extending view entities

Can view-entities be extended? Many thanks, Chris

Re: workEffort and timezone

Hi Adrian, Have I understood this right? ... A user wants to create a work effort. In the create workeffort screen, they add the current date and time for the estimatedStartDate, e.g. 2010-01-20 16:00:00 (CET) The createWorkEffort service saves the estimatedStartDate using

tests are slow

Hi Forum, I'm running tests using: ant run-single-test-suite ... The environment to run the tests take ages to startup. It makes writing and running tests painful! Is there anyway to reduce this time? Many thanks, Chris

Re: tests are slow

Does anyone have a view on this? Maybe I just need a faster laptop? snowch wrote: Hi Forum, I'm running tests using: ant run-single-test-suite ... The environment to run the tests take ages to startup. It makes writing and running tests painful! Is there anyway to reduce this time

Re: tests are slow

Scott Gray wrote: Running a single test suite typically takes me about a minute or two, so unless that's what you mean by ages then yes, you need a faster laptop :-) Regards Scott HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com On 15/01/2010, at 9:08 AM, snowch wrote: Does anyone have a view

Re: tests are slow

, at 9:24 AM, snowch wrote: Scott, Does you cycle follow something like this?: Start Obiz Do some development Stop Ofbiz Run Tests Anyway, a couple of minutes seems like a long time for a test suite. If the tests could be run against an already running ofbiz, this time could be much reduced

Ajax service calls with authorization

Hi Forum, I would like to ajaxify some of my custom forms to make them more interactive. The services being executed by the forms require authentication. If I soap enable the services, will the soap web service require a separate authentication step to authenticate the user? Are there any

accessing request object from minilang

I have a class method: public static boolean hasUpliftPermission(HttpServletRequest request, String upliftNumber) { ... } I would like to execute this method from minilang. How can I pass in the request object? Many thanks inadvance... -- View this message in context:

running an authenticated service from beanshell service via telnet

I want to run a service that requires authenication by telnetting into 9990. The bsh I am trying to run is below. The error I am receiving is: org.ofbiz.service.ServiceAuthException: You do not have permission to invoke the service [dhalesCheckUpliftPermission] Is it possible to run a service

What is a partyRoleId of _NA_ used for?

What is the significance of a partyRoleId of _NA_, for example?: PartyRole partyId=Company roleTypeId=_NA_/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/What-is-a-partyRoleId-of--_NA_-used-for--tp24752567p24752567.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: functional training

I didn't make it clear in my last post that my comments are inline (and prefixed with CS) snowch wrote: Ruth Hoffman-2 wrote: Hi Chris: First off, thanks for posting this. I will share with you that while I was learning OFBiz and using it for a client implementation, I paid

calling bsh script from a bsh script

Is it possible to call a bean shell script from another bean shell script? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/calling-bsh-script-from-a-bsh-script-tp24734848p24734848.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: r9.04 posting unreconciled transactions.

of response you were looking for but hope it helps. Thanks Sharan snowch wrote: In r9.04 it is possible to post unreconciled transactions. The transaction have to be reverted to be reconciled. Is this the desired functionality? -- View this message in context: http

Re: r9.04 posting unreconciled transactions.

going with trunk for new features. When is the next major release of ofbiz planned? Ashish Vijaywargiya-5 wrote: Hello Chris, Please see my comments inline: -- Regards Ashish Vijaywargiya http://www.hotwaxmedia.com Helping hand around the world snowch wrote: Hi Sumit/Sharan

Re: r9.04 posting unreconciled transactions.

say about the exact date and time at this moment. Why you don't want to go with the trunk? -- Regards Ashish Vijaywargiya http://www.hotwaxmedia.com Helping hand around the world snowch wrote: I don't have specific requirements for accounting functionality at the moment, but my

Re: r9.04 posting unreconciled transactions.

with the trunk? -- Regards Ashish Vijaywargiya http://www.hotwaxmedia.com Helping hand around the world snowch wrote: I don't have specific requirements for accounting functionality at the moment, but my market is SME's who would probably want ofbiz to run their whole business - e.g

r4 Manual Journal Entry

Does anyone on this forum use the Manual Journal Entry functionality? How useful is the Manual Journal Entry functionality without being able to assign the journal entry to a period? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/r4-Manual-Journal-Entry-tp24713162p24713162.html Sent

r4 Posted Balances not showing is chart of accounts

Steps I have taken: - install ofbiz, load seed data - imported the demo chart of accounts - assigned two of the accounts to company (e.g. GL Account IDs 121100 and 00) - created a manual journal entry using these accounts - manually posted the transactions In List GL Organization, the

