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From: Bill T. <bt...@gi...> - 2006-11-08 23:57:40
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I'm just getting started with SQL-Ledger and I seem to have it all set up okay on Fedora system. I downloaded the sample documentation (which is Chap 4. System) and the first thing it shows me is how to change items in the Chart of Accounts. However, that's not an available option on my menu under "System". In fact, there seem to be a lot of menu items available under System (when I log in as admin), and even though they are all checked for the user I want to work as, I see only Audit Controls, Defaults, Taxes and Yearsend. I've tried setting up my user as Manager and Administrator, but I still don't see all the menus. What am I missing? Also, I thinking I'd better buy the manual, but I'm a little hesitant. Is it just screen shots and control descriptions or is there some overview about how to do things at a higher level? ...Like, for example, how to set up taxes to handle state, county, special district and city sales tax, and set up a report that contains all the relevant info I need to do sales tax reports? Or do I have to figure out on my own which menu commands I need to get this task accomplished? TIA, - Bill Thoen |
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From: Jeff V. <jv...@ch...> - 2006-11-09 01:44:14
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On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 16:57 -0700, Bill Thoen wrote: > I'm just getting started with SQL-Ledger and I seem to have it all set up > okay on Fedora system. I downloaded the sample documentation (which is Chap > 4. System) and the first thing it shows me is how to change items in the > Chart of Accounts. However, that's not an available option on my menu under > "System". In fact, there seem to be a lot of menu items available under > System (when I log in as admin), and even though they are all checked for > the user I want to work as, I see only Audit Controls, Defaults, Taxes and > Yearsend. I've tried setting up my user as Manager and Administrator, but I > still don't see all the menus. What am I missing? > > Also, I thinking I'd better buy the manual, but I'm a little hesitant. Is > it just screen shots and control descriptions or is there some overview > about how to do things at a higher level? ...Like, for example, how to set > up taxes to handle state, county, special district and city sales tax, and > set up a report that contains all the relevant info I need to do sales tax > reports? Or do I have to figure out on my own which menu commands I need to > get this task accomplished? > > TIA, > > - Bill Thoen > The manual provides a lot of detailed information on the inner workings of the system with a lot of how-tos built in.. Buy it, it is cheap in the long run. Where else can you get that kind of information for a mere $190? |
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From: Paul T. <pt...@wa...> - 2006-11-09 06:51:34
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Jeff Vian schreef: > On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 16:57 -0700, Bill Thoen wrote: > >> I'm just getting started with SQL-Ledger and I seem to have it all set up >> okay on Fedora system. I downloaded the sample documentation (which is Chap >> 4. System) and the first thing it shows me is how to change items in the >> Chart of Accounts. However, that's not an available option on my menu under >> "System". In fact, there seem to be a lot of menu items available under >> System (when I log in as admin), and even though they are all checked for >> the user I want to work as, I see only Audit Controls, Defaults, Taxes and >> Yearsend. I've tried setting up my user as Manager and Administrator, but I >> still don't see all the menus. What am I missing? >> >> Also, I thinking I'd better buy the manual, but I'm a little hesitant. Is >> it just screen shots and control descriptions or is there some overview >> about how to do things at a higher level? ...Like, for example, how to set >> up taxes to handle state, county, special district and city sales tax, and >> set up a report that contains all the relevant info I need to do sales tax >> reports? Or do I have to figure out on my own which menu commands I need to >> get this task accomplished? >> >> TIA, >> >> - Bill Thoen >> >> > The manual provides a lot of detailed information on the inner workings > of the system with a lot of how-tos built in.. Buy it, it is cheap in > the long run. > > Where else can you get that kind of information for a mere $190? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > sql-ledger-users mailing list > sql...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users > > > > You could start out by reading the faq, as well as the readme info in the tarball. Although not exactly a step to step howto, it should enable one to install and log into SQL-Ledger. The fact one starts at /login.pl instead of /admin.pl suggests to me that neither info was fully read.. Hth Paul |
