iDempiere and its history
© Leonard Walletzký 2019


Basic ideas
•To create ERP system for SMEs
•system that supports:
•Multiple tenants
•Multiple organizations (branches, plants, etc.)
•Multiple languages (29 localizations; mixed access in a single installation is possible)
•Multiple currencies
•Multiple account schemas
•And can be provided as direct installation and/or a service
•Easy for maintenance and development
•Based on modern platforms

Workflow of the project



Compiere
•First version released in 1999 by Jorg Janke
•Top 10  Source forge project from 2004 - 2006
•Based on Java platform
•First installation sponsored by Good Year Germany
•From the first version focused to SMEs
•The code closed in 2006
•Compiere used mainly Oracle database
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http://www.bsys.cz/design/compiere.jpg

Adempiere
•Founded in 2006
•Based on disagreement between a part of the Compiere user community and Compiere, Inc.
•The philosophy of the model remain the same (MDA)
•Whole time presented as Open Source project
•Replaced Compiere on SourceForge.net
•Based on Java EE technology
•Utilizing JBoss application server
•Database support is restricted to Oracle and PostgreSQL
Výsledek obrázku pro adempiere

Architecture of Adempiere
•Adempiere inherited Data Dictionary from Compiere
•Adempiere architecture extends this concept into application:
•The application entities
•Their validation rules
•Screen layout
•All mentioned can be controlled from within application itself
•That means for 95% of customization you do not need to code anything
•Support of Business Process Management in Workflow engine
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iDempiere
•Also known as OSGi + Adempiere
•Based on disagreement in Adempiere community in 2011
•Based on OSGi architecture
•Extend Data Dictionary to Active Data Dictionary to manage
•Entities
•validation rules
•Windows
•Formats
•and other customizations of the application
•All without new Java code
•iDempiere is not ERP only, but the platform or Framework to build database driven applications
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OSGi
•Open Service Gateway initiative
•Founded in 1999
•OSGi specification
•Describes modular system and service platform for Java
•Implements a dynamic component model
•Applications or components
•Are coming in the form of bundles for deployment
•Can be remotely installed, started, stopped, updated and uninstalled without restart or reboot
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Versions of iDempiere
Release date[13]
Version number
Notes
October 31, 2012
1.0.a Halloween Edition ()
•First official version
•Alpha version
April 24, 2013
v1.0b Devina
Beta version
June 27, 2013
v1.0c Devina LTS[
Stable version
October 31, 2013
2.0
Stable version
October 31, 2014
2.1
•Stable version
•266 weekly downloads
October 31, 2015
3.1 (Maitreyi)
•Daily maintained version Stable version
•411 weekly downloads
October 31, 2016
4.1
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October 31, 2017
5.1
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November 4, 2018
6.1
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January 6, 2019
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iDempiere on Faculty of informatics
•Since 2011
•First installed version – Adempiere 360 TLC
•Not working anymore
•From 2013 we are cooperating only on project iDempiere
•25.5.2013 – visit of the founder of iDempiere on Faculty of informatics
•Redhuan D. Oon (red1)
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Main modules in iDempiere
http://www.knowarth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ERP-image-2.png


Main sources to study
•The server of iDempiere project – www.iDempiere.org
•The pages of Laboratory of service systems - http://ssme.fi.muni.cz/student/laborator-ses
•The running installation of iDempiere on FI:
https://iDempiere.fi.muni.cz:8443/
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Conclusion from the presentations
•Basic types of information systems
•ERP system as a mix of other systems
•Advantages
•Functionality
•Special role of accounting
•Why do companies need the ERP systems?
•The main features of ERP system
•The process of implementation of ERP system
•The main objectives of ERP system implementation and the system of supporting mean objectives
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