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 Links:
 - <https://erpnext.com> - Commercial homepage
 - <https://erpnext.com/open-source> - Community homepage
 - <https://github.com/webnotes/erpnext> - Source code
 Demo: <https://demo.erpnext.com>
 ### Evaluation of codebase & development
 The framework [wnframework](https://github.com/webnotes/wnframework) is used and seemingly developed in parallel.
 The python code does not follow the guidelines in [PEP8](http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/).
 #### Database
 wnframework contains a database model abstraction which is used in some places, though there are > 2000 places where raw SQL is composed using python's `'foo %' % ('bar')` string formatting. I have managed to cause some minor SQL injections, I have not yet found any places where I can cause significant damage / data loss.
 Not using a database abstraction model such as SQLAlchemy reduces storage portability and adds security overhead to ensure that no malicious queries can be executed.
 In those places I have seen, no input sanitation was performed, although they were only SELECT queries. I suspect that you could alter database contents by modifiying a SELECT query, but I have not managed to do so myself.
 ### Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases
 - [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: [Yes](https://demo.erpnext.com/app.html#trial-balance)
 - [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: [Yes](https://demo.erpnext.com/app.html#Form/Bank%20Reconciliation/Bank%20Reconciliation)
 - [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: [Yes](https://demo.erpnext.com/app.html#Accounts%20Browser/Account)
 - [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: FIXME
 - [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: [Kind of](https://demo.erpnext.com/app.html#financial-analytics)
 - [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: Yes, shown together with "Income Report" and a graph.
 ### Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases for Fund Accounting
 Can each of these reports be generated, confined to a specific temporarily
 restricted asset type?
 **It does not seem like it***. There are 'Cost Centers', but they do not seem to be usable in fund accounting.
 - [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: FIXME
 - [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: FIXME
 - [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: FIXME
 - [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: FIXME
 - [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: FIXME
 - [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: FIXME
 ### Evaluation of [[Fund Accounting|UseCases/FundAccounting]] UseCases
 **No**. It does not seem like 'Cost Centers' can be used this way.
 - [[Fund-only View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fund-view]]
 - [[Funds as part of whole org View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]
 - [[Ignore Funds for operations|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]
 ### [[UseCases/Collaborating]] evaluation
-- [[Simultaneous Editing of Ledger|UseCases/Collaborating#simultaneous-ledger-edits]]: FIXME
+- [[Simultaneous Editing of Ledger|UseCases/Collaborating#simultaneous-ledger-edits]]: Yes, the application is web-based.
 - FIXME: Other uses cases need rewrite.
 ### Evaluation of [[Double-entry Accounting|UseCases/DoubleEntryAccounting]] UseCases
 - Does the system implement pure double-entry accounting?
+- Does the system implement pure double-entry accounting? In my judgement, yes. Money goes into one or more accounts, out of another or more accounts.
 ### Evaluation of [[TrackingDocumentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation]] UseCases
 - Does the system [[link up to external documentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-up]]?
+- Does the system [[link up to external documentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-up]]? Yes, it seems so.
 - Does it have a [[the ability to explore transactions via documentation linkage|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-explore]]?
+- Does it have a [[the ability to explore transactions via documentation linkage|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-explore]]? It does not seem like it.
 ### Evaluation of [[Handling multiple currencies|UseCases/MultiCurrency]] UseCases
 - Does it support the concept of
   [[a single functional currency|UseCases/MultiCurrency]], while still
   permitting multi-currency entries?
 ### Evaluation of [[draft transaction|UseCases/DraftTransactions]] UseCases
 - Does the system allow
   [[generally for draft transactions|UseCases/DraftTransactions#draft-general]]
   that can be later approved before officially being posted to the books?
 ### Evaluation of WorkFlow UseCases
 - Is a [[specific workflow dictated by the system|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-dictated]] ?
 - Is a [[the workflow configurable|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-configurable]] ?
 - [[Unaccrued Invoice|UseCases/WorkFlow#unaccrued-invioice]] ?
 ### Evaluation of the [[Reading and Reporting API|UseCases/ReadingAPI]]
 FIXME: This is assessment of what the API for manipulating the accounting
 data does, so I think it's tough to do it as a list of questions.
 See below.
 ### Evaluation of the [[Storage API|UseCases/StorageAPI]]
 FIXME: This is assessment of what the API for storing the accounting data
 does, so I think it's tough to do it as a list of questions.
 It is a web application using JavaScript to communicate with the backend, so there is an API endpoint for everything you'll ever see in the application.
-- Is the accounting API separate from the ERP stuff? FIXME
+- Is the accounting API separate from the ERP stuff? Kind of, it's in its own section, but it's still the same application, and I suspect you'll get information about links from any accounting-related models to any of the erp-related models
 ### Evaluation of the [[Community Health|UseCases/CommunityHealth]]
 - To post in [erpnext-developer-forum](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/erpnext-developer-forum) you must first apply for membership.
 - Is the [[license both determined as Free Software by FSF and OSI-approved|USeCases/CommunityHealth#license-approved]]? Yes, it's [GPLv3](https://github.com/webnotes/erpnext/blob/master/license.txt), (CC-BY-SA 3.0 for documentation).
 - Is the [[license GPL-compatible||USeCases/CommunityHealth#gpl-compatible]]? Yes, it's [GPLv3](https://github.com/webnotes/erpnext/blob/master/license.txt), (CC-BY-SA 3.0 for documentation).
 ## Final(-ish) Evaluation
 <a id="final-eval"></a>
 Unfortunately, we discovered
 [this policy early in our evaluation](https://github.com/webnotes/erpnext#copyright-for-contributors),
 and decided that until this policy can be corrected to something more fitting
 with actual copyright law and that will allow us to contribute under the
 stated license of the project, it's not worth further evaluation of the codebase,
 since this policy is just not acceptable.  bkuhn has

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