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Re: Usability - Reporting / Analyse

 

On Wednesday 01 September 2010 Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:
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the related bugs are
https://bugs.launchpad.net/openobject-addons/+bug/403964
https://bugs.launchpad.net/openobject-server/+bug/379975

but it seems that the fixes  didn't make it into trunk nor into the filter 
concept, IMHO
> * greater equal than
> * less equal than
are a must
 
> I am probably a bit a "accounting minded". Most reporting I know is "Period" 
> related - because data from the different reporting areas must match.
> like HR time sheets, stock accounting, accounting, project management .. and 
> so on.
> Using periods as general reporting unit 
> * allows indexed search of period_id(s) in the database. a performance 
issue.
> * eases company organisation and avoids need for explanation of differences 
> due to different search criteria. ( very ugly task ) 
> 
> Example Attendances Date is a Datetime field
> GTK Client select  August data
> the widget copies
> 08/01/2010 00:00:00 into from
> 08/31/2010 00:00:00 into to
> result no data for Aug 31.
> 
> Web Client ( I just did it so this is the current time)
> 08/01/2010 17:58:41 into from
> 08/31/2010 17:58:48 into to
> result partly missing data from August 1st and Aug 31
> 
> obviously the user can enter the correct time - but I doubt that this can be 
> called user friendly. 
> At least both clients should copy  time 00:00:00 in from and 23:59:59 into 
to
> whilst the later will not work  reliable as it will not fetch data with 
> 00:00:00 and 23:59:59 
> some sort of help would be additional  filter criteria 
> * greater equal than
> * less equal than
> sorry for being long on this, but I spent already hours searching ....
> 
-- 
regards
Ferdinand Gassauer
ChriCar Beteiligungs- und Beratungs- GmbH
Official OpenERP Partner



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