Your questions are a bit specific, have you read http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Related+Books#OFBizRelatedBooks-"TheDataModelResourceBook,RevisedEdition,Volumes1&2 ?
At least the 1st volume. Jacques De : "michael j" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi all > > **Ofbiz newby alert** > > First question: I have created a bunch of product types with attributes for > each different class of product that I need to show. Each product type has a > different set of attributes. Now I want to create products of those types > that I just defined to populate my catalog but when I go to do that using > catalog/control/EditProduct on that form I see a dropdown menu for Product > Type and yet I don't find the types that I created. Is this the expected > behavior? All the product types from the seed data are there but how do I > get the ones that I created to show? Is this another step? > > Another question: when creating attributes are they all created as a string > data type? Is there a way to specify the data type of the attribute being > created? Is the solution for this a separate table for the product type? My > products are digital files of satellite images which all have start and stop > times and geographical coordinates associated with them and if I represent > them as the correct data type then I will be able to write useful automation > scripts to do time and geography based operations particular to my data such > as: > > 1) how long is the data of a product in seconds from start to stop > 2) use length of data in product to calculate bytes to estimate delivery > time by ftp > 3) which product occurs first in time > 4) difference in time between stop of one product and start of another > 5) does one product overlap another in time > 6) how far away is one scene center from another > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/catalog-control-EditProduct-Product-Type-Dropdown-menu-tf4753701.html#a13593477 > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
