Idempiere documentation

[Jonathan Fanny Lie]

Hi all,

I'm new to iDempiere.

Anybody can share where's iD documentation / How To setup/configure, how to use Idempiere ERP? I could not find any documentations so far...

Does it has something like 'save/copy company template' capability where we can save and apply templates to new company instances?

Thank you

[adamta...@gmail.com]

Hi Jonathan Fanny Lie,

Welcome to iDempiere.

Using iDempiere can save you years of development and thus DRY.

iDempiere comes from Adempiere and Adempiere came from Compiere.

To explore this awesome ERP, you will need to google "adempiere wiki", they are both quite similar.

To know the business workflow, there are 2 books you can search and buy to read.

To know more about development specific to idempiere, i would recommend you to youtube search "idempiere".

There are many youtube tutorial on iDempiere, I like the most on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbBGUUNnLy4kIHxq19DNPbA

Be aware that although iDempiere looks like Microsoft Access, but the learning curve is very steep.

Adam.

[redhuan d. oon]

There are about 2 and a half ways (2 1/2) to save/copy company template:
1/2. To make your changes in AD format under SystemAdmin login. For example changes made to the Menu, Windows, Print Formats are reflected for all clients. This is the least expert method. However this would mean that changes and new clients are in the same database instance. That is why this is called a half way.
2. By recoding all your changes as done in (1/2) but with the Log Migration check box ON. Then take the resulting SQL for your DB and reapply them to another instance whenever you need to. This is the developer fine control method.
3. By exporting all you did in (1/2) to a 2Pack.zip via Pack Out function. Then just Pack In your changes to a new instance. This is the user preferred method but lack developer control.

[Jonathan Fanny Lie]

Hi Redhuan,

I'm accounting consultant, not techie developer.

1. At a glance, I see single iDempiere instance can host multiple clients. On login page, can they only see their client id & organizations?

2. Single database instance can host how many clients ideally?

3. Is windows environment suitable for production?

4. Is there any best practice guideline/docs on how to configure/setup iDempiere to match company's requirements?

Thanks

[Jonathan Fanny Lie]

Hi Adam,

I don't see any guideline/documentation on wiki page. What books are you referring?

Thanks

[Jonathan Fanny Lie]

Does 2Pack include master data e.g. products etc and transaction records? Or only system/client configurations?

Tks

[redhuan d. oon]

2Pack feature in iDempiere can transport virtually any sort of data from one instance to another.
For data, you can use at the lowest level, an SQL option and paste the script that does anything possible within a database - CRUD (create, read, update, delete) stuff.
If you want to pack out content of a master data i.e. products, then use specify M_Product for Table and paste a script under Note:
SELECT * FROM M_Product WHERE <condition>
For transactions such as accounting facts, the table is Fact_Acct.