Hi Torben,
just checked the SQL-Ledger data model. Doesn't look vey different from the Project/Open model. But that's probably more an problem then a feature when trying to bring the two systems together:
- I definitely want to convert all major business objects to OpenACS objects: Invoice, project, customer, employee, vendor, department and warehouse.
- How to deal with duplicate objects? For example, P/O already knows about customers and invoices. OpenACS knows about users, addresses, translations and permissions. Which application should be used to maintain the information? Can triggers do the job to copy data between the tables and to maintain consistency?
I'm really not sure what to do: Incorporation (integrating the SQL-Ledger data model into OpenACS/Project/Open) or Integration (keeping applications separate and providing an export functionality from OpenACS/Project/Open to SQL-Ledger). Maybe we should honestly question if we are going to be able to port about half of the SL functionality to OpenACS (converting tables to OpenACS objects). In this case I would go for Incorporation and commit about one man-month of senior development time. Otherwise I would go for integration, which means using the Perl-GUI.
Are you available by phone? My mobile is: +34 609 953 751. Is there somebody else who would like to participate in one way or another? Malte?
Bests,
Frank
acc_trans | table | sql-ledger
ap | table | sql-ledger
ar | table | sql-ledger
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audittrail | table | sql-ledger
business | table | sql-ledger
chart | table | sql-ledger
customer | table | sql-ledger
customertax | table | sql-ledger
defaults | table | sql-ledger
department | table | sql-ledger
dpt_trans | table | sql-ledger
employee | table | sql-ledger
exchangerate | table | sql-ledger
gifi | table | sql-ledger
gl | table | sql-ledger
id | sequence | sql-ledger
inventory | table | sql-ledger
invoice | table | sql-ledger
invoiceid | sequence | sql-ledger
language | table | sql-ledger
makemodel | table | sql-ledger
oe | table | sql-ledger
orderitems | table | sql-ledger
orderitemsid | sequence | sql-ledger
parts | table | sql-ledger
partscustomer | table | sql-ledger
partsgroup | table | sql-ledger
partstax | table | sql-ledger
partsvendor | table | sql-ledger
pricegroup | table | sql-ledger
project | table | sql-ledger
shipto | table | sql-ledger
sic | table | sql-ledger
status | table | sql-ledger
tax | table | sql-ledger
translation | table | sql-ledger
vendor | table | sql-ledger
vendortax | table | sql-ledger
warehouse | table | sql-ledger
yearend | table | sql-ledger
