Hello Michael, inline... On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Michael Xu (xudong) <[email protected]>wrote:
> hi Aswatch, > > I like your idea. Anyway, I have some points: > > 1) It might be better to maintain gmail account info in user profile. Then > users don't need to input input/password everytime. I think it may not be a good idea to store gmail passwords in the OFBiz user profile. A better idea, in the long term, is to do SSO to Google Apps. > > > 2) Need to considering both one-way and two-way sync. (As sometime it > doesn't make sense to sync your private friends info into CRM from gmail.) Current plan is to sync interactively, hence the user can skip the private friends. > > > 3) Besides the sync button, You can implement a scheduled task which can > sync automatically. Sure., if we can address 1) & 2) above > > > 4) Considering not all users are using gmail, it might make more business > sense to sync lead/account/contact between SFA and outlook/thundbird. Then > users can access those info in offline mode. Furthermore, users can install > some tools (like google outlook sync tool) to sync between outlook and > gmail. Agreed. > > > -- > Regards, > Michael Xu (xudong) > www.wizitsoft.com | Office: (8610) 6267 0615 ext 806 | Mobile: (86) 135 > 0135 9807 | Fax: (8610) 62670096 > > > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:34 PM, aswath narayana < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> I plan to write the sync between Gmail Contacts and OFBiz Leads and >> Contacts. I will be using GData API to accomplish this. >> >> Following are the steps. >> * A sub tab menu item - 'Sync to Gmail' is added to SFA >> * The user presses on 'Sync to Gmail' tab >> * The user is prompted for Gmail userid and password >> * User enters the Gmail user id and password ( Gmail userid and password >> will not be stored in the OFBiz system) >> * Gmail to OFBiz : Each Gmail contact is checked against the Leads in the >> OFBiz using email address as the primary comparison. If the Gmail contact >> is not found in OFBiz leads, then it will be checked against the OFBiz >> contacts. If it is not found then, the user will be prompted to be put >> either in Leads or Contacts. >> * OFBiz to Gmail: Each OFBiz lead and OFBiz contact is checked against >> Gmail >> contact, and if it is not available in Gmail, a Gmail contact gets >> created. >> >> Please provide your inputs. >> >> -Aswath >> > >
