Re: Thoughts on payment handling in 1.4.x

["Chris Travers" <..hidden..>]

On 4/26/07, John Hasler <..hidden..> wrote:
> Gerald writes:
> > Of course changing a transaction in this environment will become
> > impossible, making auditors very happy and end-users looking for ways
> > around the system.
>
> It is quite possible to create a reversing entry and mark it so that the
> transaction appears to have been changed to the user.  I don't think that
> it is really necessary to allow posted transactions to be altered anyway,
> though.  IMHO if you are doing that frequently there is something wrong
> with your work flow.

Long-run I want to see workflows mapped so that altering a financial
transaction that has been posted is *never* done.  We can provide a
nice UI for reversing and correcting invoices but it will be done only
with inserts, not updates :-)

And the reversals would show up on GL reports and the like.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers