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### Comments
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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.
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Daniel Pocock:
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* 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
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* Backend is exclusively PostgreSQL for now
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* No server processes required other than PostgreSQL itself
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* Front end is C++ Qt client that each user installs,
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* it seems to run OK over VPN (IPsec) to a remote PostgreSQL
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* It has a permissioning system, the PostgreSQL users are Postbooks users
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* it can be customised by adding fields and buttons to forms and adding custom logic using JavaScript
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* The developers are also making a full web/mobile Postbooks solution that works with the same database, it is not packaged yet
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* the developers (xTuple) operate as a software development company maintaining the code, running an annual conference, supporting business deployments, etc
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* the CPAL license is potentially not GPL compatible, although it is agreed that CPAL is a free license
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## Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases
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- [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: FIXME
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- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: FIXME
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- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: FIXME
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- [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: FIXME
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- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: FIXME
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- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: FIXME
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## Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases for Fund Accounting
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Can each of these reports be generated, confined to a specific temporarily
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restricted asset type?
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- [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: FIXME
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- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: FIXME
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- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: FIXME
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- [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: FIXME
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- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: FIXME
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- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: FIXME
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## Evaluation of [[Fund Accounting|UseCases/FundAccounting]] UseCases
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- [[Fund-only View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fund-view]]
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- [[Funds as part of whole org View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]
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- [[Ignore Funds for operations|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]
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## [[UseCases/Collaborating]] evaluation
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- [[Simultaneous Editing of Ledger|UseCases/Collaborating#simultaneous-ledger-edits]]: FIXME
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- FIXME: Other uses cases need rewrite.
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# Evaluation of [[Double-entry Accounting|UseCases/DoubleEntryAccounting]] UseCases
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- Does the system implement pure double-entry accounting? YES
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# Evaluation of [[TrackingDocumentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation]] UseCases
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- Does the system [[link up to external documentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-up]]?
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- Does it have a [[the ability to explore transactions via documentation linkage|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-explore]]?
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# Evaluation of [[Handling multiple currencies|UseCases/MultiCurrency]] UseCases
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- Does it support the concept of
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[[a single functional currency|UseCases/MultiCurrency]], while still
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permitting multi-currency entries?
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# Evaluation of [[draft transaction|UseCases/DraftTransactions]] UseCases
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- Does the system allow
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[[generally for draft transactions|UseCases/DraftTransactions#draft-general]]
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that can be later approved before officially being posted to the books?
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## Evaluation of WorkFlow UseCases
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- Is a [[specific workflow dictated by the system|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-dictated]] ?
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- Is a [[the workflow configurable|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-configurable]] ?
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- [[Unaccrued Invoice|UseCases/WorkFlow#unaccrued-invioice]] ?
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# Evaluation of the [[Reading and Reporting API|UseCases/ReadingAPI]]
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Presumably the same case as the Storage API.
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# Evaluation of the [[Storage API|UseCases/StorageAPI]]
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Using PostgreSQL as the back-end
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## [[UseCases/WorkFlow]] evaluation
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- [[Unaccrued Invoice|UseCases/WorkFlow#unaccrued-invioice]]: FIXME
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