Hi David Curiosity got the better of me, Si put it in last year, so I wouldn't hold your breathe for a response on this.
Regards Scott 2008/4/23 David E Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I recently noticed the following lines in the AccountingTypeData.xml file > (starting around line 511): > > <!-- An Enumeration to identify the taxable invoice item types. For > these, the only important fields are enumId and enumTypeId. --> > <EnumerationType description="Taxable Invoice Item Types" > enumTypeId="TAXABLE_INV_ITM_TY" hasTable="N" parentTypeId=""/> > <Enumeration description="Sales Invoice Sales Tax" > enumCode="INV_SALES_TAX" enumId="INV_SALES_TAX" sequenceId="01" > enumTypeId="TAXABLE_INV_ITM_TY"/> > <Enumeration description="Sales Invoice Line Item Sales Tax" > enumCode="ITM_SALES_TAX" enumId="ITM_SALES_TAX" sequenceId="02" > enumTypeId="TAXABLE_INV_ITM_TY"/> > <Enumeration description="Purchase Invoice Sales Tax" > enumCode="PINV_SALES_TAX" enumId="PINV_SALES_TAX" sequenceId="03" > enumTypeId="TAXABLE_INV_ITM_TY"/> > <Enumeration description="Purchase Invoice Line Item Sales Tax" > enumCode="PITM_SALES_TAX" enumId="PITM_SALES_TAX" sequenceId="04" > enumTypeId="TAXABLE_INV_ITM_TY"/> > <Enumeration description="Customer Return Sales Tax Adjustment" > enumCode="CRT_SALES_TAX_ADJ" enumId="CRT_SALES_TAX_ADJ" sequenceId="05" > enumTypeId="TAXABLE_INV_ITM_TY"/> > > The point of these records seem to be to define the set of > InventoryItemType records that are taxable... although that doesn't seem > correct as it doesn't describe the "taxable" types, but rather the "tax" > types. > > One of the great benefits of having a specific entity for types rather > than using something generic like the Enumeration entity is that we can add > fields like an "isTax" flag, which seems to be a more effective and tenable > option for this. > > I haven't traced back to see who wrote or committed this, but it does > break common patterns and may not be the easiest way to implement what seems > to be targeted by these records. > > -David > >
