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Working with OpenERP

By : Greg Moss
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Working with OpenERP

By: Greg Moss

Overview of this book

<p>OpenERP continues to gain momentum throughout the world in providing the best platform for open source ERP installations. This book covers all the essential modules and how to get the power of OpenERP to work for you.</p> <p>"Working with OpenERP" provides a real-world business solution approach to integrating OpenERP into your small or medium sized business. This book begins by walking you through how to install OpenERP on a Windows or Ubuntu server then takes you through all the essential modules you will need to get OpenERP up and running for your company.</p> <p>All through the book, "Working with OpenERP" provides real-world examples in sales, customer relationship management (CRM), purchasing, manufacturing, human resources, and financial accounting. After covering the basics, you will learn how to customize various methods to configure OpenERP for your business and even build your own custom modules.</p> <p>"Working with OpenERP" covers all the basics of installing and using OpenERP along with advanced real-world examples you will not find anywhere else.</p>
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Working with OpenERP
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing the Accounting and Finance application


OpenERP configures a basic accounting structure when you install base modules, such as Sales and Purchasing. To access all of the accounting configuration options, you must install the Accounting and Finance module. If this module is not already installed in your configuration, navigate to Settings and click on Apps to pull up the available applications. Look for Accounting and Finance and click on the Install button to install the module.

After you have installed the Accounting and Finance application, your menu structure at the top of OpenERP will change. Before installing the module, you likely had an Invoicing menu that contained the necessary options for the Sales and Purchasing applications. Once the Accounting and Finance module is installed, the Invoicing menu is replaced with an Accounting menu and is populated with several more options.