Scott, Response in line. Regards Anil Patel On 3/31/07, Scott A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm relatively new to ofbiz and I am trying to understand various functions. If I add a Marketing Campaign, there are a couple of things I don't understand. The first is "Assign Type". I see the drop down is U, Y, N. While I can try to interpret this I was wondering if someone could give me a brief on what this function is for and what the choices mean.
I looked at the MarketingCampaign entity and its form, May be I did not see it right, But I don't see field for Assign Type. Next is assigned User and group. Is there a particular reason that this is
just a regular form fill. Does it assume you know the exact user name or group to assign it to? Is it worth linking this to actual user/groups so that you can choose specifics?
If you are referring to Role(s) , the Party input box has party lookup attached to it. This is most common style of Admin form design. Third is concerning Parent Campaign ID. I am not sure if this is a bug or
designed this way but if you choose a parent campaign when setting up a new campaign it does not seem to be saved anywhere. Am I missing something?
I created two Marketing Campaign and set First as Parent of Second and it worked. Next is Description and Campaign Summary. I would think that they are one in
the same but obviously, someone believes they should be different fields. Can I ask why? I am just trying to find the intent of the fields and it is not to question the usability. My last question is concerning the status drop down. At the very top of the form we have a "Campaign Status" field and my feeling is that this is a redundant feature but I assume that the developers had a good reason for including it in the first place. With that in mind, could someone try to clarify this for me?
I think it makes sense to have status field on it. At this time its much used in Automation and control of services in Ofbiz but I think it can be used in SFA application we can use it to What user can or cannot do based on this status field. Thanks to all for taking the time to read this and I would appreciate any
response. As is true for anything, there is a learning curve and understanding the terminology and used of these functions will help me not to screw up what is otherwise a brilliant app. Cheers... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/NOOB-Questions-about-Marketing-Campaigns-tf3497151.html#a9767983 Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
