workeffort data modeling questions

[Chris Snow-3]

Hi Forum,

I have a requirement to represent some legal concepts in ofbiz.  We are
still clarifying the business data model, but roughly, we have a (court)
hearing which consists of:

- reading time
- hearing duration
- judgement time

The "hearing" such as "Smith vs. Jones" will have a judge (i.e. party)
associated it.

The "hearing duration" will have a facility (court room) associated with it.

The "hearing duration" may have audio/visual resources equipment
(assets) associated with it.

A hearing is associated with one case.

I was thinking of extending WorkEffort to add the case id, then have a
Work Effort to represent the Hearing and children WorkEffort's to
represent the "Reading Time", "Hearing Duration" and "Judgement Time"?

Does this use of WorkEffort make sense in ofbiz?

Many thanks in advance,

Chris

[Adrian Crum]

A "case" could be considered a project in OFBiz. You could customize the
project manager to change the terminology.

-Adrian

Christopher Snow wrote:

> Hi Forum,
>
> I have a requirement to represent some legal concepts in ofbiz.  We are
> still clarifying the business data model, but roughly, we have a (court)
> hearing which consists of:
>
> - reading time
> - hearing duration
> - judgement time
>
> The "hearing" such as "Smith vs. Jones" will have a judge (i.e. party)
> associated it.
>
> The "hearing duration" will have a facility (court room) associated with
> it.
>
> The "hearing duration" may have audio/visual resources equipment
> (assets) associated with it.
>
> A hearing is associated with one case.
>
> I was thinking of extending WorkEffort to add the case id, then have a
> Work Effort to represent the Hearing and children WorkEffort's to
> represent the "Reading Time", "Hearing Duration" and "Judgement Time"?
>
> Does this use of WorkEffort make sense in ofbiz?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Chris
>