I had, and still have this problem, with other roles. (customer/client, lead/prospect, etc) Maybe because something is lost in translation. I even found difficult to translate some terms, because they are ambiguous if translated literally. It would be a great help if someone could write documentation with a description of each role, when it is used and in which applications it is used. Now I have to search in code, if the role is relevant in some application. When I first started using OFBiz I created parties and later had to come back and assign a role that I missed when first created them.
Something similar happened to me with contact purposes. I first assumed that "main address" was used always, when "billing address" or "shipping destination address" is not specified. Later I had to assign "billing address" and "Shipping destination" for every party address. I mean that it was not clear to me where this roles are relevant and which applications uses them (the same for Telephones). I could not find this kind of documentation, and would be very useful for newbies. Guido 2007/4/13, Adrian Crum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Scott A wrote: > We are probably going to come up with the same issue for customer. Is it > customer or consumer? We deal directly with the consumer but sometimes, > other stores. It could be both. It depends on how you want to organize your data. Example: we build and sell homes through a dealer network. So, our dealer is the customer, and the homeowner is the consumer. The demo data is there to demonstrate how to use OFBiz. It's pretty generic. The actual data you use depends entirely upon your needs.
-- Guido Amarilla
