FFT (Financial Forecast Tool)

Requirements

Local setup

First you will need to make a copy of the .env.example file and rename it to .env. This file contains most of the environment variables that the project needs to run.

cp .env.example .env

Fill out the required variables in your .env file.

Tip

For the AUTHBROKER_CLIENT_ID, AUTHBROKER_CLIENT_SECRET and AUTHBROKER_URL variables, ask a member of the team to assist you in getting the values from the dev environment.

In a terminal run the make setup command from the project’s root directory.

make setup

Note

This command will run the initial migrations, create stub data and test users. A database named "fido" will be automatically created.

Open a second terminal and run the following to set up the frontend.

# install the dependencies
npm install
# start the dev server
npm run dev

You should now be able to access the application at http://localhost:8000/.

If you want full admin access, you can elevate your by running:

make elevate

Tip

Don't forget to refresh the page.

Local Development

If you can connect to the dev environment but still have issues such as; 403 - Forbidden Error on your local, there are few steps you can follow to resolve this:

Using dev tools on your browser, go to Application tab and clear data for Local Storage, Session Storage and Cookies.
If the problem persists you may need to temporarily pause your VPN while you work on FFT on your local.

Running docker-compose run with port access

docker-compose run --service-ports

Important notes on design

We use Django Guardian for model instance level permissions https://github.com/django-guardian/django-guardian

Django Guardian should not be used directly. There is a set of wrapper functions in forecast.permission_shortcuts

These add an additional permission check for the user being able to view forecasts at all.

Creating data/non-auto migrations

When adding data or non-auto generated migrations, please use the convention:

[number]_data_[date]_[time]

for example:

0004_data_20200501_1345

Running the BDD tests

Run the chrome container:

docker compose up -d chrome

Build the frontend assets:

npm run bdd

Run the tests:

make bdd

Notes

Managing user permissions

4 management commands have been added to make dealing with user cost centre easier:

add_user_to_cost_centre
cost_centre_users
remove_user_from_cost_centre
user_permissions

The names of the management commands denote their function.

Permissions within the system

Any logged in SSO user

Access Chart of Account Gifts and Hospitality Register

Specific permissions

Upload budget and Oracle actuals file
Download Oscar report file
View forecast (permission to view all forecast data)
Edit 1 - n cost centres (specific user can edit cost centre data)

Migrating to new user model (to be removed once complete)

Take the system off line
Add username field to HistoricalUser table (max length 150, allow null)
Amend the custom_usermodel table to be the same as the new User app one
Add the user app initial migration to the list of django migrations that have been run
Deploy new codebase

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