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From: Bill T. <bt...@gi...> - 2006-11-09 14:05:26
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On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:50:51AM +0100, Paul Tammes wrote: > You could start out by reading the faq, as well as the readme info in > the tarball. > Although not exactly a step to step howto, it should enable one to > install and log into SQL-Ledger. > The fact one starts at /login.pl instead of /admin.pl suggests to me > that neither info was fully read.. Well, I *have* read the README, several times, and I've looked at the FAQ. I've also scanned the archives and seen that "getting started" with SL is a common problem. Since I didn't find the answer to my question in those references, I thought I'd try the mailing list. And I still don't know why I can't access items in the chart of accounts after running login.pl short of directly going into psql and fooling around with the chart table. The README, if you recall, says to start at admin.pl to set up a user. It sure looks to me that this is also where you enable or disable menus for the user you are currently modifying. Once you set up the user, then you run the program by starting login.pl. I've made the user an Administrator and all the menus are checked, but when I login as that user I can't view or edit any chart of accounts items and I don't know why. Am I doing the right steps or is there something else I need to fully read? Regarding buying the manual, I recognize that you're not just paying $190 for a PDF file; you're also supporting all the development that goes into the software. But I don't consider supporting Open Source a charity, either. The whole system -- software and documentation -- has got to allow me to get things done. It's a little disturbing to hear here such emphatic confirmation of my suspicions about the usefulness of the manual. I'm moving from several years of using QuickBooks and my business is relatively simple, so I don't need training in book keeping or software that does much more than basic business accounting. But I do need enough help from a manual to actually understand how to use software beyond operating the controls in a data entry form. I'll keep poking at it because I don't want to stay with QuickBooks and GNUCash isn't enough (but their documentation is great!) And thanks for the pointers to alternate docs. - Bill Thoen |
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From: David R. <dr...@ho...> - 2006-11-09 15:11:27
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On Thursday 09 November 2006 09:05, Bill Thoen wrote: ... > when I login as that user I can't view > or edit any chart of accounts items and I don't know why. Am I doing the > right steps or is there something else I need to fully read? ... do you have javascript enabled on the browser? |
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From: Bill T. <bt...@gi...> - 2006-11-09 20:08:15
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On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 10:10:59AM -0500, David Ratte wrote: > On Thursday 09 November 2006 09:05, Bill Thoen wrote: > ... > > when I login as that user I can't view > > or edit any chart of accounts items and I don't know why. Am I doing the > > right steps or is there something else I need to fully read? > ... > > do you have javascript enabled on the browser? Ah ha! Bingo!! You got it. When I turned javascript off, everything worked. Thank you! No where in the README does it mention this, and I guess I wasn't familiar enough with the software yet to know about it. |
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From: Jeff K. <jt...@ya...> - 2006-11-09 20:54:35
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--- Bill Thoen <bt...@gi...> wrote: > Ah ha! Bingo!! You got it. When I turned javascript off, everything worked. > Thank you! No where in the README does it mention this, and I guess I > wasn't familiar enough with the software yet to know about it. A decent javascript blocker should notify with an icon the user that it has encountered javascript and is currently blocking it. Mozilla Firefox does this, perhaps Internet Explorer does not. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited |
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From: Bill T. <bt...@gi...> - 2006-11-09 21:34:54
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On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 12:54:21PM -0800, Jeff Kowalczyk wrote: > --- Bill Thoen <bt...@gi...> wrote: > > > Ah ha! Bingo!! You got it. When I turned javascript off, everything worked. > > Thank you! No where in the README does it mention this, and I guess I > > wasn't familiar enough with the software yet to know about it. > > A decent javascript blocker should notify with an icon the user that it has > encountered javascript and is currently blocking it. Mozilla Firefox does this, > perhaps Internet Explorer does not. I wouldn't know; I'm using Firefox 1.5 on Fedora Core 5 Linux. |
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