ERP/3.0/Release Notes/3.0RC3 - Openbravo wiki

ERP/3.0/Release Notes/3.0RC3 - Openbravo wiki

Openbravo 3.0 RC3 available

Release date: November 30th, 2010


Openbravo 3.0 RC3 is the third release candidate of the 3.0 series.

This release delivers a fully functional 3.0 distribution intended for:

* Evaluation
* Development
* Production usage by early adopters in new implementations.

Release candidates are incomplete versions of 3.0, delivering a subset of the 3.0 road map. New functionality has been thoroughly tested but should be considered not yet proven.

Early adopters interested in deploying Openbravo 3.0 RC3 for new implementation projects:

* Are recommended to thoroughly test planned business processes before deploying release into a production environment.
* Should be prepared for both UI and functional changes in subsequent releases; future 3.0 release candidates will provide improvements in usability and system operation but will require users of 3.0 RC3 upgrading to those releases to be able to absorb significant changes.

Check out what's new, the known issues and frequently asked questions about the next release of Openbravo. As always, you are encouraged to tell us what you think, by raising an issue in issues.openbravo.com or discussing it in the Early Releases Discussion forum.
What's New

* Core Feature: Included in the OB ERP Core, licensed under Openbravo Public License My Openbravo: workspace that provides a portal-like dashboard to Openbravo users. With My Openbravo you can make Openbravo your primary workspace from which you can start all of your work activities, either in the ERP or in other other systems. It comes with three preconfigured widgets (Openbravo News, Forge and Events) and much more are coming...
* Core Feature: Included in the OB ERP Core, licensed under Openbravo Public License Pop-ups replaced by modal windows: Openbravo 3.0 aims to address all usability issues existing in previous versions. In RC3 most visible pop-ups (Instance purpose and Hearbeat setting, module installation wizard, ...) are replaced by modal application windows to avoid the problem with browser popup blockers and to ensure that the flows are executed in the proper sequence.
* Core Feature: Included in the OB ERP Core, licensed under Openbravo Public License New Login page: Openbravo 3.0 comes with a new look&feel starting from the login page. It has been improved so messages to the user (eg. invalid user/password) are provided within the page. It supports extended configuration.
* Core Feature: Included in the OB ERP Core, licensed under Openbravo Public License New 3.0 skin: New styling that renders 2.50 classic windows with the new 3.0 look and feel.
* Core Feature: Included in the OB ERP Core, licensed under Openbravo Public License New Payment Report with advanced filtering options.
* Core Feature: Included in the OB ERP Core, licensed under Openbravo Public License Printed document "Receipt" for Payment In and Payment Out: When payments are received it is customary to issue a "Receipt" document as a formal acknowledgement of having received the payment. This process is primarily relevant in the Payment In flow but sometimes used on the Payment Out as well (to notify the supplier that the payment has been made and to request their acknowledgement). For setting up this functionality please follow Configuration Manual.
* Core Feature: Included in the Openbravo core, licensed under Openbravo Public License Advanced Payables and Receivables 3.0.9 is included in the distribution. With this version Openbravo 3.0 RC3 supports the following new features:
o Reconciliation flow review:
+ Flow has been cleaned up.
+ Partial reconciliation is now allowed. It is possible to process a reconciliation against a bank statement where already exist unmatched bank statement lines.
+ Reconciliation report has been improved.
o Fixes for significant number of reported issues.
* Core Feature: Included in the OB ERP Core, licensed under Openbravo Public License Module Merge Support: from now on a module version can declare that it merges another module. The system will take into account this declaration to solve dependencies, and in case of installing this new module version will remove from the instance the module merged into that.
* Core Feature: Included in the OB ERP Core, licensed under Openbravo Public License Check Local Modules Consistency: New ant task to detect inconsistencies in the dependencies of locally installed modules.
* Core Feature: Included in the OB ERP Core, licensed under Openbravo Public License Extended Security settings: now it is possible to explicitily declare for a role if it can admin the client in which it is declared, or the organization to which it is assigned, as well as for a user to admin the role she is granted. These setting are used to admin My Openbravo, preferences, views and others.


Check the complete list of the new functionality in the Openbravo development roadmap (already available features are marked with a delivered sign Delivered).