ADempiere ERP Business Suite Files

ADempiere 380 - Official Release

These files are the compressed installation files of ADempiere version 380, built from the Github repository as of 03 March 2015, including seed databases for Oracle and Postgres.

The official site for the release is actually https://bintray.com/adempiere/Official-Repository/Release/3.8.0#files .
The deployment here is just because of legacy; this will be discontinued in due time. We suggest you use bintray instead.

Tough in the following enumeration there is no mention of any contributor, we would like to thank to all persons and companies who have helped to this release of ADempiere 3.8.0.
Every one who wants to help and contribute to improve this awesome product is welcome!

On behalf of the Technical and Functional Teams 

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ADEMPIERE 3.8.0 INCLUDES A NUMBER OF NEW FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENTS AS WELL AS NUMEROUS BUG FIXES
* The modules Human Resources, complex Production are now fully integrated, including a wide range of of improvements and bug fixes..
* A New Costing Engine has been added to overcome costing problems that have existed.
* A configurable "Smart Browser" has been included to define complex views in the Application Dictionary and present information without having to use database tools. The results of the views can be edited, changed via callouts and used as input for dedicated processes.This is a very helpful tool for customizations.
* A Production Lite was added.
* Warehouse Management implements functionality for advanced warehouse management using outbound rules and outbound orders.
* A Distribution Management which includes distribution netwokrs for supply chains integrated to the complex Production Module
* New Sales Management (CRM) capability that provides for lead and opportunity tracking.
* New Cashflow Management use sales orders, accounts receivable, purchase orders, accounts payable, miscellaneous income and expenses to generate a cashflow report.
* A Mobile WebUI functionality has been integrated.
* Forecast Management implements functionality for the forecast based on the historical invoices, using multiple methods of calculation.
* A new one-step process has been created for initial client setup, including tax configuration.
* Expanded dunning capabilities provides the ability to define pluggable Dunning Sources and create Dunning Candidates. 
* Works with the existing Dunning Grace functionality. 
* GL Accounts can be automatically or manually reconciled. 
* The Account Reconciliation functionality is designed to assist in reconciling suspense/clearing type General Ledger accounts and reporting on the records that make up the balance of a clearing account at a particular point in time.
* A migration tool has been incorporated that eases the work of migrating production databases to the latest version. 
* New xml-based AD Migration tool aimed at replacing the database dependent SQL scripts. The xml versions are database independent and are easy to generate and maintain.  This is primarily aimed at migrating the seed database to the next version.


GENERAL ENHANCEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS
* A configurable dashboard has been added.
* Lookup and Info forms have been improved so that the buttons provide information about the record in the search field. 
* Searches will function regardless of the choice how the fields are displayed. 
* New functionality has been added to the forms as well to reduce duplicate entries and provide cleaner subordinated information
* Allocation differences can now be allocated to a charge other than a write-off.Human Resources recruitment and administration tables have been included.
* A Role Template has been added.
* A Process gear can be added to any window.2Pack feature has been updated to support new functionality.
* Minitables (Swing) and Listboxes (ZK) have a new event on row selection to reduce the number of events fired.
* Storage cleanup will now deal with non-instance (product only) ASIs and these can be selected in Inventory Move Lines. 
* State-of-the-art, new ZK theme for monochromatic icons of flat design for faster transmission.
* Integrated Report Line Improvements in Finantial Reports (Smart Reports).
* A multi-currency aging report has been created that will revalue non-system currencies on a specific date.
* The GL Journal Line has been simplified to allow creation of account combinations based on the selection of the values of dimension fields, making it much easier for the user to use.
* Entities can now be deleted.
* Fixed Asset module was stabilized.
* An XLS option is available for Jasper Reports Currency exchange rate conversion now use the date of the payment/invoice.
* Shipments can be created using a consolidation of multiple sales orders, express receipt transactions. Transactions can be generated using a barcode reader
* A Bank Statement Line tab was added to the Payment window.
* The presentation of periods in report parameters has been changed to sort by start date
* An alert has been added to Internal User Inventory if the on-hand quantity is less than the internal use quantity
* Neẅ process to calculate MRP (Regenerative , Net Change, Selective Plan)
* Improvements in Manufacturing: Smart Browser for MRP Action Messages , MRP Demand Browser , MRP Supplies Browser , MRP Demand & Supplies View Pegging , MRP Detail info , Planned Order Approval (Change from MO to Requisition or vice-versa  is possible )  , Approval Manufacturing Order , Approval Distribution Order, Scheduling of demands , Scheduling Supplies.
* Improvements in Manufacturing: Activity Control , Activities Scheduling , Activities Progress Monitor , Shop floor transaction detail , Activities progress control.
* Forecast Management: Operacional Calendar , Generate Sales History , Sales History , Forecast Rule (Double Exponential Smoothing, Simple Exponential Smoothing, Triple Exponential Smoothing, Polynomial Regression, Naive Forecasting, Multiple Linear Regression, Best Forecast Model, Moving Average) , Forecast Definition ,  Forecast  Simulation , Forecast Simulation Result , Forecast Simulation Report, Generate Forecast , Forecast Report , Forecast Report by period.
* Dunning candidates can be processed to Dunning Documents or written off.
* InfoFactoryClass for Smart Browser.
* Attribute sets, Attribute use and instances can be imported.
* Bills-of-Materials can be imported.
* Iimport Workflows.
* Import Forecasts.
* Import Product Planning.
* Import Employees attributes.
* All 370 patches and 371 hot fixes are included. 


