As a user that is relatively new to the setup of ofbiz, I find that it
is quite time consuming to work out the meaning of various settings.
For example, in setting up a product store, the purpose of the field
"Check Inventory" doesn't really mean much to me. However, looking
through the 'Manager Reference : Catalog' by Undersun, I see the
description for Check Inventory as:
"This determines whether the system checks inventory levels when
processing an order. If inventory IS checked (Y),
the item cannot be ordered or rather the order cannot be fulfilled if
there is insufficient QOH or ATP. If Inventory is not
checked, however, the order may be accepted but items not available will
be processed as a back-order. You need a
system in place to track, replenish and fulfill back-ordered items if
you set this flag to N."
This description is exactly what I need to make a decision on the
setting for my requirements. Ideally, this type of field information
would be available as a popup (perhaps by hovering a cursor over a
question mark icon) and also in the Help screen (a popup would be a way
for a user to get a quick description of a fields purpose, yet the help
could provide workflow type information).
Question 1: is there any merit in the popup type approach (perhaps
utilising the form tooltip attribute)?
Question 2: until a popup approach is implemented (if ever), I would he
happy to start copying the field descriptions from the 'Manager
Reference' guides to the Help screens - if the Manager Reference
copyright permits it. Can anyone provide any feedback on this?
Many thanks,
Chris
- Providing users with help Christopher Snow
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