Re: r4 Posted Balances not showing is chart of accounts

(in many ways that are superior, IMO, to what is in opentaps... of course I _am_ biased). Again, why are you investing time and effort in what could safely be called ancient code? -David On Jul 29, 2009, at 12:09 AM, snowch wrote: Steps I have taken: - install ofbiz, load seed

Re: r4 Posted Balances not showing is chart of accounts

I've just taken a look at accounting in 9.04. I can see that a lot of the missing functionality in 4.0 has been completed. snowch wrote: Hi David, I have a client that will probably want to use accounting - however, I don't yet feel confident with 9.04. That said, I can probably delay

r9.04 posting unreconciled transactions.

In r9.04 it is possible to post unreconciled transactions. The transaction have to be reverted to be reconciled. Is this the desired functionality? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/r9.04-posting-unreconciled-transactions.-tp24714238p24714238.html Sent from the OFBiz -

Re: Conditions in table joiners

Has conditionals in table joiners been implemented? jonwimp wrote: Hmm. Alright, answering my own questions again, in case anybody/I looks at the mailing list archives in future. Without conditionals (like fieldA = 'SOME LITERAL') in table joiners, I have to fall back on a huge

9.04 accounting - multiple org with identical chart of accounts

I have two companies that fall under a parent company. All share the same COA. Do I create the global COA, then assign each account to each company? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/9.04-accounting---multiple-org-with-identical-chart-of-accounts-tp24725402p24725402.html

Re: functional training

it is not an enterprise level software. To each his own. :D snowch sent the following on 7/12/2009 2:45 PM: The file DemoOrganizationData.xml looks as though it will provide the answers I am looking for. Many thanks! However the real problem is that learning ofbiz end user functionality is time consuming

Re: understanding accounting module after payment

I too am struggling with the accounting process flow - I have been unable to find any documents that help! gracenike wrote: Hi All, after paid the payment by using one page checkout(I couldn't work with paypal

Re: understanding accounting module after payment

are you trying to do? -- What you did? -- How many documents have you read that are present on the confluence that explains something about accounting? This will help someone to jump and help you to sort our your problem easily. -- Ashish On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:40 AM, snowch sno

Re: functional training

it and then add a few weeks :-) Just kidding. Let me look at this and I'll get back to the list in a day or so and let you know. Regards, Ruth snowch wrote: Hi Ruth, This is the training material that is tempting me towards OpenBravo (who are ofbiz's main competitor from my perspective

Re: understanding accounting module after payment

BJ, does the accounting module follow the data model in The Data Model Resource book? BJ Freeman wrote: chris: the opentaps accounting has no resemblance to ofbiz accounting. you will find it time wasted. snowch sent the following on 7/28/2009 8:08 AM: I am struggling with the overall

extending entities

I need entities to hold party and partyRelationship information, but I need to keep the data in these entities separate from the normal party and partyRelationship data. I.e. I don't want my new data to be viewable anywhere in the stock ofbiz screens. Is there a way of extending entity

minilang transactions

If have a service (e.g. svcA) that calls another service (e.g. svcB) as per the pseudo code: svcA: 1. lookup entity 2. modify entity 3. store entity 4. call svcB 5. return If svcB fails, does step 3 rollback? -- View this message in context:

unit testing services

Is it possible to unit test services? I could test by exposing my service as a webservice, then test using SoapUI, but is it possible to test without exposing as a web service? Many thanks in advance... -- View this message in context:

Re: unit testing services

? snowch wrote: Is it possible to unit test services? I could test by exposing my service as a webservice, then test using SoapUI, but is it possible to test without exposing as a web service? Many thanks in advance... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/unit-testing

Re: minilang transactions

/ Regards Scott HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com On 17/07/2009, at 1:35 AM, snowch wrote: How can I get svcB to return error and to return failure? In svcB I am using the following to add an error, but it appears that is not causing svcA to rollback... add-errorfail

Re: unit testing services

not sure. Regards Scott HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com On 17/07/2009, at 2:20 AM, snowch wrote: How do other people on this forum test their services? - perform a HTTP GET, passing in the service parameters? - using webtools :: run service? - telnet into bsh on 9990 (how can I

Re: PartyRelationship help

relationship)? BJ Freeman wrote: you can use the https://demo.ofbiz.org/webtools/control/ViewRelations?entityName=PartyRelationship click on the related entity to see what data is in each snowch sent the following on 7/13/2009 2:07 PM: What are the ways in which PartyRelationship's

