The second options suggested by Greg is best way to go. Thanks and Regards Anil Patel Hotwax Media Inc http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/ ApacheCon US 2013 Gold Sponsor http://na.apachecon.com/sponsors/
On May 29, 2013, at 5:03 AM, greg jocher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Len > > Many thanks for your detailed explanation. > > Issues: > > 1. There are two options (we are using the patch, sorry I forgot about > that): > 1. use patch from: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5123 > 2. use PRIP_PROD_CAT_ID (create a category for each rule and assign > all variants to it) > 2. You are right: a bug or a feature? > > Promo rules: > We have taken a look to promo rules, but decided to use it only for > promotions. > > Meanwhile, I have started changing the ShoppingCartItem implementation to sum > the quantity of variants before price calculation. > But this needs some more testing - let me know if you are interested. > > > Best regards > Greg > > > > > > On 05/28/2013 05:40 PM, Len Shein wrote: >> Greg, >> >> There are two issues using the price Rules engine in trying to resolve this: >> >> 1. The Quantity Price Product rule (PRIP_PRODUCT_ID) does not consider the >> virtual product when the variant product id is added to the cart. Therefore >> the quantity comparison is not even checked. >> >> 2. The Price engine does not sum the 'quantity' in the cart for either the >> virtual or the variant product. It is simply comparing the quantity entered >> on each cart line against the quantity break rule. This logic works with >> 'Finished goods' since there can only be 1 cart line in the cart per product >> (Finished Good). For example if you add Product 'Finished_Good_A' with a >> quantity of '2' and then again add the same Finished_Good_A with a quantity >> of '3' the shopping cart would contain 1 cart line with Finished_Good_A and >> a quantity of '5'. Since variant products are added to the cart on >> separate cart lines the Price Rule Engine Quantity break rules do NOT work. >> >> >> I have a similar issue and instead of using the Price Rules Engine I am >> trying to resolve using the Promotion Engine. The Promotion Engine does sum >> the 'quantity in the cart' as well honors the virtual/variant relationship. >> >> Using your example: >> >> >> o Hat price = 10$ >> >> o Qty >= 2, action: Price = 9$ >> >> >> Promotion Engine Rules: >> >> o Condition: >> >> o Cart-Sub Total is > 0 >> >> o Action: >> >> o X Quantity for Y Discount >> >> o Quantity: 2 Amount: 1.00 >> >> o Product Include: Virtual Hat >> >> >> Add the following to the cart: >> >> o 1 Quantity of yellow hat (variant) >> >> o 1 Quantity of red hat (variant) >> >> >> Cart Results >> >> o 1 Yellow Hat price of $9.00 >> >> o 1 Red Hat price of $9.00 >> >> >> I understand this seems like the solution, however in my testing, I have >> found the Quantity on the 'Action' rule acts as 'equal to' or a 'minimum'. >> In my example above all works fine when a sum of quantity for the variant >> product is '2'. However if the sum of quantity was '3' then only 2 of the 3 >> products get the discount. >> >> >> Cart Results >> >> o 2 Yellow Hat price of $9.00 >> >> o 1 Red Hat price of $10.00 >> >> >> >> I have not noticed a way in the promotion engine to provide a 'range' of >> quantity in providing the discount. >> >> >> Len >> >>
