Re: [CK-Ledger-users] Re: I would like to help

[robert d. h. <rd...@st...>]

On Tuesday 21 May 2002 05:10 am, C K Wu wrote:
> a)    Develop a sample chart of account for your country of residence.

I work for a public agency that receives funds from several different sources 
with the primary source being the government.  So, other than having a chart 
of accounts that's slightly different than the default, we need to keep track 
of different fund sources.  Additionally, we need to keep track of different 
projects within each fund group.  In other words, we need account numbers 
that look like:

10-2302-100001  Checking Account

...this being the checking account for fund 10 project 2302.

Currently, I see the account number stored as an int(11) field.  Would it be a 
bad idea to change that to a text string?  The whole account no 
"10-2302-100001" could be stored in the field.  Or, two other fields could be 
added for fund and project data.  What do you think?


> 5.    For Rental/FM, a demo system (www.fm-sytem.no/demo/) had already
>         been developed atop phpgroupware.  You may like to check it,
> although
>         the system is geared mainly towards FM.
>

It does appear to be mostly an FM app.  

Here's what my agency needs in terms of a rental app that's similar to the 
needs of a commercial housing complex:

- Track tenant account receivable balances 
     (charge fees and receive payments)
- Run a monthly batch rent run 
     (charges all rents for the month)
- Provide tenant move-in and move-out processing
- Track unit turn-around rates
     (how long is a unit vacant and why)
- Provide for tenant and unit inspection generated work orders
- Provide time-billing for work orders
- Provide an interface to the inventory and purchase order apps
- Provide a waiting list for applicants waiting for a unit
- etc.

In addition, we would need a wealth of information about tenants including 
their household composition, income sources, assets, medical expenses, etc.  
in order to calculate the amount of public assistance for which they qualify.  
This information would, of course, not be needed by commercial rental 
companies.

What if I get started on the rental and tenant processing side and later we 
can decide whether to use www.fm-sytem.no's software or develop our own?


robert