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What You Should Know About Open Source Business Intelligence

Posted Wed, 02/01/2012 - 19:50 by jgunderson

Open Source Business Intelligence Technology is growing rapidly - see Open Source Technology Heats Up.  Open Source Business Intelligence (OSBI) offers a number of advantages over proprietary business intelligence including cost-effectiveness, high innovation and ease of integration with existing systems.  And of course, more freedom from licensing restrictions and vendor lock-in.

OSBI can provide an excellent infrastructure for building a solutions.  But although it is maturing rapidly, OSBI tends to be more complex than proprietary BI, requiring higher levels of technical expertise. Read more »

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Invoicing

Posted Thu, 01/05/2012 - 10:55 by dglassanos

We are currently having issues with our invoicing, reversing the invoice, then re-issuing the same invoice...for example:

If we invoice for services (time & expenses), reverse the invoice (in this case, we had to change the date of the invoice), how can we go in an re-issue the invoice for time & expense without having to go through the entire process again?

Thanks

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Go Live: Are We Ready?

Posted Fri, 12/30/2011 - 09:13 by matherton

The clients I work with frequently ask me this question once we are deep into the implementation.  I never give a straight answer.  You see, I believe you should know if you are ready and with the right preparation you will.  So let's take a high level look at what must happen before you will be confident enough to go live.

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Attention Scripters and Report Writers

Posted Fri, 12/23/2011 - 12:01 by gmoskowitz

Internal work on the xTuple ERP 3.8.0 release is winding down - the first release candidate was published a few weeks ago and a second RC and final release are coming soon. Now is the time to start planning for 3.9.

I don't know yet what features will be added in 3.9. There will be some internal changes, though, that you need to prepare for if you write scripts, MetaSQL statements, or reports. Read more »

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New Super Powers for Developers in 3.8

Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 11:06 by jrogelstad

Right after every major release I like to draw attention to new features that may not be immediately evident or even included on the product roadmap. Now that 3.8 has been published as a release candidate I'd like to point out that the new Display class that was introduced in 3.7 has been exposed to our JavaScript interface in 3.8 so that creating new table-style reports is easier than ever. Read more »

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What is your time worth?

Posted Thu, 11/10/2011 - 19:33 by annecote

In a do-it-yourself economy, with a do it yourself product, it's maybe a little too easy to talk yourself into trying work through  software implementation challenges on your own.  But before you go down that road, think about what economists call "opportunity cost" - what is all that time you're spending really costing you?  And how much better off would you be, if you could just plug into an xTuple subject matter expert? Read more »

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It's Official: Lion gets the xTuple Stamp of Approval

Posted Wed, 10/19/2011 - 14:06 by jrogelstad

The title says it all. We ran the xTuple client through our test battery on the lastest Apple operating system and it has passed with flying colors. As of today we officially support running our published xTuple 3.7.4 distribution on Macintosh Lion.*

*Note however, that PostgreSQL 9 that ships with Lion is not currently supported. xTuple 3.7.4 must connect to an 8.3 or 8.4 database. If you use the xTuple installer it will install an 8.4 PostgreSQL database. Support for PostgreSQL 9 is coming in xTuple 3.8.0 which is currently in beta.

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Mobilizing ERP

Posted Tue, 10/04/2011 - 11:08 by paladinlogic

Most of you are probably familiar with Paladin Logic’s iTuple product. Well, maybe one or two of you are, but that is not important here. I’d like to spend a few words discussing the process of mobilization for an ERP solution like xTuple. This will be the first in a series of monthly blogs about ERP mobilization. 

On the one hand, software development is software development. That is what is known as a tautology. The fundamental principle of software engineering is that a high-quality software product is produced by a well-defined and consistently-executed high-quality software process. Depending on the requirements of the project, you may use a light-weight process or a higher “ceremony” process. It all depends.   Read more »

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Upgrading to xTuple ERP 3.8.0

Posted Wed, 09/28/2011 - 15:49 by gmoskowitz

Before you upgrade to xTuple EPR 3.8.0, there are a few things you should know: Read more »

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xTuple for Service Businesses

Posted Tue, 09/20/2011 - 15:07 by ptyler

Wanted to announce the publication of our new guide for people who run or work in services businesses. This new book is called "xTuple for Service Businesses" and it's available to be read online for free. Or if you prefer you can also download a printable .PDF copy from our app store.

To coincide with this new release, we've also updated our guide for using xTuple in inventory-focused companies....

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