Hi Sharan,

thanks for the reply. But actually I can't see anywhere the field "Service
Name"...
I just see "Product Content Type Id     Fulfillment External (Async)" on the
Screen

Any further help?

Thanks
Alexander


Sharan-F wrote:
> 
> Hi Alexander 
> 
> Are you are asking about what triggers the creation of the financial
> account from the FA-001 product ? If so then this might help.
> 
> 1. Login to Catalog Manager as admin
> 2. Find the 'FA-001' product
> 3. Click on the 'Content' tab
> 4. You will see that there is a content entry called 'FA-ACTIVATION' . 
> 5. Click on the 'FA-ACTIVATION' under the 'Edit Content' column and it
> will take you to the content entry for 'FA-ACTIVATION'. 
> 6. In the 'Service Name' field you will see that there is a service
> associated with this entry called 'createPartyFinAccountFromPurchase'.
> 
> I think that it this service that asynchronously creates the financial
> account for the product but am not sure if there are other rules around
> it.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Thanks
> Sharan
> 
> 
> Alexander1893 wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Sharan,
>> 
>> with the actual trunk it worked - thanx for that!
>> But still I have a question:
>> 
>> I can't see where the "activation" product is defined as a product
>> creating and charging a finaccount... is that hard-coded or defined in
>> the back-office?
>> 
>> thanx a lot for further help.
>> 
>> alexander
>> 
>> 
>> Sharan-F wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Alexander
>>> !
>>> I've done a  test using the demo data and I've got it to work. Although
>>> I did enter an 'Activation Serial Number' (I just used 12345678)  I'm
>>> not sure that the activation serial number is used as part of activating
>>> the account.
>>> 
>>> For a Gift Card then you would need an activation number or a unique of
>>> code that you know (or the person with the gift card knows) so that they
>>> will be able to use it.
>>> 
>>> See below for the steps I followed for my test so you can have a go at
>>> replicating it.
>>> 
>>> 1. Login to ecommerce as DemoCustomer
>>> 2. Add  an Account Activation Product to the Shopping Cart (I chose $30
>>> as the amount for Account Activation – FA-001-30)
>>> 3. Do a Quick Checkout 
>>> 4. Enter the 'Activation Serial Number' (I used 12345678)
>>> 5. There is 'No Shipping' because we have a digital product
>>> 6. For Payment I chose 'Mail Check/Money Order'
>>> 7. Press 'Continue to Final Order Review' 
>>> 8. Press 'Submit Order'
>>> 9. The order is created (Note the Order Number – I got WSCO10000)
>>> 10. Logout as DemoCustomer
>>> 
>>> 1. Login to Order Manager as admin 
>>> 2. Locate the order that has just been created in the 'Order Received
>>> List' and click on it
>>> 3. The Order details will be displayed. 
>>> 4. Click on the 'Receive Payment' in the 'Payment Information' box
>>> 5. Enter '30' in the box labelled 'Cash' and press 'Save'
>>> 6. The Order Details will be redisplayed and will show the payment as
>>> received. This will also automatically generate an invoice for the
>>> payment and create the Financial Account for DemoCustomer.
>>> 
>>> To view the the new Financial Account details as admin
>>> 1. Go to Accounting / Financial Account / Find Financial Account 
>>> 2. Press 'Find' for the default search options
>>> 3. The new Financial Account should be created with type 'Deposit
>>> Account' and it should be active. 
>>> 4. The Financial Account Name should be 'Customer Balance Account' and
>>> it will have a Fin Account Code but this is not related to the
>>> Activation Serial Number that you entered and I think this is randomly
>>> generated.
>>> 
>>> To view the new Financial Account details as DemoCustomer
>>> 1. Login as DemoCustomer in ecommerce
>>> 2. Click on the 'Profile' link
>>> 3. Scroll down to the bottom and you will see the Account details.
>>> 
>>> Now that the financial account has been created for DemoCustomer –
>>> during the checkout process a new option will be available for them to
>>> pay via this account.
>>> 
>>> The main point to note is that the Financial Account isnt created until
>>> the customer payment has been received and validated since it is a
>>> prepayment account and not a credit account. If it was a credit account
>>> (like a billing account) then the customer could buy products and have
>>> them shipped before they paid you any money. 
>>> 
>>> Whichever one you want to use will depend on your business processes.
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Sharan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Alexander1893 wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Sharan,
>>>> 
>>>> I already thought, that it should work like that... but actually no
>>>> finAccount is created, when I buy the Activation Product... Probably
>>>> that's because of the "serial" I have to enter when putting the product
>>>> into the shopping cart - what has to be entered here?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>> Alexander
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sharan-F wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Alexander
>>>>> 
>>>>> When a customer buys the 'Financial Account Activation' product, OFBiz
>>>>> creates a new account for that customer (you will be able to see the
>>>>> new account under the Accounting / Financial Accounts) and I think it
>>>>> will also be added to the view for the customer's party record so you
>>>>> will be able to see what the balance of the account is.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The customer can then add credit to the account by paying money in and
>>>>> then use that account to pay for other products at a later time – so
>>>>> it's a bit like opening a prepayment account.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Financial accounts in OFbiz are also used as part of the Gift Card and
>>>>> Certificate functionality and has recently been adapted to handle bank
>>>>> accounts.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here's a link to an old thread about what Financial Accounts can be
>>>>> used for that might be useful.
>>>>> http://www.nabble.com/forum/ViewPost.jtp?post=20353472&framed=y
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Sharan 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Alexander1893 wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> in the Demo Data there's a product "Financial Account Activation
>>>>>> [FA-001]".
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can anyone tell me what this product is meant for?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alexander
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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