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Missing template / detailed description for ERP customers how to export the GS1 XML file in an automated way or process #182

Closed ConcernedOriginTrailInvestor closed 6 years ago

ConcernedOriginTrailInvestor commented 6 years ago

Expected Behavior

Provide detailed concept and implementation examples for the large ERP software vendors how the XML export should be implemented, ideally without customization of the ERP. Customization is moving the customer away from the standard and is therefore seen as bad practice.

Actual Behavior

A customer using Navision or SAP ERP will not be willing to implement the XML export from the scratch or the reinvent the XML export wheel per customer. No detailed description how the XML export should be implemented for a large ERP vendors like Navision, Infor or SAP.

https://github.com/OriginTrail/ot-node/wiki/ERP-Customization

Specifications

https://community.dynamics.com/ax/b/axvanyakashperuk/archive/2014/09/16/tutorial-generating-shipping-labels-using-the-gs1-sscc-18-barcode-format https://help.sap.com/saphelp_me60/helpdata/EN/f7/86c1536ca9b54ce10000000a174cb4/frameset.htm

schrink commented 6 years ago

More detailed instructions can be found here https://github.com/OriginTrail/ot-node/wiki/Data-Structure-Guidelines

You can also find templates (examples) here: https://github.com/OriginTrail/ot-node/tree/develop/importers

ConcernedOriginTrailInvestor commented 6 years ago

Thanks for covering my question! However, I am not sure if we are on the same page regarding this issue. Image a meeting w. a ERP customer and the CIO asks his staff to implement the importer on an ERP system. I am pretty sure that an Average Joe ERP supporter at medium sized customers will be lost using the current installation guide. These guys a not common software developers but ERP experts. They will ask what OT does recommend, XSD or JSON? As well they will ask which data-structures in their ERP contains the required fields and how to implement the mapping from the sources fields to the XML structure. They need a step by step installation guide how to implement the exporter for their ERP systems. Otherwise a consultancy will charge a small project for implementing the exporter on an ERP.

As well the process should not require any manual steps for ex- or importing the files. In ideal world a customer could download something here to make the export work: https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps?product=dynamics-nav https://api.sap.com/