not to water down the Drool initiative this is something I have pondered
on..
if you are familiar with Excel or Spreadsheet they have a programming
interface for their macro code.
the interface includes a function list you can select functions to add
to your macro.
The Artifact(webtools) lends it self to the idea of that concept.
Html allows selection of from a list similar to Excel, spreadsheet.
I selected "BASIC"since that is what business men are use to.
If you present to a business man, some thing like Shark, BIRT, Drool
they will not use it, but get someone in their organization to do it.
Some even freak at Basic.
So how can ofbiz beat the competition. Make the interface the way a
business man uses tools today.
some years back I was commissioned to write an interface to excel that
handled Data Warehouse information and make a Cross tab presentation in
excel. Then provide Templates for different Departments.
I see that same possibility in Ofbiz and programing a openoffice
spreadsheet from Ofbiz. the Business man wold, in ofbiz build his
application then it would be exported to openoffice like we build pdf
now. the business person would still be hooked up to live data through
the ofbiz to openoffice interface.
The Data model of ofbiz has Budgeting and Budget Scenario that can also
be leverage this way.
I like the design of Drool but think we need to go one step higher and
see this as how to run a business.
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BJ Freeman <http://bjfreeman.elance.com>
Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation
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