Re: PartyRelationship help

these and assigns the Party that will be responsible. snowch sent the following on 7/16/2009 12:44 PM: Sorry BJ, I didn't word my question very well. Do users need to manually create party relationship records? Which ones should a user create manually (through the party relationship screen

Re: PartyRelationship help

created? BJ Freeman wrote: yes snowch sent the following on 7/16/2009 1:09 PM: Have I interpreted the various docs correctly - do some partyRelationships need to be created manually for various ofbiz functionality to work? BJ Freeman wrote: I have not covered SFA to be specific

Re: PartyRelationship help

That link was just what I needed. Many thanks... BJ Freeman wrote: the best I can give you is to go to https://demo.ofbiz.org/webtools/control/ArtifactInfo type in partyRelationship it will show you all the places that it is used. snowch sent the following on 7/16/2009 1:27 PM

Re: functional training

-TO-all functions of OFBiz with REGULAR update to save time consuming - hundreds of hours?? - Charles TJ -Original Message- From: snowch [mailto:sno...@coralms.com] Sent: 13 Juli 2009 4:45 To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Subject: Re: functional training The file

PartyRelationship help

What are the ways in which PartyRelationship's affect other ofbiz functionality? For example, a recent forum post suggests that PartyRelationship's can be used to create an organisational hierarchy that effects how accounting information is rolled up. -- View this message in context:

Re: Ofbiz4.0

Is 9.04 considered to be stable? I have received a few error messages asking me to raise JIRA issues which have recently put me off using it in a production environment. Unfortunately, I can't remember what the errors were now. Cheers, Chris BJ Freeman wrote: unless you have a reason to

Re: functional training

describe the data model. Many thanks, Chris BJ Freeman wrote: not sure your definition for functional. http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Documentation+Index on top of that David use to run seminars once a year. snowch sent the following on 7/10/2009 2:52 PM: Is there any

Re: functional training

have to go through them to pull them all together. Hopefully some will put on energy into the first link to tie all these together. snowch sent the following on 7/12/2009 7:11 AM: By functional, I mean training that is aimed at the non-technical user. I am ok with developing ofbiz

Re: functional training

___ in the role of ___ And Party Relationship Security ___ From Calendar ___ Thru Calendar ___ Comments ___ BJ Freeman wrote: it is done through relationships snowch sent the following on 7/12/2009 11:52 AM: One area I'm struggling with is trying to create a party group and adding parties

Re: functional training

the first time, from the error messages I learned what needed to be done hard way to learn. I also looked at the DemoOrganization.xml for Ideas. snowch sent the following on 7/12/2009 2:11 PM: I've realised that I need to use relationships from other posts, and from

functional training

Is there any functional training available for ofbiz? Many thanks, Chris -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/functional-training-tp24434948p24434948.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: r4 - new requirement work effort bug (or user error)?

same problem with 9.04 - i can only create new requirement through order screens. snowch wrote: Hi Forum, steps: create new event: - Name = testtask - Type = task - Status = [General] Needs Action Save click Requirements: - Description = test description Save

r4 - new requirement work effort bug (or user error)?

Hi Forum, steps: create new event: - Name = testtask - Type = task - Status = [General] Needs Action Save click Requirements: - Description = test description Save Results in: The following required parameter is missing: [createWorkRequirementFulfillment.requirementId] At the

still struggling with content management

Hi Forum, I've read the content management overview and the ManagerReferenceContent, but I still don't understand how it works. I will write a step-by-step tutorial on using content management if someone can help me to understand it... Many thanks, Chris -- View this message in context:

use-when form field based on permission

Hi Forum, I have a list form that I want to allow some of the users to edit some of the fields based on if the user has a certain security permission. Can anyone on this list point me to an example, as I can't find one looking through the other apps. Many thanks in advance, Chris -- View

ecommerce multiple images per product (release 4)

I have a customer who would like to sell trucks using ofbiz. They would like to have multiple images for each truck (e.g. like a photo gallery). Is any of this functionality available out of the box? Many thanks in advance... Chris -- View this message in context:

charting functionality in r4

Hi Forum, I need to get some charts integrated into ofbiz. I am familiar with BIRT, Jasper and JFreechart but I don't have time to integrate them from scratch. Which of these tools have instructions for integration into r4? Many thanks, Chris -- View this message in context:

Re: charting functionality in r4

Hi Jacques, I mistakenly thought that OFBIZ-1348 was for r9.04! Many thanks... Chris jacques.le.roux wrote: Look for birt in wiki (it's in FAQ) Jacques From: snowch sno...@coralms.com Hi Forum, I need to get some charts integrated into ofbiz. I am familiar with BIRT, Jasper

multiple ofbiz instances?

