We already have 18 reports across accounting, warehousing and orders delivered through BIRT. I can image OFBiz could use more....
Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Ron Wheeler <rwhee...@artifact-software.com > wrote: > You think that it might be more aspirational than real? > > http://bod-wiki.birtondemand.com/wiki/index.php?title=App_Mashboard is > the kind of thing that I expect OFBiz to support one day. > > Perhaps a more ambitious name might encourage someone to take an interest > in enhancing the capabilities. > > "BIRT" is just the name of a tool and gives no idea about what > functionality is possible. > > "Reports" seems to understate what BIRT can do. > I am not sure of the work required to enhance the existing interface to > produce more of what BIRT can do OOTB but it seems to be something pretty > easy > http://www.theserverside.com/news/1364376/Using-Eclipse- > BIRT-Report-Libraries-and-Templates > > > Ron > > > On 26/02/2015 9:19 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: > >> My main concern is that assigning a generic name (such as "reports" or >> "analytics") to a component that is just one very specific way (and in some >> ways limited/questionable for the way the Birt has been integrated) to >> implement an integration with a reporting tool may be misleading. >> >> Jacopo >> >> On Feb 26, 2015, at 12:46 AM, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >>> >>> Currently, all component names describe - in one word - what the >>> components >>> are about and what kind of functionality the user - from a business point >>> of view - can expect. As examples: accounting is related to the various >>> accounting (financial, gl, invoicing, payment, , etc) functions and >>> services, and projectmgr is related to program and project management, >>> project task assignment and time registration. >>> >>> The birt component is a bit the odd one out. The name doesn't say in that >>> one word what it delivers. In stead it is an acronym for a specific third >>> party integration solution and another open source project with the same >>> name (birt, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIRT_Project ). One could >>> even say it is the name of a tool, not the name of a business >>> functionality. >>> >>> In order to be able to increase awareness of the multitude of business >>> functionalities (as could be done by using the name of the components) >>> and >>> improve adoption, I suggest to change the name (and the references to it >>> in >>> the component and others) to something that is more to the point business >>> wise. >>> >>> I propose we rename it to 'reports'. >>> >>> What do you think? >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> >>> Pierre Smits >>> >>> *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* >>> Services & Solutions for Cloud- >>> Based Manufacturing, Professional >>> Services and Retail & Trade >>> http://www.orrtiz.com >>> >> >> > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > >
