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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2013-11-15 17:06:06
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Evaluation should be sub-headed better.
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- It seems to be built from scratch and not leverage any frameworks.
 
- Seems like a messy codebase: Table-based design. No templating, HTML is `echo`-ed to stdout.
 
- Uses the [deprecated](http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php) PHP `mysql_*` functions.
 

	
 
## Detailed Evaluation
 

	
 
## Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases
 
### Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases
 
- [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: Yes
 
- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: Yes, seems ok
 
- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: Yes
 
- [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: Yes, looks like GL Account Transactions works for this
 
- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: Not obviously
 
  there, but should be easy given the number of reports available.
 
- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: Not obviously
 
  there, but should be easy given the number of reports available.
 

	
 
## Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases for Fund Accounting
 
### Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases for Fund Accounting
 

	
 
It seems FrontAccounting's "Dimension" feature likely can do all of these,
 
since it seems you can limit any of the above reports by "Dimension".
 

	
 
## Evaluation of [[Fund Accounting|UseCases/FundAccounting]] UseCases
 
### Evaluation of [[Fund Accounting|UseCases/FundAccounting]] UseCases
 

	
 
- [[Fund-only View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fund-view]]: No, seems to be no way to
 
restrict a user to a specific Dimension.
 
- [[Funds as part of whole org View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]:
 
  Yes, dimensions appear to be purely informative.
 
- [[Ignore Funds for operations|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]:
 
  Yes, dimensions appear to be purely informative.
 

	
 
# Evaluation of [[Double-entry Accounting|UseCases/DoubleEntryAccounting]] UseCases
 
### Evaluation of [[Double-entry Accounting|UseCases/DoubleEntryAccounting]] UseCases
 

	
 
- Does the system implement pure double-entry accounting?  Yes, it appears to
 
  do so.
 

	
 
# Evaluation of [[TrackingDocumentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation]] UseCases
 
### Evaluation of [[TrackingDocumentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation]] UseCases
 

	
 
- Does the system
 
  [[link up to external documentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-up]]?
 
  Not that I can find.  It doesn't seem to allow addition links to external documents.
 

	
 
- Does it have a [[the ability to explore transactions via documentation linkage|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-explore]]?
 
  Not that I can find.
 

	
 
# Evaluation of [[Handling multiple currencies|UseCases/MultiCurrency]] UseCases
 
### 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?  It probably could be beat in submission
 
  to work.  It does have the knowledge of a default currency and converts to
 
  it based on stored rates and reports come in the default currency.
 
  However, it doesn't appear that you can confine those to a single
 
  transaction.
 

	
 
## Evaluation of WorkFlow UseCases
 
### Evaluation of WorkFlow UseCases
 
- Is a
 
  [[specific workflow dictated by the system|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-dictated]]
 
  ?  It does appear that there are certain automated operations that occur
 
  upon creation of invoices, and purchase orders are required.
 
  
 
- Is a [[the workflow configurable|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-configurable]]
 
  ? No.
 
- [[Unaccrued Invoice|UseCases/WorkFlow#unaccrued-invioice]] ? Seems you
 
  can't generate an invoice without accruing it.
 
- [[Purchase Order required|UseCases/WorkFlow#purchase-order-required]] ?
 
  Seems that way.
 

	
 
# Evaluation of the [[Reading and Reporting API|UseCases/ReadingAPI]]
 
### Evaluation of the [[Reading and Reporting API|UseCases/ReadingAPI]]
 

	
 
Interaction with the data seems to happen with embedded SQL statements
 
intermixed with PHP code.  Thus, writing SQL statements is really the only
 
way to interact with the data, and as such, given that there isn't anything
 
specifically innovative about the data model, this is no better nor worse
 
than most other projects of this nature.
 

	
 
# Evaluation of the [[Storage API|UseCases/StorageAPI]]
 
### Evaluation of the [[Storage API|UseCases/StorageAPI]]
 

	
 
Again, SQL appears to be the only way to interact with the storage of
 
double-entry data.  Double-entry data does not appear to be segmented away
 
from the other information.
 

	
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