Posted by
Christopher Farley on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Users-Automatic-Purchasing-tp136301p136305.html
Si Chen (
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> >I could use requirements, but I would need to make the following
> >enhancements to OFBiz:
> >
> >1. Create a screen to automatically generate requirements from
> > current inventory values: for each item with an ATP less than the
> > minumumQuantity, create a new requirement. The quantity of this
> > requirement is reorderQuantity - ATP. This screen should allow
> > the user to limit automatic requirement generation by
> > supplier, product SKU range, product category, etc.
> >
> >
> >
> This is already done automatically when you set the requirement enum for
> your products, so you can re-use those services on your screen. This
> shouldn't be too hard.
I have implemented the above, with the exception of a few cosmetic
finishing touches. The user selects a facility from a drop down menu,
clicks a button labelled "Generate Requirements", and a minilang script
creates a requirement for each item at the facility. In the future I would
like the option to limit generated requirements by a supplier.
I have a few questions/issues:
1. Should the Requirement Type Id for the generated requirements be
PRODUCT_REQUIREMENT, or should I create a new Requirement Type
Id called, say, AUTO_REQUIREMENT? Creating a new Requirement
Type Id will allow the user to more easily sort through the
automatically generated requirements as opposed to product
requirements created via sales orders, etc.
2. Where should this screen go? Right now I added a button labelled "Generate
Requirements" on the ordermgr's FindRequirements screen (to the right
of the "New Requirement" button.
3. If you have a lot of products at a facility, the script can take a few
minutes to run. The default transaction timeout causes an error. I am
still working on a suitable resolution to this...
4. Just to confirm terminology: my script calcs requirement quantity like
this:
requirementQuantity = reorderQuantity - availableToPromiseQuantity
Am I interpreting "reorderQuantity" properly? Or is "reorderQuantity"
meant to be a fixed quantity that is ordered each time you order?
5. Once I'm ready to submit a patch for review, would I open an account
on Jira and submit it there?
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Christopher Farley
www.northernbrewer.com
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