Hi Dave Welcome to the community!
A while ago I created a couple of free basic quickstart OFBiz Accounting guides. They are for older versions of OFBiz but I don't think accounting has changed too much. This one is on the wiki https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Quick+Start+-+Basic+Accounting+Setup And I'll email you offline, the other one. Thanks Sharan On 2017-01-14 09:31 (+0100), David McNeill <dav...@mcpond.co.nz> wrote: > I'm attempting to setup a new Ofbiz as an ERP. > > In the General Ledger, I'm struggling to find the substance of it. > > Key areas that I can't locate > > * Entering an actual ledger journal - create a new GL direct transaction > (not from source AR, AP) > > * Ledger Account balance enquiry > > * Active ledger tree - clickable nested tree of accounts with balances > by period > > * Ledger transactions display by account > > It looks close in > > Accounting Manager / Global GL Settings / Chart of Accounts / Navigate > Accounts > > Nice tree, but show me the money, and with a period selector. > > This area seems 'setup' focused, not user focused. > > Accounting Manager / Main is filled with list and show options, but none > GL related. > > Documentation doesn't give any hints either... > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBENDUSER/Apache+OFBiz+Business+Setup+Guide#ApacheOFBizBusinessSetupGuide-accountingSetup > > > Creating ledger transactions.(to be completed) > > And no mention at all of loading initial GL opening balances, which > would have to be second step after chart setup. Is this not possible? > > Or do I need to write GL entry / view screens myself? The data model > seems complete, the back end UI not really. > > Am I missing something here? Or is OfBiz more web commerce with light > back end, ready for further customisation prior to actual use? > > I'm totally committed to open source, need to deploy an ERP & > Accounting, and keep coming back to re-evaluate OfBiz because it has > good community, stable Apache ownership, good database schema, good web > engine. Just seems not ready for every day back end use by my > accounting team. > > Comments anyone? > > David > > > >
