I agree, this function is not so suitable for the order and facility components.
I was however thinking of the product and party component. These are far to big for the starting user and here it could be a big advantage to show only a limited functionality.... Regards, Hans On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 22:57 -0700, David E Jones wrote: > Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking too. If only we had the Moqui style > authorization stuff in OFBiz... ;) > > -David > > > On Apr 25, 2011, at 10:13 PM, Sam Hamilton wrote: > > > This is starting to sound to me like user permissions that can be > > customised to show or hide functions? Then it can be customised if a > > organisation wants to or left default. > > Rather than beginner, intermediate and full it would be role based e.g. > > Warehouse Picker, Warehouse Packer, PO Creator, PO Approver, Product > > Manager etc. > > > > Sam > > > > > > > > On 26 Apr 2011, at 02:09, David E Jones wrote: > > > >> > >> Is it even possible to have a single decision about what would go in each > >> level, or would this tend to vary in different user organizations? > >> > >> If this were something configurable would it need to be on a screen level, > >> on a form field level, or something even more detailed? > >> > >> -David > >> > >> > >> On Apr 25, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > >> > >>> I like the idea and have already suggested > >>> http://markmail.org/message/rrre2cslfou32vnp > >>> http://markmail.org/message/7wzti5asolef5njz) > >>> > >>> Also I tend to agree with Ruth: the difficulties is to categorize > >>> features before, I begin in French long time ago, never ended... other > >>> priorities came along... > >>> http://www.les7arts.com/assist/OFBiz/Principales%20Caracteristiques%20Fonctionnelles.htm > >>> > >>> Jacques > >>> > >>> From: "Ruth Hoffman" <[email protected]> > >>>> Hi Hans: > >>>> > >>>> IMHO, you would just be adding to the confusion. How does someone know > >>>> if they are a beginner? And, what are the basic features in each > >>>> component? Who decides basic vs. full featured? > >>>> > >>>> On the other hand, now that I'm thinking about it, maybe this is a good > >>>> idea. In the process of deciding what is basic and what is "full > >>>> featured" you will need to do some documenting. At a minimum you will > >>>> need to record functional capabilities on a component by component > >>>> level. A much needed addition to the OFBiz community if you ask me! > >>>> > >>>> Just my 2 cents. > >>>> Ruth > >>>> > >>>> On 4/25/11 11:50 AM, Hans Bakker wrote: > >>>>> In general it is accepted that OFBiz is having too much functionality > >>>>> which can be really overwhelming. > >>>>> > >>>>> We are thinking about introducing a user preference in function levels: > >>>>> > >>>>> for example: > >>>>> 1. beginner > >>>>> 2. intermediate > >>>>> 3. full feature. > >>>>> > >>>>> The beginner will only see the basic features in the components however > >>>>> the system will be fully functional. > >>>>> > >>>>> The intermediate person will see more functions but not everything.. > >>>>> > >>>>> And the full feature will show everything what is there. > >>>>> > >>>>> Anybody any opinions or thoughts about this? > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> Hans > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > -- Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates.
