OpenERP v6, new logging system for end-users

In order to improve the useability of OpenERP v6 and make it easier to use and learn for new users, we added a logging system on main actions of OpenERP. When a user confirms a document, OpenERP will show him all the next actions that have been prepared by the system.

As an example, when a salesman convert a quotation to a Sale Order, OpenERP will tell him what have been triggered: new delivery orders planned, new tasks created, etc. The screenshot bellow, shows you what happens when you confirm a sale order with two products (PC1 & PC2), one of the two has to be manufactured in "make to order".


You can see that OpenERP tells you that you will have two products required for the manufacturing which are not available in the stock, two manufacturing orders have been scheduled (I used multi-level BoM) and the delivery order is scheduled for the 10/13/2010.

The great thing with this system is that you can click on any line of the log to zoom to the related document. If you need more information about the procurement in exception, just click on it and fix it.

As another example, here is the log that appears when you register a customer payment, that pays two invoices.


You can see that two invoices have been marked as "paid" and a delivery order has been scheduled by OpenERP. That's because the sale order SO/0017 was created with the order policy "Payment before delivery". So, the payment of the invoice triggered the delivery order.