[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** RE: ***SPAM*** fund summaries from invoices

[Jim Taylor]

I think the question was simply what it was…is there a way to create a similar summary?    I don’t believe it was a plea for someone to turn Evergreen into Symphony.   Would seem like useful information no matter what ILS one was using and, while also not being a lawyer, it would seem difficult for someone to argue that only they are allowed to produce a report which tells someone how much and from which budget lines they are spending their money.

 

Guess I’m sticking my nose into someone else’s discussion but seemed like an unfair accusation against Mr. Meeks and one likely to derail his request for information.

 

Jim

 

From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 10:01 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** fund summaries from invoices

 

Hi Robert,

 

I am not a lawyer, but I do have a vague idea that Evergreen development can't just mimic proprietary ILSes without running into potential legal trouble.  Nobody here is trying to produce a clone of Symphony or anything else; even setting aside legal concerns, that's just not a goal of the Evergreen project.

 

That said, if you would be open to discussing your workflows and needs in a somewhat more abstract form, I do hope you find that the mailing list and the IRC channel[1] will help lead you down any of these paths:

 

- Finding alternative workflows that libraries already using Evergreen can recommend to accomplish your essential goals

- Finding volunteer effort to develop new features

- Finding vendors who can develop the features you want for Evergreen, ideally blending your requirements harmoniously with those of libraries in a similar position

 

Thanks,

 

Lebbeous

 

[1] See http://www.open-ils.org/irc.php

 

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Robert Meeks <robert.meeks at asburyseminary.edu> wrote:

Hi all - another question as I continue to nail down my acquisitions workflows.

 

When I finish with an invoice and successfully pay everything in Evergreen, I need to be able to create some kind of summary that displays how much money is coming out of which funds in an invoice. This is crucial to our payment process, as I send copies of the invoice to be paid and this summary to my business office, who then cuts the check to our vendors. The attached screenshot is the summary I used to be able to get from Symphony when I paid an invoice. Is it possible to create such a summary after finishing with an invoice in Evergreen?

 




Robert Meeks

Acquisitions Specialist - BL Fisher Library

Asbury Theological Seminary

204 N. Lexington Ave.

Wilmore, KY 40390

p: 859.858.2397

 

 

 





 

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