Open Source

As I explained in earlier posts, global e-docs are among the most helpful features in the Kuali Financial System. Another time-saving feature of the system is mass import of accounting lines and other data. This feature is especially helpful when users have multiple lines of accounting data to enter and do not want to enter each line separately. Using this feature, they can quickly enter data into an import template and then upload it into the appropriate electronic document.

One of the batch jobs that was used often during development was the ClearCacheJob. However, just prior to 3.0 release it was removed from the default list of jobs. For some schools, it's still a nice job to have around.

Please note that this batch job is not perfect. Even though it would seem from the name that it should clear all the caches, in reality it does not and what it does clear out is sometimes inconsistent. So use it carefully and if all else fails, restart the application server.

To turn the ClearCacheJob back on, in your spring-sys.xml file make the following changes (either add the values to the lists, or even better, add this code directly to your own version of spring-sys.xml so you don't change any core code):

Each year at Kuali Days, a pre-conference session introduces newcomers to the Kuali Financial System. Having videotaped this session at Kuali Days VIII in November 2009, we've now posted part of it on YouTube in a series of videos. While the camera work is hardly professional, anyone who is new to the Kuali Financial System will find these videos very valuable.

The session consists of several different segments, each of which introduces a key aspect of the system and is presented by one or more Kuali Financial System experts.

(Note: Due to size restrictions on YouTube, each segment is made up of two or more video clips.The links below take you to the playlist for each segment.)