APPLICATION DICTIONARY ENHANCEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS
* Field "Has Role" was added to the User window to indicate if the user has assigned roles.
* Range-based lookup has been implemented on windows based on the selection columns.
* Included Tabs are displayed horizontally.
* Defining default element type in the system element definition.
* Automatic creation of 7 obligatory fields when creating a table.
* Creating rapidly columns with the help of system elements.
* Creating process parameters using system elements.
* Embedded tabs, improving handling.
* Horizontal tabs.
* A "select all" checkbox has been added to the header in Swing mini tables to have common functionality with the ZK UI
* Manufacturing planning data tab has been added to the Product window.
* The ability to hide certain columns in the grid view.
* An auto-complete feature has been added and can be used on search fields.
* Additional grouping for products (Product Class, Product Classification,Product Group).
* Select All in Swing Tables adds a checkbox to the table header in multi-select tables that will allow for select-all functionality.


TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS
* Compatible with Java version 7.
* WebServices have been improved and integrated.
* The InteliJ IDE is now supported (: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/).
* HTML report presentation has been improved.
* Tools libraries updated: Jasper Reports 5.1.0 (which allows to use iReports 5.6 instead of 3.7.2), JFreeChart 1.0.15, Groovy 2.0.1, POI 3.9-20121203.
* Display graphics on any record.
* A Password Hash to store user passwords in a secure way.
* A Memo Alert can now be triggered when selecting a business partner or product in any window.
* Print formats can be easily copied with intelligent copying of any included print format items.
* Random documents and test data can be generated for demonstrations.
* The Zk mini-tables now support color rows.
* Fixed the Class Not Found Exceptions while executing the Copy Account Process in Product Category, Business Partner Group and Accounting Schema windows.There is also the possibility of using the Docker tool for testing and/or distributing ADempiere:  http://www.adempiere.com/Creating_ADempiere_Instances_with_Docker .
* Build and install scripts have been improved.
* Unaccent-String function in Oracle was corrected
* Of special note is the inclusion of new migration tool that can be used to migrate existing databases to the 3.8.0 version. See http://www.adempiere.com/Migrate for more information.
* There is also the possibility of using the Docker tool for testing and/or distributing ADempiere:  http://www.adempiere.com/Creating_ADempiere_Instances_with_Docker


MISC
* Please refer you to the file Commits3.8.txt where the individual commits out of the repository are listed.
* For more information about the new features, please see http://www.adempiere.com/Release_380LTS.
* See also http://www.adempiere.com/Release_380LTS_Community_Test .
* Follow the standard installation instructions here: http://www.adempiere.com/Installing_ADempiere_Manually .
* For downloading the installation files, please refer to the official release site https://bintray.com/adempiere/Official-Repository/Release/3.8.0#files .
* You can see a detailed expalnation of the changes and improvements under https://bintray.com/adempiere/Official-Repository/Release/3.8.0/view/release#release .


For more information about the new features, please see http://www.adempiere.com/Release_380LTS.


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