Hi I'm not sure if this would help, but the readers has only seed data, perhaps adding seed-initial might solve some problems?
> On Apr 7, 2017, at 12:28 AM, stim...@comcast.net wrote: > > Hi, > > Thought I'd summarize with some specific steps since I've made progress, but > still fail (writing down to explain to others might help me catch my own > mistakes too). > > Problem: I need WebPOS to work on a brand new install using my own > hand-entered data for a real retail store (versus demo data). WebPOS login > page can be reached, but login cannot occur because there are no terminals. > Apparently terminals cannot be added until there is a retail store. Creating > the retail store and associating terminals is failing. > > The explicit steps: > > I drop the PostgreSQL DBs (to clear old data), recreate them, then run: > ./gradlew 'ofbiz --load-data readers=seed' > > I then create "admin" user via: > ./gradlew loadAdminUserLogin -PuserLoginId=admin > > Start ofbiz: > ./gradlew ofbiz > > Under the setup app I create Company (requires admin password update first, > Party Id "Company" created by manually typing in info of a real company): > https://localhost:8443/ofbizsetup/control/initialsetup > > Go to Catalog Manager->Stores, click New Product Store. "Primary Store Group > Id" can't be selected or entered ("Not Applicable [_NA_]" is all that is > there), the drop-down is empty other than "Not Applicable" (so I pick Not > Applicable). Set Store Name to "Main Store". It isn't a demo store, and I > don't know what the effect is, but I pick drop-down of "Is Demo Store" as > "N". Everything else is unmodified and default. Click Update. Error rejects > adding the store: "Inventory Facility Id Required". > > Summary 1: Store cannot be added via Catalog Manager until an Inventory > Facility Id is created. > > I switch now to Applications->Facility Manager. "Main" or "Facilities" is > only for searching, not for adding a Facility. This is where the prior email > reply mentions to do this under Asset Management, but Asset > Management->Facility is also only for searching, not for creating a Facility. > Perhaps it is a Fixed Asset? > > Summary 2: The required Facility Id of Summary 1 cannot be added under > Applications->Facility Manager. Asset Management->Facility is also a search > mechanism, and cannot be used to add the required facility. > > Under Fixed Asset I can click "New Fixed Asset". Is it "Real Estate", > "Property", or "Other"? Real Estate is chosen since it is most descriptive > (Property might be a tract of land, Real Estate is more specific since it > implies a building on the land). When I get to RoleType ID I am convinced > this is not the correct place to create a facility. > > Summary 3: I can add a new fixed asset, but it does not seem to give me a > Facility Id. Perhaps I missed a detail. > > Under Applications->Facility Manager->Facility Groups I can click "New > Group". The only part I can logically add is Facility Group Name, and I add > "Retail Facility" in that text entry box. This fails. Although nothing is > marked as mandatory, submitting this requires a currently missing parameter, > "createFacilityGroup.facilityGroupTypeId". I don't really know if the > Facility type is Management Structure, or if it is Pricing Group, but it > seems Management Structure is more logical for a structure serving a > store...I pick this. It works, I now have a Management Structure with > Facility Group Name "Retail Facility". I don't have a Facility Id. > > Summary 4: I can add a Facility Group, but I'm unsure how to use this to > create a Facility. I don't believe this is the right approach. > > I'm now at a loss as to how to add a Facility since I've only found how to > edit a facility which already exists in Asset Manager; Facility Manger is > definitely the wrong place. If Asset Manager can add a facility and produce a > Facility Id, how is this done? Do I need to think of my Retail Store as a > Fixed Asset of type Real Estate? > > Thanks!
