Re: Financial Accounts & Billing Accounts

2009-01-25 Thread Wicus
David, Hopefully this is my last question in this thread, and I can get directed in the right direction... I wish to generate reports on:- 1.) Customer Balances 2.) Supplier Balances 3.) Invoice Aging Reports (seperately for customers and supplier) 4.) Customer Statements (which can be mailed o

Re: Financial Accounts & Billing Accounts

2009-01-23 Thread Milind Parikh
I believe that David's points are right on (obviously; because he has been on this for so long that he can recite in his sleep). But a specific example will help. Customer Balances are a great example. If I were running a service center (as an operations person), I couldn't care less about Custom

Re: Financial Accounts & Billing Accounts

2009-01-23 Thread Wicus
David, Hopefully this is my last question in this thread, and I can get directed in the right direction... I wish to generate reports on:- 1.) Customer Balances 2.) Supplier Balances 3.) Invoice Aging Reports (seperately for customers and supplier) 4.) Customer Statements (which can be mailed o

Re: Financial Accounts & Billing Accounts

2009-01-23 Thread David E Jones
On Jan 23, 2009, at 1:44 AM, Wicus wrote: David, Going out on limb here... %-O Is it save to say, that both the Billing and Financial Accounts are "optional extras"...? Not crucial in the workings of OFBiz for a production setup...? Yes, I suppose that is true. Of course, that is true o

Re: Financial Accounts & Billing Accounts

2009-01-23 Thread Wicus
David, Going out on limb here... %-O Is it save to say, that both the Billing and Financial Accounts are "optional extras"...? Not crucial in the workings of OFBiz for a production setup...? P.S. David, you remind me of one of my tertiary lecturers (Not meant in a bad way) -- View this messag

Re: Financial Accounts & Billing Accounts

2009-01-22 Thread David E Jones
Sharan, It looks like you've put together some pretty good material in the wiki: http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/06+Financial+Accounts http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/05+Billing+Accounts And this old page might be useful too: http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/Billing+Account Wicus,

Re: Financial Accounts & Billing Accounts

2009-01-22 Thread Sharan-F
Hi Wicus >From my side the easy answer to your question is 'I dont know'. Please remember that I'm learning Ofbiz too and the documentation I'm trying to put together on the Wiki is currently an un-reviewed draft so is not definitive or even part of any formal documentation. Once that draft is

Re: Financial Accounts & Billing Accounts

2009-01-22 Thread Wicus
Sharan, Jacques and Rees, As I have been pondering over the "Billing Accounts" and "Financial Accounts" relationship within OFBiz, the following has come to mind. :confused: With another Accounting Package we reviewed, PASTEL EVOLUTION, I noticed that should one do a debtors invoice, it will be

Re: Financial Accounts & Billing Accounts

2009-01-22 Thread Wicus
Even after our accounting HOD (Head of Department) and bookkeeper reviewed Sharan's notes @ http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/Accounting+Manager , uncertainty still rules in these regards. :confused: Could someone therefore please give a more "laymans explanation" on the difference between "Fi