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## Evaluation of [Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports] UseCases ## Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases
- [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: FIXME - [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: FIXME
- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: FIXME - [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: FIXME
- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: FIXME - [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: FIXME
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- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: FIXME - [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: FIXME
- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: FIXME - [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: FIXME
## Evaluation of [Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports] UseCases for Fund Accounting ## Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases for Fund Accounting
Can each of these reports be generated, confined to a specific temporarily Can each of these reports be generated, confined to a specific temporarily
restricted asset type? restricted asset type?

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## Detailed Evaluation ## Detailed Evaluation
## Evaluation of [Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports] UseCases ## Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases
- [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: Yes - [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: Yes
- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: Yes, seems ok - [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: Yes, seems ok
- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: Yes - [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: Yes
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- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: Not obviously - [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: Not obviously
there, but should be easy given the number of reports available. there, but should be easy given the number of reports available.
## Evaluation of [Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports] UseCases for Fund Accounting ## Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases for Fund Accounting
It seems FrontAccounting's "Dimension" feature likely can do all of these, It seems FrontAccounting's "Dimension" feature likely can do all of these,
since it seems you can limit any of the above reports by "Dimension". since it seems you can limit any of the above reports by "Dimension".

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- [[!wikipedia GNU_Enterprise]] - Wikipedia - [[!wikipedia GNU_Enterprise]] - Wikipedia
- <http://www.gnuenterprise.org> - Project homepage - <http://www.gnuenterprise.org> - Project homepage
- <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnue/gnue.html> - FSF's GNUe page, which http://gnuenterprise.org redirects to.
- <http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/gnue/> - Source code
<http://www.gnuenterprise.org> and <http://gnuenterprise.org> has been unreachable on 2013-10-22, 2013-10-23, 2013-10-24. <http://www.gnuenterprise.org> and <http://gnuenterprise.org> has been unreachable on 2013-10-22, 2013-10-23, 2013-10-24. It is reachable as of 2013-11-15.
## Technical
## Preliminary evaluation
- GNUe-dev mailing list is not very active: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnue-dev/>
- GNUe mailing list is not very active: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnue/>
- No GNUe announcements since 2009: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnue-announce/>
- I can get the bazaar repo and then get all the GNUe packages by running `./bin/bzr-get-all`, each of the GNUe packages then have an `INSTALL` file in its subdirectory but I cannot find meta-installation instructions for GNUe anywhere on the web, nor in the main GNUe bazaar repository.

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- [Well-commented source code](http://www.ohloh.net/p/openpetraorg) - [Well-commented source code](http://www.ohloh.net/p/openpetraorg)
- [Extensibility is core](http://www.openpetra.org/organisation-benefits) - [Extensibility is core](http://www.openpetra.org/organisation-benefits)
- Ledger-specific access control, three access levels. - Ledger-specific access control, three access levels.
- using fixed point arithmetic: System.Decimal data type for all money related variables (changed from Double to Decimal in end of 2010: [commit](https://github.com/openpetra/openpetra/commit/a1717237825a6c8f0d5e032c843241ed918e2344))
### Negative ### Negative

