Re: Wrong Assumption?

2009-03-11 Thread David E Jones
If you look at the way the roles are structured there are certain roles that are only for organizations and other roles that are only for individuals, and others that are for any. However, because there are situations where users don't want to restrict this it is not enforced by default.

Re: Wrong Assumption?

2009-03-11 Thread Muhammad Aamir
Hi Adrian, Don't get me wrong, I didn't say multiple roles doesn't make sense. What doesn't make sense (at least to me) that a Person can play a role of Organizational Unit, Department or Internal Organization along with an Employee role. (See the data model of Party, two subtype of Party are Pers

Re: Wrong Assumption?

2009-03-11 Thread Adrian Crum
Muhammad Aamir wrote: - For example in Party module, a Person, who already has a role Employee, can have additional roles of Organization Unit, Internal Organization and in fact any other role (which of course doesn't make any sense). Why wouldn't multiple roles for a person make sense

Re: Wrong Assumption?

2009-03-11 Thread BJ Freeman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You sound like i did when I started. One thing I am picking up, is your expectation of a finished program. More ofbiz, in IMHO, is a toolbox to let you build what you want. you mention that a party can have all sorts of possibilities. That is true howe

Re: Wrong Assumption?

2009-03-10 Thread David E Jones
It sounds like you're starting to scratch the surface. Best wishes on a more thorough and deep review. -David On Mar 10, 2009, at 10:22 PM, Muhammad Aamir wrote: I am new to ofbiz ERP and trying to understand how it works. I've just read Party and Accounting chapters from Data Model Reso

Wrong Assumption?

2009-03-10 Thread Muhammad Aamir
I am new to ofbiz ERP and trying to understand how it works. I've just read Party and Accounting chapters from Data Model Resource Book Vol 1. After a quick glance on the modules (Party and Accounting) of ofbiz, following is my first impression I would like to share with you and request you to corr