Hi Dan, Thank you for taking the time to write your experiences down and posting them here. I feel confident that members of this community can find improvement points to make OFBiz better.
While it may create confusion, the Facility Management component isn't purely about managing facilities (as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facility_management) but more about warehousing (inventory/stock control, receiving and shipping goods). The Asset Maint component seems (to me) the logical place to creating new facilities, as they may be closely linked to fixed assets (buildings, etc). As in associations between the FixedAsset (the building) and facility (the office, the warehouse, etc). How unfortunate that it isn't in OOTB. Best regards, Pierre Smits ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> OFBiz based solutions & services OFBiz Extensions Marketplace http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 6:05 AM, Taher Alkhateeb <slidingfilame...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I'm not sure if this would help, but the readers has only seed data, > perhaps adding seed-initial might solve some problems? > > > On Apr 7, 2017, at 12:28 AM, stim...@comcast.net wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Thought I'd summarize with some specific steps since I've made progress, > but still fail (writing down to explain to others might help me catch my > own mistakes too). > > > > Problem: I need WebPOS to work on a brand new install using my own > hand-entered data for a real retail store (versus demo data). WebPOS login > page can be reached, but login cannot occur because there are no terminals. > Apparently terminals cannot be added until there is a retail store. > Creating the retail store and associating terminals is failing. > > > > The explicit steps: > > > > I drop the PostgreSQL DBs (to clear old data), recreate them, then run: > > ./gradlew 'ofbiz --load-data readers=seed' > > > > I then create "admin" user via: > > ./gradlew loadAdminUserLogin -PuserLoginId=admin > > > > Start ofbiz: > > ./gradlew ofbiz > > > > Under the setup app I create Company (requires admin password update > first, Party Id "Company" created by manually typing in info of a real > company): > > https://localhost:8443/ofbizsetup/control/initialsetup > > > > Go to Catalog Manager->Stores, click New Product Store. "Primary Store > Group Id" can't be selected or entered ("Not Applicable [_NA_]" is all that > is there), the drop-down is empty other than "Not Applicable" (so I pick > Not Applicable). Set Store Name to "Main Store". It isn't a demo store, and > I don't know what the effect is, but I pick drop-down of "Is Demo Store" as > "N". Everything else is unmodified and default. Click Update. Error rejects > adding the store: "Inventory Facility Id Required". > > > > Summary 1: Store cannot be added via Catalog Manager until an Inventory > Facility Id is created. > > > > I switch now to Applications->Facility Manager. "Main" or "Facilities" > is only for searching, not for adding a Facility. This is where the prior > email reply mentions to do this under Asset Management, but Asset > Management->Facility is also only for searching, not for creating a > Facility. Perhaps it is a Fixed Asset? > > > > Summary 2: The required Facility Id of Summary 1 cannot be added under > Applications->Facility Manager. Asset Management->Facility is also a search > mechanism, and cannot be used to add the required facility. > > > > Under Fixed Asset I can click "New Fixed Asset". Is it "Real Estate", > "Property", or "Other"? Real Estate is chosen since it is most descriptive > (Property might be a tract of land, Real Estate is more specific since it > implies a building on the land). When I get to RoleType ID I am convinced > this is not the correct place to create a facility. > > > > Summary 3: I can add a new fixed asset, but it does not seem to give me > a Facility Id. Perhaps I missed a detail. > > > > Under Applications->Facility Manager->Facility Groups I can click "New > Group". The only part I can logically add is Facility Group Name, and I add > "Retail Facility" in that text entry box. This fails. Although nothing is > marked as mandatory, submitting this requires a currently missing > parameter, "createFacilityGroup.facilityGroupTypeId". I don't really know > if the Facility type is Management Structure, or if it is Pricing Group, > but it seems Management Structure is more logical for a structure serving a > store...I pick this. It works, I now have a Management Structure with > Facility Group Name "Retail Facility". I don't have a Facility Id. > > > > Summary 4: I can add a Facility Group, but I'm unsure how to use this to > create a Facility. I don't believe this is the right approach. > > > > I'm now at a loss as to how to add a Facility since I've only found how > to edit a facility which already exists in Asset Manager; Facility Manger > is definitely the wrong place. If Asset Manager can add a facility and > produce a Facility Id, how is this done? Do I need to think of my Retail > Store as a Fixed Asset of type Real Estate? > > > > Thanks! >
