Step-by step instruction to create an account

This Step by step instruction shows how to create a new database using OpenERP On-demand service and how to start to use it in minutes. If you don't have an OpenERP On-demand account, you can create it here . To create an account, you have to enter your email address and select a password:

The following screen confirms that your account was successfully created:

You can now log in to your account at http://almacom.co.th/ondemand_login :

The following screen shows your on-demand account after it is created, notice that no database are currently available. You can create a new database by clicking "New Database".

When you create a new database, you have to choose:

a domain name: it will be used as the address to access your database
a package: define how many users will access the database
a number of months: choose how long you want the database to be active. you can always increase this value later, after creating the database.

You then have to choose a payment method to pay for the On-demand OpenERP service:

You then have to confirm that you want to proceed with the payment:

If you pay by credit card, you will be redirected to Kasikorn Bank's secure K-Payment Gateway service to enter your credit card number:

After the payment is finished, you will see the following confirmation screen:

In your account, a new database will appear immediately. To access your new database, you can click on the link on the database name:

When you click on the link, you are directed to your database login page. Note that you can also access this page by entering the domain name of your database directly in your web browser. To login, you have to enter a user name and a password. By default, newly created databases come with a default user "admin" with a password of "admin". You can use this user to log in for the first time in your database.

When you log in for the first time to your database, you have to select which "Profile" you want to install in your database. You can select the "Thai Accounting Profile". This profile will install the modules that are needed for accounting in Thailand:

In the following screen you can enter basic information about your company:

In the second tab you can define basic information that will be included on all company printed reports. You can also upload your company logo:

The following screen gives a summary of the settings that will be used to install the database:

When the installation is finished, you will see the following screen. Click on "Start Configuration" to start configuring the modules installed in your newly created database.

Click on "Continue" to start with the first configuration step:

Select "Simplified Interface" and click on the button "Set":

Click on "Continue":

In this window, you can create additional users that will be given access to your database.
You can leave the list of users blank for now, and add users later, once your database if configured.

Click on "Continue":

In this screen, you can define the fiscal year that you use and choose a chart of accounts.
Choose the default "Thai Chart of Accounts" and click on "Continue".

In the following screen you can define a message to send to customers for payment reminders:

Click on "Continue":

In the following screen you can define parameters on how to process sale orders. You can keep the default parameters and click on "Set Default".

Click on "Continue".

This screen is used to create your chart of accounts based on the template selected earlier. You can keep the default parameters and click on "Create".