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Re: Users - Auto approving Credit Card orders ...

Posted by Ian Gilbert-2 on Apr 01, 2006; 7:08pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Users-Auto-approving-Credit-Card-orders-tp138282p138291.html

Ok.  I'll leave it then for the time being and maybe look at shark later on.

Thanks

Ian


On Sat, April 1, 2006 19:25, David E. Jones wrote:
>

> This is not an easy thing... I would look at the Workflow Engine Guide on the ofbiz.org site, and
> the stuff it refers to on the WfMC site. Right now this is not all that easy to work with...
> which is why we have started moving to Shark.
>
> -David
>
>
>
> Ian Gilbert wrote:
>
>> Hi again,
>>
>>
>> I'm interested in hearing about the order approval workflow.  Is that edited through the
>> OrderProcessxpdl.xml file?  Also the process of an employee creating a quote may well be of
>> interest.  I will investigate that further but any information that I can get about the order
>> approval workflow (specifically how to view and edit it) would be helpful.
>>
>> Very best wishes
>>
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
>> On Fri, March 31, 2006 23:38, David E Jones wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Ian,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Most retailers don't want to have an order approval process that adds
>>> another step to what is necessary for fulfillment. There are of course exceptions to this,
>>> which is why we created to order approval workflow a long time ago (and this is still in place
>>> and should still work, though I don't know if anyone has used it in a while...).
>>>
>>>
>>> Even for wholesale to more generally sales to businesses where prices
>>> are custom to the order the price is usually decided on by the company. This can be done by an
>>>  employee using the Order Manager to enter an order (from scratch or based on a quote or
>>> whatever), or by an employee creating a quote for a customer that the customer can then accept
>>> on the ecommerce site, placing an order without being able to change quantities, etc.
>>>
>>> Is there a specific approval process that you need to cover?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ian Gilbert wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> What is the rationale behind auto approving orders taken with payment made by credit card?
>>>> Whilst
>>>> I can understand that the actual payment might be approved surely this approval process is
>>>> an internal one and so should wait until the actual order is approved rather than the
>>>> payment?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ian Gilbert
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