David,
Just like with the last question there are various ways of doing
this, but it is a very complex problem. If you really are doing phone
line sales and such you should get some help as I know from
experience working with a large telco that the business rules get
very difficult around this stuff.
The two ways I've seen tried for this are to extend the Configurable
Product, or to create a custom UI for each product and have it manage
groups of products in the shopping cart for the customer. In other
words, the customer can't just manipulate the cart by adding and
removing products, they just use the UI for directed cart
interactions, and have a custom view of the cart as well.
From my experience the first seems nice at first, but business rules
change really unpleasantly and modeling everything in order to get
the user experience you want in a data driven way is impossible given
the inherent uncertainty (or rather, certainty of change...).
So, I'd highly recommend the second approach.
-David J.
On Oct 25, 2006, at 5:09 AM, Kesslers wrote:
How can I setup a product that has a price that is composed of more
than one
price? For example, if I order a new phone line I pay one price
composed of
multiple charges. It is clear on my billing statement that I have
paid for
several activities/services. Nevertheless, setting up my phone
line without
phone service is not marketable. On the other hand, phone service
without a
phone line is equally futile. The initial product must be the
setup and the
phone service. Can OFBiz break down charges in the webstore,
shopping cart
and billing statement for a product?
David Kessler
