Re: Shark Integration

Posted by cjhowe on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Shark-Integration-tp173969p173972.html

regarding dependencies.  While Pentaho doesn't have
the same database manipulation tools that OFBiz has,
they don't attempt to mix the shark database with
theirs.  Would this be a better approach (to leave
shark outside of OFBiz's data model)?

--- Jacopo Cappellato <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I think that another task we should consider is
> removing the
> dependencies to the old "workflow" component; I've
> noticed that there
> are some fields in the WorkEffort entity that are
> related to the
> workflow component and there is also some java
> classes (in the order and
> workeffort components) that use workflow's classes.
>
> In general, it would be nice for the new Shark
> integration (but I don't
> know if possible) to avoid this kind of dependencies
> and make the work
> flow engine an optional/external/pluggable tool.
>
> Jacopo
>
> David E Jones wrote:
> >
> > The best person to address this is Andy as he has
> done most of the work
> > on Shark to date.
> >
> > The first thing that needs to be done is to update
> to the most recent
> > version of Shark. The one Andy wrote against is
> not an official release
> > and is a couple of years old.
> >
> > Once that is done it needs to be tested and at
> least one PoC application
> > of it done, perhaps replacing the old order
> authorization workflow that
> > now runs on the OFBiz Workflow Engine.
> >
> > The best way to see what exists and what doesn't
> is probably to just run
> > it and play around...
> >
> > -David
> >
> >
> > On Nov 4, 2006, at 9:33 PM, Chris Howe wrote:
> >
> >> I've been continuing to look at Pentaho and it
> has
> >> Shark integrated into it and I'm starting to see
> the
> >> benefit that it may offer.  Over the past two
> years
> >> I've sporadically seen posts about shark not
> being
> >> fully implemented, etc.  Could someone answer
> these
> >> two questions...
> >>
> >> What exactly is encompassed by "fully
> implemented"?
> >>
> >> How much of that is done and what remains?
>
>