Open Up the Open ERP #2

Without going to the details about the installation or creating account, First part of learning I start with 1 month demo version activated.

After login to the Open ERP:

• First thing I observed was the Open ERP Home Page, which is more like a dashboard containing tiled graphical links referring to different departments of your organization. The same links are available as buttons on the red ribbon/bar. On my screen these are- SALES, PURCHASES, WAREHOUSE, MANUFACTURING, PROJECT, ACCOUNTING, HUMAN RESOURCE, KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS and ADMINISTRATION.

•  The top left corner of the screen shows the Open ERP logo and besides that is your organization’s name and below it the user name who logged into the Open ERP.

I should admit that the color combinations and graphics used for the Open ERP interface are very nice. Different shades of Red, Black & White colors make it clear, arranged, and of course attractive.

• At the right hand side on the home page which I like to mention as the tiled dash board, is very cool feature which I didn’t expect. It’s the “Widgets”. To know its working, 
• I clicked on “More” button --> Under the drag drop menu, there are many cool widgets available like OpenERP Tweets, Facebook, Google Maps, Currency Converter, Events, Notes etc. 
• I selected OpenERP Tweets --> clicked “Add” button. 
• Now the page refreshed and now I have the tweets by different users about OpenERP at the right side of the screen. 
• More similar options can be chosen from the list like facebook and can enjoy these stuffs while working on OpenERP.

Signing Off - A CIPHER from IPER