10.2 General FAQ
What is OpenERP? What is UniField? OpenERP is an open source integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. UniField is based on OpenERP with extra features developed for and by MSF to meet our specific needs. UniField is the new integrated supply and finance system, which is intended to replace the current systems used in the field (i.e. Log7 and Boox for examples). The system has been a joint effort of all the OCs by a team based in Geneva.What is an instance? What is the synchronization server?An instance is an installation of UniField. It could be a project, coordination or an HQ. The instances exchange data through the synchronization server, which is designed to compensate for bad or unreliable connectivity. The instances have been designed to work offline.
Synchronization has to be performed regularly, either on an automatic or manual basis. For production instances the best practice is to do at least one per day and if possible during the out of business hours (e.g. do not wait 1 month to synchronize your instance as the process would take long time).
To save bandwidth, only data matching rules are sent to the synchronization server. It means not all the data are sent – this means the synchronization process is not a backup solution as it does not create a database duplicate.I’m not administrator on the server, can I install UniField anyway?No, you need administrator rights.What Windows 7 Pro specificities do I need to know to install UniField?You need administrator rights, the system user openpgsvc created when installing the All-in-one must have English US as Format in the regional settings.What is PostgreSQL?It’s an open source RDBMS (Relational Database Management System), just like MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, … It’s the program which stores the data into databases.Which browser is recommended for UniField?Firefox is our browser of choice when developing and supporting UniField. As a result, we advise you to use the last version of this browser.Where should I install UniField?The best practice is to install UniField on a dedicated machine and work on UniField remotely with a browser. As for the paths, it is recommended to leave the default ones.What is the minimum specification for the UniField machine?The OS target is Windows 7 Pro 64 Bits. The recommendation is to have at least 4 GB of RAM and of course the best CPU possible.What is the UniField password?The UniField password is used to interact with anything regarding the databases (creation, backup, restore, drop). It must be changed right after the UniField installation followed by a backup of the configuration files.What is a log?A log is a journal where events are written. It helps to understand what happened or what went wrong at a particular time.Where are the logs?To avoid having a log file with a big size, UniField has a log rotate. This means that there will be several files over the time. The logs can be found in C:\Program Files (x86)\msf\Unifield\ServerLog. The latest log file is openerp-server.log while the older are named openerp-server.log.2012-12-17 for example.How do I preselect a specific instance and user on the URL?It is possible to provide a specific URL to your users so when they connect to the UniField interface the instance and the user will automatically be preselected. The URL could be then saved as a bookmark.
e.g. we would like to have the instance to HQ1C1 and the user to fin_hrhttp://localhost:8061/openerp/login?db=HQ1C1&user=fin_hr