My client has one public facing ofbiz server, but they would like to add an additional ofbiz server just for internal users. The internal users would access an internal server using an internal IP and they never need to access the external server. Therefore, there is no need for tomcat

basic css question

Hi Forum, Only some of the fields in a table I have created are sortable. To differentiate these fields from the non-sortable ones, I would like them to be colored blue (instead of black). I have tried the following: field name=days header-link-style=sort-column

Re: basic css question

style */ .sortable-table .header-row td a { color: blue; } Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction! Chris Adrian Crum-2 wrote: Try .sort-column a { font-style: italic; color: blue; } -Adrian --- On Fri, 5/15/09, snowch sno...@coralms.com wrote: From: snowch

EntityListIterator and open connections

Hi Forum, In the GenericDelegator findListIteratorByCondition() methods, there is the following warning regarding the EntityListIterator: NOTE THAT THIS MUST BE CLOSED WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH IT, AND DON'T LEAVE IT OPEN TOO LONG BEACUSE IT WILL MAINTAIN A DATABASE CONNECTION. If I have a user

Re: EntityListIterator and open connections

have to choose between scalability and saving on re-query time, and in the real world scalability is usually far more important and will actually result in lower response times overall. -David On May 14, 2009, at 8:30 AM, snowch wrote: Hi Forum, In the GenericDelegator

Re: EntityListIterator and open connections

/ /actions David E Jones-3 wrote: Yes. -David On May 14, 2009, at 7:18 PM, snowch wrote: If I am using an ofbiz form to display a paginated list, does the form take care of closing the EntityListIterator at the end of each request? David E Jones-3 wrote: In a webapp you

Re: EntityListIterator and open connections

Aha! I think I was previously just seeing the connections getting reused in the connection pool... snowch wrote: I have been providing my list in the form actions element (see below). It would appear from sql server activity monitor that the connections for the form is being kept open

Re: Ofbiz Setup and Hosting

Running a 'small' linux server through amazon web services is quite affordable. vizu'a pipo wrote: Hi, I have been exploring ofbiz am in the process of deciding whether to deploy it or not. I intend to setup two stores. I got a few questions regarding ofbiz setup and hosting 1. I was

Re: Performance issues

= response.getOutputStream( ); } IOUtils.write(bytes, out); out.flush(); out.close(); snowch wrote: Hi Forum, My application needs to serve images to users but each image request is checked to ensure the user has permission to view the image. To do this, I have created a custom bsh servlet to serve

Re: dummies guide to using content component?

Hi BJ, I don't think there is enough information in the wiki to even get me started! Many thanks, Chris BJ Freeman wrote: Your welcome to document you trek in the learning cycle so the next one can benefit from your experience. snowch sent the following on 5/10/2009 8:11 PM: Hi

Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_SERVER_HIT'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'ofbiz.SERVER_HIT'

Hi Forum, I am receiving the following error message. I think it's because I have a number of requests hitting the same resource at the same time. For the moment, I have removed the primarykey from the SERVER_HIT table. Any ideas? Many thanks in advance. Chris stack trace

Performance issues

Hi Forum, My application needs to serve images to users but each image request is checked to ensure the user has permission to view the image. To do this, I have created a custom bsh servlet to serve the images for a ftl page (which are included using tags). There can be 20 to 30 images per

dummies guide to using content component?

Hi Forum, Is there a dummies guide to using the content component? I've looked through the wiki docs, but the info there seems more like a reference rather than tutorial. Many thanks, Chris -- View this message in context:

restricting access to some components to LAN only

Hi Forum, I want to enable my custom component (mycomp) to the internet, and only enable some of the stock components (but the stock ones should only accessible via the LAN). Are there anyone on this forum that can verify my ofbiz apache config? Many thanks in advance, Chris VirtualHost

correct way to set eventMessage in a service?

Hi Forum, What is the correct way to set eventMessage in a service so that I can give users an update message when they create/update/delete records? Many thanks, Chris -- View this message in context:

Re: correct way to set eventMessage in a service?

give more detail what type of service, mini lanquage or java? Update as in the end of the service? You can find examples for both in the code snowch sent the following on 5/5/2009 10:57 AM: Hi Forum, What is the correct way to set eventMessage in a service so that I can give users

Re: correct way to set eventMessage in a service?

