Re: Great work... and a question

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

On 4/13/07, ..hidden.. <..hidden..> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I stumbled on LedgerSMB last week and I've been playing around with it
> since then (when, admittedly, I should have been doing other things.
> Bad Richard.  No cookie).
>
> I currently use WebERP, which has a great interface, but I find it
> somewhat lacking in the features that I need.  Having found LedgerSMB,
> I have found an actively developed project that seems to have, or be
> working on, the things I want in an accounts system (although I'm less
> fond of the web interface - but I'll get used to it).

Don't worry about the interface.  We are working on getting it to the
point where the interface can be redesigned properly.

>  After only a
> week of gleefully pressing buttons, I'm largely sold despite my
> unfamiliarity with postgres and my dislike of perl.
>
> This evening, I started putting some proper data into the system (I'm
> using 1.2.2), using live data from the WebERP system.  I figure if I
> can get 12 months of data, warts and all, into LedgerSMB - and get the
> same end of year accounts out of both systems - I will be happy moving
> across.  This is when I hit upon my first snag: credit notes.  I have
> credit notes that we issue and supplier credit notes to enter into the
> system, and I can't see a nice way of doing it, short of a manual GL
> transaction (which is doable for receiving supplier credit notes, but
> less useful for issuing our own).

We are working on credit notes.  Expect them in 1.3.0

In the mean time, you may be able to handle it as a prepayment,
depending on your needs (against a different account, naturally).

Best WIshes,
Chris Travers