The product has been in development since 1999 and first production release
was in May 2000. Major releases are scheduled twice a year, with minor releases
planned each quarter. In
March 2004, more than five years since the initial development, we introduce
Compiere Version 2.5.1. The following is a
summary of the new features:
Functionality
- Improved Web Store with Self Service
- Import of Orders and Invoices (2.5.0a)
- Merge of (duplicate) Business Partners, Products, Users, etc. (2.5.0b)
- Send Mails to Subscribers of Interest Area or Business Partner Groups (2.5.0b)
- Copy Order/Invoice/Project/Journal details (2.5.0b)
- Recurring Orders/Invoices/Projects/Journals (2.5.0b)
- Define specific Printer on Print Format {e.g. check printer} (2.5.0c)
- Print Format also per Organization {e.g. different Logo} or Document Type (2.5.0c)
- Import of Physical Inventory and GL Journals (2.5.0c)
- Base Functionality for Product Attributes (2.5.0c)
- Base Functionality for Serial Number and Lot Management (2.5.0c)
- Base Functionality for Work Order (Job) Projects (2.5.0c)
- Re-Price Orders, Invoices (2.5.0d)
- Create Order from Quotation/Proposal (2.5.0d)
- Close Quotation/Proposal (2.5.0d)
- Product Attributes and Catalog (2.5.0d)
- Serial Number and Lot Management (2.5.0d)
- Extensive Security (2.5.0d)
- Payment schedule; split payment terms (2.5.0e)
- Enhanced Invoice Allocation; gain/loss for all combinations, tax credits, etc.(2.5.0e)
- Multi-org management enhancements (2.5.0e)
- Tax reporting improvements for European VAT (2.5.0e)
- Web Store improvments - requests, commissions, basket,.. (2.5.0e)
- Report engine improvements, e.g. running totals, no hdr lines (2.5.0e)
- Financial Reporting use trees (hierarchies) now everywhere (2.5.0e)
- Custom Menus (2.5.1a)
- Business Partner Relations (another partner is invoiced or sends/receives payment)
Technology
- Infrastructure for Database Independence and Application Server Independence
- JBoss 3.2.3 with Tomcat
- Multiple Attachments per record (2.5.0e)
- Language Management and Translation Process improvements (2.5.0e)