Many thanks Pritam and Suraj for the valuable info. On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 7:45 PM Suraj Khurana <suraj.khur...@hotwax.co> wrote:
> Hello Emad, > > Please see my comments below: > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 4:06 PM Emad Radwan <eradwan1...@gmail.com> 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 <suraj.khur...@hotwax.co> 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 <eradwan1...@gmail.com> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
