Re: A point in the right direction

2018-11-08 Thread Julien NICOLAS
Hi Shane, I prefer to create a new component to fit my specifications instead of modifying the ootb component. Why ? Because if you modify the ootb component, it will be harder to upgrade the OFBiz version. You'll probably have some source code conflict and each time you'll want to upgrade O

Re: A point in the right direction

2018-11-08 Thread Shi Jinghai
Hi Shane, Basically your requirement is a government ERP. There are 2 types of jobs in your description: routine job and project job. The workloads of routine jobs can be predefined and approved automatically. Every fiscal year or so you can adjust the settings of workloads. The project jobs c

Re: A point in the right direction

2018-11-08 Thread Julien NICOLAS
Hi Shane, I prefer to create a new component to fit my specifications instead of modifying the ootb component. Why ? Because if you modify the ootb component, it will be harder to upgrade the OFBiz version. You'll probably have some source code conflict and each time you'll want to upgrade O

Re: A point in the right direction

2018-11-08 Thread Shi Jinghai
Hi Shane, Basically your requirement is a government ERP. There are 2 types of jobs in your description: routine job and project job. The workloads of routine jobs can be predefined and approved automatically. Every fiscal year or so you can adjust the settings of workloads. The project jobs c

Re: A point in the right direction

2018-11-08 Thread Shi Jinghai
Hi Shane, Basically your requirement is a government ERP. There are 2 types of jobs in your description: routine job("Initial Counsultation, Drug Testing, etc") and project job. The workloads of routine jobs can be predefined and approved automatically. Every fiscal year or so you can adjust the

Re: A point in the right direction

2018-11-08 Thread Pierre Smits
Hi Shane, Thank you for exploring and using OFbiz as your business solution, and welcome to the project! The project component might be quite suitable to facilitate the processes in your organisation. However, I can image that the workload of your organisation consists of 'cases', and therefore a