On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Sasa Ostrouska <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Cédric Krier <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > On 08/10/11 17:56 -0600, Tom Schutter wrote:
> >> On Sun 2011-10-09 00:09, Cédric Krier wrote:
> >> > On 08/10/11 14:36 -0700, Tom Schutter wrote:
> >> > > I am using Tryton 2.0.1.  I have created a price list and added some
> >> > > products to it.
> >> > >
> >> > > Now what do I do?
> >> > > How can I see a price list with prices in it?
> >> >
> >> > Price list are not use here in the common way.
> >> > It is a set of rules to compute the price of each product.
> >> > So a price list is composed of a ordered list of lines. A line is
> composed of
> >> > a pattern (by default 'product' and quantity) and a formula.
> >> > So when a price is computed, Tryton will find the first line that
> matches and
> >> > use the formula to compte the price.
> >>
> >> Aha.  Maybe it should be called "Price Rulesets" instead?
> >
> > Not sure. At the end it is a price list that is generated.
> >
>
> Personally I would agree on call them price rulesets if its not a
> price list. This of course depends on how you look at the thing. For
> example, aprice list in a business world is a list of items and
> various data, like weight, dimensions, volume and of course price for
> a single item.
>
> From another view, at the end, is just a list with single unit prices.
> So price per unit.
>
> I think the name is misleading in that case.
>
> >> > > Can I generate a report via libreoffice of the price list? How do I
> do
> >> > > that?
> >> >
> >> > As it is a computed list that could depend on many things (especially
> the
> >> > quantity) it is not really doable in a generic way.
> >>
> >> In my case, the pricing is always the same no matter what the quantity.
> >> Would that make it any easier?
> >
> > Yes of course. Indeed I just think that we could have a report that will
> take
> > a set of quantity to compute.
> >
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This confused me the first time I used it as well.  I think the name is
misleading; maybe this could be solved with some documentation on how to use
the module.

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