Like I said, I build out screens that use it.
Also, the entity that ties customer number to party ID should have from
and through dates.
-Adrian
On 4/19/2011 4:18 PM, James Lawton wrote:
Hmmm, good thought about needing to change it again at a later date...
Does that mean though that you have to change and create screens throughout
the system? Or were you doing only on a localized basis?
Thanks
James
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Crum [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: April-19-11 4:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Map a pre existing customer number to Party-ID
The way I usually handle that is to create a separate entity to tie customer
numbers (or employee numbers, supplier numbers, etc) to a partyId, and then
build out screens that use it.
Businesses that like to create their own numbering systems ultimately change
that system, and a common request is "How do I change a customer's number?"
If the customer number is kept in the partyId field, then you can't change
it - since it ties all the party related entities together. If the customer
number is kept in a separate field, then changing it is trivial and it
doesn't affect any other data.
-Adrian
On 4/19/2011 12:48 PM, James Lawton wrote:
Is there a way to map a prexisting customer number and scheme to Party ID?
I have customers whose I data I will be importing into the database. I
can certainly simply load their customers customer number into the
Party ID field.
However, my users might have specific customer number schemes that
they want to keep. Which means being able to add a new one whenever they
want.
Currently in OOTB Ofbiz, whenever a new Party is created through the
UIs the party number is automagically created as an auto increment
number - this is what gets tracked through the system.
How can my users use their version of customer numbers to put data
into the system and to search for that data?
An example of when this becomes a problem is when you are creating an
order
- on the very first screen of the create order page (release 10.04)
there is a customer entry field with a lookup button. Selecting that
opens a Window where there is no mention of a customer, instead Party
ID and Party type are prominent. Yes you can search by name but it
should also be possible to lookup a customer by what he (the end
customer) thinks is his customer number.
Any thoughts or comments are appreciated - my product management are
driving me nuts on this one.
Thanks
Jams
