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Compiere 3

By : Andries L Pretorius
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Compiere 3

By: Andries L Pretorius

Overview of this book

Compiere is a world leading open source commercially supported ERP system. Very large companies have already chosen Compiere over traditional systems. By its nature ERP is a complex subject and while you may be familiar with ERP this book will introduce you to the concepts of Compiere. Here you will learn the Compiere essentials quickly and concisely.The aim of this book is to get you up and running with Compiere through a practical hands on approach. This book will also give you an overview of the main Compiere business process aspects. This book will help you get comfortable with using and exploring the Compiere system as you prepare for a roll out in your organization.Maturing from an open source project to a leading edge competitor in the ERP space, Compiere offers what other traditional big name systems lack. Offering its best of class functionality on a model driven architecture, the latest enterprise platform independent web technologies (GWT, Java, JBoss, Oracle, Postgress), while maintaining openness, value, flexibility, scalability and most of all an integrated ERP platform that can be extended upon with ease.In this book we will introduce you to understanding Compiere functionality exploring the different essential business processes. We will cover the setup, the business processes of sales, purchasing, inventory, financial management as well as advanced aspects like workflow, project planning and migration.Every chapter is illustrated by example so as to facilitate quick and practical reading. This is not a Java programming manual and the book’s aim is to take your basic knowledge of the ERP environment and ensure a proper practical understanding of the critical functional aspects during the Compiere implementation process.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Compiere 3
Credits
About the author
About the reviewer
Preface

Set up roles


Setting up roles requires some planning in the system, as you would want to avoid too many inconsistent roles to manage. It is recommended that these closely match the organization's job description to a functional level. In normal circumstances, similar users with similar job functions will have access to the same roles in the system. Within role access management, you can define the following (see Role window below):

  • Org Access tab: Roles may be used to manage the role's organizational access (Role window), or a user can be individually assigned in terms of their organizational access (User Window).

  • User Assignment tab: You may define which Users have access to the Role.

  • Window access: You may define, per window, what read and write access this role defines.

  • Process access: Processes are items like reports or specific processes such as creating orders or invoices. This is done at the transactional level.

  • Form access: There exist certain custom windows that are referred...