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 Customer Balances; but would be interested in how many service requests were closed. ofBiz is a great framework to work with; but with a frameworks, you get the raw marble. You still have to chisel it to make a Michael Angelo. Ok. So for now, let's assume that you are in the financial sector; where you decide that customer balances are critical. Please note that you are making this choice (criticalness of the data). How do you decide how to update balances on payments? Are you a NGO that decides not to charge interest on certain types of loans to certain customers? In which case, all payments goes to paying back the principal. Are you a for-profit bank that holds a fixed-rate mortage for an individual? In which case, part of the money goes to paying the interest and part of it goes to paying the prinicpal and that each month, this amount is slightly different even with a fixed monthly payment. So as you can see, ofBiz can cater to a lot of different needs. Your needs are specific to one type of industry. As with marble, you can make ofBiz your own. Regards -- Milind On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Wicus <wicus...@webmail.co.za> wrote: > > 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 or e-mailed) and > 5.) Supplier Remittances (which can be mailed or e-mailed) > > I do believe this to be a crucial requirement for any company using OFBiz > (yet, then I might be wrong) > > And for the life of me, I simply can't get it done .... :,( > > Currently I'm lost in ... cyberspace... with no much understanding > > Any advice or direction would be appreciated. > > > P.S> Be aware :- :working: Noob in training > Currently the "end-user" interfaces .... later the framework ... > > Enjoy your weekend and have a cold frosty one :drunk: > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/financial-accounts-tp21391744p21622935.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