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Josh Berkus: PostBooks is the pure-OSS GL module from xTuple, which was renamed from OpenMFG. It is an ERP system, very strongly aimed at manufacturers, so would require some substantial adaptation to NPOs. However, it benefits from a strong API in the form of PostgreSQL stored procedures, which would make adapting the basic GL functionality to a more complex NPO module feasible, since interaction with the PostBooks GUI would not be required. One possibility would be to use PostBooks as the backend for a system which also supported ledger-cli; that way users could have the choice of SQL or Git backend. Josh Berkus: PostBooks is the pure-OSS GL module from xTuple, which was renamed from OpenMFG. It is an ERP system, very strongly aimed at manufacturers, so would require some substantial adaptation to NPOs. However, it benefits from a strong API in the form of PostgreSQL stored procedures, which would make adapting the basic GL functionality to a more complex NPO module feasible, since interaction with the PostBooks GUI would not be required. One possibility would be to use PostBooks as the backend for a system which also supported ledger-cli; that way users could have the choice of SQL or Git backend.
Daniel Pocock: Daniel Pocock:
* I've recently packaged it for Debian and Ubuntu, this may help it achieve wider usage than some of the more heavy weight Java-based ERP solutions as they are not easily packaged * I've recently packaged it for Debian and Ubuntu, this may help it achieve wider usage than some of the more heavy weight Java-based ERP solutions as they are not easily packaged
* Backend is exclusively PostgreSQL for now * Backend is exclusively PostgreSQL for now
* No server processes required other than PostgreSQL itself * No server processes required other than PostgreSQL itself
* Front end is C++ Qt client that each user installs, * Front end is C++ Qt client that each user installs,
* it seems to run OK over VPN (IPsec) to a remote PostgreSQL * it seems to run OK over VPN (IPsec) to a remote PostgreSQL
* It has a permissioning system, the PostgreSQL users are Postbooks users
* it can be customised by adding fields and buttons to forms and adding custom logic using JavaScript * it can be customised by adding fields and buttons to forms and adding custom logic using JavaScript
* The developers are also making a full web/mobile Postbooks solution that works with the same database, it is not packaged yet * The developers are also making a full web/mobile Postbooks solution that works with the same database, it is not packaged yet
* the developers (xTuple) operate as a software development company maintaining the code, running an annual conference, supporting business deployments, etc * the developers (xTuple) operate as a software development company maintaining the code, running an annual conference, supporting business deployments, etc
* the CPAL license is potentially not GPL compatible, although it is agreed that CPAL is a free license * the CPAL license is potentially not GPL compatible, although it is agreed that CPAL is a free license
## Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases
- [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: FIXME
- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: FIXME
- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: FIXME
- [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: FIXME
- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: FIXME
- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: FIXME
## Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases for Fund Accounting
Can each of these reports be generated, confined to a specific temporarily
restricted asset type?
- [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: FIXME
- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: FIXME
- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: FIXME
- [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: FIXME
- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: FIXME
- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: FIXME
## Evaluation of [[Fund Accounting|UseCases/FundAccounting]] UseCases
- [[Fund-only View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fund-view]]
- [[Funds as part of whole org View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]
- [[Ignore Funds for operations|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]
## [[UseCases/Collaborating]] evaluation
- [[Simultaneous Editing of Ledger|UseCases/Collaborating#simultaneous-ledger-edits]]: FIXME
- FIXME: Other uses cases need rewrite.
# Evaluation of [[Double-entry Accounting|UseCases/DoubleEntryAccounting]] UseCases
- Does the system implement pure double-entry accounting? YES
# Evaluation of [[TrackingDocumentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation]] UseCases
- Does the system [[link up to external documentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-up]]?
- Does it have a [[the ability to explore transactions via documentation linkage|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-explore]]?
# Evaluation of [[Handling multiple currencies|UseCases/MultiCurrency]] UseCases
- Does it support the concept of
[[a single functional currency|UseCases/MultiCurrency]], while still
permitting multi-currency entries?
# Evaluation of [[draft transaction|UseCases/DraftTransactions]] UseCases
- Does the system allow
[[generally for draft transactions|UseCases/DraftTransactions#draft-general]]
that can be later approved before officially being posted to the books?
## Evaluation of WorkFlow UseCases
- Is a [[specific workflow dictated by the system|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-dictated]] ?
- Is a [[the workflow configurable|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-configurable]] ?
- [[Unaccrued Invoice|UseCases/WorkFlow#unaccrued-invioice]] ?
# Evaluation of the [[Reading and Reporting API|UseCases/ReadingAPI]]
FIXME: This is assessment of what the API for manipulating the accounting
data does, so I think it's tough to do it as a list of questions.
# Evaluation of the [[Storage API|UseCases/StorageAPI]]
Using PostgreSQL as the back-end
## [[UseCases/WorkFlow]] evaluation
- [[Unaccrued Invoice|UseCases/WorkFlow#unaccrued-invioice]]: FIXME

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- Also avaiilable on pypy <https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=tryton&submit=search>. - Also avaiilable on pypy <https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=tryton&submit=search>.
- Separated client and server presumably making collaboration easy - Separated client and server presumably making collaboration easy
- Can create reports -- [[!wikipedia Tryton#Technical_features]] - Can create reports -- [[!wikipedia Tryton#Technical_features]]
- Using fixed point in Accouting. Decimal is used on server layer and numeric on the database layer.
## [[UseCases/GeneratingReports]] Evaluation ## [[UseCases/GeneratingReports]] Evaluation