Deependra, I've worked with a lot of MFI's and they tend to have an application form that is a lot more detailed than the data they enter into Mifos. What you should consider first is how much of that data do you need to put into Mifos? I would suggest only those values that are vital for you to report on in regards to your loan and savings tracking.
Then, if any of those fall outside of the normal values we collect, you can do some additional customization with Mifos. You are allowed to add up to 10 custom fields per account type. In addition, you can re-purpose some of the dropdowns for tracking other items as well (very common with most MFI's). Any other data I would just recommend leaving on the form. To see what I'm talking about got to the Admin page and look under "Data Display and Rules" * For custom fields, click on "Define Additional Fields" * For repurposing dropdowns, click on "Define Labels" and under Personal Infromation you can change ethnicity, citizenship, and handicapped. You can also repurpose some of those entry fields. Then under the admin page, click on "Define Lookup Options" and there you can change some of the values. If, perchance, there are really more inputs than Mifos can support in the client application, then I recommend you use our survey module. It will allow you to build a customer application form that more closely matches what you have currently. For more info on surveys: http://www.mifos.org/knowledge/functional-specifications/retrieving-informat ion/surveys/ And you can build your own under the Admin tab. Have a look and let us know what you think. Ryan On 7/8/09 15:18, "Solanky" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Ryan for your quick response. I was also thinking the same that > upgrade will be an issue. > Regarding gaps, our main concern is that we have around 5 page borrower > registration form which have a lot of input fields but we are unable to find > a way to enter these fields in MIFOS. If there is a workaround/solution for > this than we can go ahead. After that we would be requiring some customized > reports but I think we can do it easily by querying MySql database and > showing frontend of reports at some place other than MIFOS. > > Thanks. > Deependra > > > Ryan Whitney wrote: >> >> Hello Deependra, >> >> Glad to hear you're interested in Mifos and welcome to the community. >> >> The short answer to your question, unfortunately, is no, you probably >> would >> not be able to upgrade to a new version of MIFOS smoothly. It would >> require >> doing a code merge which could end up being very painful and taking a long >> time (if not be near impossible). >> >> That said, I would suggest doing the following >> >> First, share the gaps you found with the community. We have a lot of >> MFI's >> here with a lot of varied products, processes and experiences and what >> sometimes may appear to be a gap may not be. That way we can help you >> identify possible solutions to your gaps that may not require customizing >> Mifos, making for an easier adaption. >> >> If after doing a review of your gaps you will still require customizing >> Mifos, I would recommend getting involved with the Mifos developer list >> and >> look at what it takes to become a possible contributor. That way you can >> benefit from the whole community while you undertake the customization or >> possibly find some partners to work with. In addition, this would ensure >> that upgrading Mifos in the future would happen smoothly. >> >> You can find more information about joining the developer community here: >> http://www.mifos.org/developers >> >> Cheers! >> Ryan >> >> >> On 7/7/09 14:41, "Solanky" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> We are looking to implement MIFOS in our organisation. At present we >>> already >>> have a system built by ourselves. After a very short gap analysis we have >>> thought of doing some customisation before adapting MIFOS. Now one >>> question >>> arise that after doing customisation, will it be possible to upgrade to >>> next >>> version of MIFOS smoothly? I hope someone here should have answer for >>> this. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Deependra Solanky >>> Drishtee >> >> -- >> Ryan Whitney >> Mifos Technical Program Manager >> [email protected] >> Mifos - Technology that Empowers Microfinance (www.mifos.org) >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------->> - >> Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge >> This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, >> vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have >> the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. 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