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> 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?
>>
>>
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