Import Purchase Order from External System

[Ashish Vijaywargiya-2]

Hello ,
 
 I want to import Bulk of Purchase Order's from External system into ofbiz.
 Is there anything implemented in Ofbiz so that I could easily do this ???
 
 Thanks in advance for your precious Time.
 
 Regards
 Ashish Vijaywargiya
 
 
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[Walter Vaughan]

Ashish Vijaywargiya wrote:

>  I want to import Bulk of Purchase Order's from External system into ofbiz.
>  Is there anything implemented in Ofbiz so that I could easily do this ???

Easy? Nothing is easy in OFBiz, It's just insanely powerful.

Two ways.

1) Create XML for entity-engine import
2) Contract with someone like opensourcestratgies and have them modifiy their
Data Import methodology to handle importing PO's.

We are writing a import system for Sales Orders, which has identical methodology
as PO's, but it might never be ready to for general consumption. Lot's of code
cleanups needed and assumptions that most likely only apply to us. We're doing
it for the learning exercise. Learning by destroying, that and we're really
getting our heads wrapped around what makes an order tick in OFBiz.

I'm guessing you are looking for all the fields and files that need to be
populated for a PO. That would make using the entity engine import a breeze.

*** CALL FOR ACTION ***
Why don't we get in line for the Google Summer of Code and get someone to
document importing requirements for various business structures. Like whats
required to import a PO, Sales Order, Product, Party, etc....
It seems like is this one area that everyone seems to be inventing the wheel,
and as the project gets more exposure, this problem is only going to make for
more frustrated new users. This might be a chance for Google to sponsor someone
with a Business/accounting background as well as computer systems.

Just an idea.

--
Walter

[David E Jones-2]

If we're going to try to create a standard set of interfaces for  
these to come and go on, we should really do it according to existing  
standards where possible.

A lot of this stuff could be covered by UBL, and while only somewhat  
related I've been wanting to get into XBRL for a while too...

-David


On Sep 22, 2006, at 1:55 AM, Walter Vaughan wrote:

> Ashish Vijaywargiya wrote:
>
>>  I want to import Bulk of Purchase Order's from External system  
>> into ofbiz.
>>  Is there anything implemented in Ofbiz so that I could easily do  
>> this ???
>
> Easy? Nothing is easy in OFBiz, It's just insanely powerful.
>
> Two ways.
>
> 1) Create XML for entity-engine import
> 2) Contract with someone like opensourcestratgies and have them  
> modifiy their Data Import methodology to handle importing PO's.
>
> We are writing a import system for Sales Orders, which has  
> identical methodology as PO's, but it might never be ready to for  
> general consumption. Lot's of code cleanups needed and assumptions  
> that most likely only apply to us. We're doing it for the learning  
> exercise. Learning by destroying, that and we're really getting our  
> heads wrapped around what makes an order tick in OFBiz.
>
> I'm guessing you are looking for all the fields and files that need  
> to be populated for a PO. That would make using the entity engine  
> import a breeze.
>
> *** CALL FOR ACTION ***
> Why don't we get in line for the Google Summer of Code and get  
> someone to document importing requirements for various business  
> structures. Like whats required to import a PO, Sales Order,  
> Product, Party, etc....
> It seems like is this one area that everyone seems to be inventing  
> the wheel, and as the project gets more exposure, this problem is  
> only going to make for more frustrated new users. This might be a  
> chance for Google to sponsor someone with a Business/accounting  
> background as well as computer systems.
>
> Just an idea.
>
> --
> Walter
>
>