Thanks for the response, but I'm not sure quite what you mean by 'beyond
the data model'. I have read tutorials online, bought several books and
have been studying this system for nearly a month now. We're
customizing OfBiz from the ground up using a data-centric approach
because this is a conversion from MS Access. So, the first thing to do
is understand how our old data fits the new model. I know it fits, just
not sure how.
Scott Spillmann
Software Engineer
Factor500, Inc.
sco...@factor500.com
(919) 354 - 1366
On 02/16/2012 06:14 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
All of those capabilities exist in the OFBiz data model.
By the way, it might help to look beyond the data model and see the
whole picture.
-Adrian
On 2/16/2012 5:36 PM, Scott Spillmann wrote:
Hi All,
Has anyone modeled a software company and would like to share how
your business model fits in to OFBiz's data model? I am doing a
conversion from an old MS Access database and am looking for some
pointers. A few key facts:
*) We have sales reps that have certain customers
*) Sales reps get discounts
*) We have existing physical units in the field
*) We will begin selling software versions of the existing units this
year.
I understand how parties and their relationships work, but asset
tracking is eluding me currently. We would like to model selling a
physical product unit that has a serial number and some other
configuration options, track RMA's for that unit, and provide
maintenance agreements for that unit and other products (like
software) that we sell them. No ecommerce for now. We have an order
manager that will enter the orders, so we'll be writing custom
screens for this.
Can this model be done with Products and variants, or do I need to do
some extending of base entities?
Thanks