Found it: string-to-list string=My response message list-name=successMessageList/ BJ Freeman wrote: can you give more detail what type of service, mini lanquage or java? Update as in the end of the service? You can find examples for both in the code snowch sent the following on 5/5

XA questions

Hi Forum, I have some questions about XA in ofbiz. My concern stems from my customers choice of database which is MSSQL 2005 which seems fairly complex to setup to support XA. Also, I'm also receiving the warning: [XAConnectionFactory.java:119:WARN ] no xares in rms for con

authenticated access to images

Hi Forum, I have a large catalog of images that should only be accessed by authenticated users. Is it possible to configure ofbiz to disable anonymous access to the images directory and only allow authenticated access? Many thanks in advance... Chris -- View this message in context:

Re: component webapp network interface binding

Aha! Another possible solution put apache http server in front of ofbiz tomcat and use mod_proxy_ajp. Then perform URL filtering via the ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse directives? snowch wrote: No response - web app filters based on client IP address is the solution I will go

Running SQL against legacy database.

I have a legacy database that until now I have been just using read-only. I now have a need to update some fields. What are my options? I have been using entities with 'no-auto-stamp=true' mentioned, but I am not sure what it does. Can anyone on this forum explain? Alternatively, can I run

Re: Running SQL against legacy database.

missing in the entity engine that you need? -Adrian snowch wrote: I have a legacy database that until now I have been just using read-only. I now have a need to update some fields. What are my options? I have been using entities with 'no-auto-stamp=true' mentioned, but I am

Best place for security check?

Hi forum, Some of my requests will contain a parameter (UpliftId) that holds an identifier for a entity record. This is to provide record level security checks. Is there a way of performing this check in the controller so that every (logged in) request that has the parameter UpliftId is

Re: Best place for security check?

://markmail.org/message/3qpow4arm6tdqqp2 Also it seems that there would be an effort soon in this area http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/~jaz/OFBiz+Security+Refactor Jacques From: snowch sno...@coralms.com Hi forum, Some of my requests will contain a parameter (UpliftId) that holds

Re: Best place for security check?

. -David On Apr 27, 2009, at 6:57 AM, snowch wrote: Hi forum, Some of my requests will contain a parameter (UpliftId) that holds an identifier for a entity record. This is to provide record level security checks. Is there a way of performing this check in the controller so

Re: Best place for security check?

perhaps the best way would be to send 'response.sendRedirect(/Unauthorized);' on authorization error? snowch wrote: When checking the record level security using the preprocessor, is it possible to return an error view from the preprocessor? Many thanks, Chris David E Jones-3

Re: component webapp network interface binding

No response - web app filters based on client IP address is the solution I will go with. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/component-webapp-network-interface-binding-tp23213236p23230058.html Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: security - http parameters override setAttributes?

Hi BJ, What I'm trying to achieve is row level security when accessing an entity consisting of legacy data. The data has a foreign key (companyCode). Each userLoginId is assigned a list of company codes that they have permission to view. For the parameter overriding, my example was using an

MS SQL WARNING: Column [ACCTG_TRANS_ID] of table [dbo.ACCTG_TRANS] of entity [AcctgTrans] IS NOT a primary key ...

When I start my ofbiz 4.0 instance, I am receiving the following errors: 2009-04-25 18:43:57,071 (main) [ DatabaseUtil.java:299:ERROR] WARNING: Column [ACCTG_TRANS_ID] of table [dbo.ACCTG_TRANS] of entity [AcctgTrans] IS NOT a primary key in the database, but IS a primary key in the entity

component webapp network interface binding

Hi forum, Is it possible to configure different components so that they bind on different network interfaces. I want to expose a few components to the internet, but the rest of the components I want to be accessed ONLY via the internal LAN? In the past I have performed this type of filtering

removing unwanted components in component-load.xml - R4.0

Hi Forum, I would like to remove unneeded functionality so I have tried commenting stuff out in component-load.xml, but I am having to put much back in due to inter-dependencies. Is commenting out component-load.xml no longer a valid approach? Many thanks in advance, Chris -- View this

Re: removing unwanted components in component-load.xml - R4.0

Question answered: http://www.nabble.com/Removing-applications-from-OfBiz-td22901993.html#a22902117 snowch wrote: Hi Forum, I would like to remove unneeded functionality so I have tried commenting stuff out in component-load.xml, but I am having to put much back in due to inter

security - http parameters override setAttributes?

In my controller postprocessor, I would like to add an event that sets the a list of companies that the user can access. I.e. if the user is an external user, I only want them to have access to their own data. companyCodeList = // lookup in db based on userLoginId Security security =

entity-view conditional joins

Hi Forum, I've been struggling today to try and get an entity-view working with conditional joins using release4.0. I have given up and reverted to using a plain SQL view. Should I be able to do the following SQL as a view-entity? Many thanks in advance... Chris create view vClearanceReport