIZ uses do to handle Payroll and
Accounting Reports in production?
Brad
