Hello Emad, Please see my comments below:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 4:06 PM Emad Radwan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Suraj, > > Thanks for replying. As a start, having some data for the following tables > would really help: > > PartyAttribute > It is basically used to save any attributes related to Party, not defined in its PartyType table, exactly like a key value pair having attrName and attrValue. attrRDesciption is optionally used in case we need to add some additional information. > PartyTypeAttr > We have a PartyType entity, I am sure you have checked available types there, widely used types are PERSON and PARTY_GROUP, so data model provides us flexibility here to define attributes specific to Party types, so that they can be further drilled down and used as per custom needs. > PartyClassification > It is used to classify Parties, one e-commerce example use case for quick understanding is, if we can have promotions running for some special customers, they all can be added into certain party classification and promotion rules can be defined for that classification. > PartyClassificationGroup > If in any case we have 'n' number of classifications available for parties and we want to group them based on certain characteristics / user defined rules, we have this entity to accommodate the purpose. Promotion engine also supports classification groups, so the same e-comm example fits here as well. > > I went thru the Silverston's volume 2 book on the data patterns and was > expecting that should be a pattern on 'dynamic attributes' that are > utilized in many places in Ofbiz or in volume 1 while discussing Products > but couldn't find, and sadly to say that almost all similar table demo data > are empty. > > This confluence page might also be helpful to you, while you explore OFBiz data model. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Data+Model+Diagrams HTH -- Best Regards, Suraj Khurana Senior Technical Consultant > On 2020/10/19 05:38:57, Suraj Khurana <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Emad, > > > > Welcome to the OFBiz community. I hope you have tested it by loading demo > > data as well. Sometimes, it also helps in clarifying doubts and > > understanding seed data requirements. > > Also, if required, you can share exact tables that you are looking for > > details, so that ML can answer you with respect to the requirements. > > > > HTH. > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Suraj Khurana > > Senior Technical Consultant > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 3:06 PM Emad Radwan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi There, > > > > > > I'm new to OfBiz and hope you help me. For better understanding of the > > > system I need a more completed set of data that coverts all tables as > the > > > one provided with the seed data leaves a lot of tables blank. I > understand > > > that the model is based on Silverston's books and I really enjoy > reading it > > > but still many tables and their purpose are not mentioned there. > Thanks in > > > advance. All ideas are welcome. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Emsd > > > > > >
