Martin Bramwell is trying to make import and export for openERP much more easier than the standard methods.
I am very interested how to setup the datapump on a virtual Ubunto 10.04 or 12.04 machine. I want to:
- Make exports from v6.1.1.
- Manipulate the exports
- And after that import the manipulated data back into OpenERP v6.1.1.
In a next phase at the end of this year:
- I want to export data from v6.1.1 and
- import it in v7.
You should only need Python and the four
easy_install
libraries I mention.git clone
the project and run it. If you hit a problem with those please let me know immediately. I have been wanting to make a YouTube video showing the complete procedure from scratch, but I have a commitment to a client that has to have priority. You may prefer to wait for the video if my written instructions fail to serve. A 'dictum' of OSS software is "Release early. Release often!" but that's for the benefit of collaborators rather than end-users. Which of those are you? "Buyer beware" ;-)@Martin I agree with the dictum. I am end-user. A change is a trigger for the start of a money flow from end-user to collaboraters, the more change the more money for the collaboraters. I will report back my findings.
Error in step 6, see my answer.
btw, I have not addressed the export side at all. My data is coming from Google spreadsheets, so I have not needed that aspect. It's also postponed because the export side is many times easier than the import side, and I prefer to solve the hardest problems first.