Their purpose generally depends on the association type being used. I think in category members it is for quick add (vague memory, I haven't looked in a while) and in product associations there are a variety of uses including marketing packages.
Regards Scott On 20/06/2013, at 4:23 PM, Atul Vani wrote: > There are quantity fields in ProductAssoc and ProductCategoryMember entities, > I wonder what they are for. Didn't dig into the code, thought someone might > already know and can help. > > > On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:04:59 +0530, Scott Gray <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Robert, >> >> I don't believe the quantity field has a use in virtual/variant associations >> (but I could be wrong). I think you'd want a setup similar to the following: >> - A product for the supplier that sells double packs (Product A) >> - A product for the suppler that sells single packs (Product B) >> - A product that combines 2 x Product B into a single product, this would >> have a product type of "Marketing Package Pick" and would have a component >> product association to Product B with a quantity of 2 (Product C) >> - A virtual product that has as variants Product A and product C (Product D) >> >> Because you're buying Product B and combining it into a single double pack >> product it makes sense to have the single and double as separate products I >> think, one for purchasing and the other for selling. >> >> Regards >> Scott >> >> On 19/06/2013, at 9:46 AM, Robert G. wrote: >> >>> I thought that it is difficult, or maybe not out of the box. >>> >>> But maybe someone can explain me the thing concerning the quantity within >>> the productassociation. Is this just for packaging and does not influence >>> the price? or what is the base idea? >>> >>> thanks a lot! >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Virtual-variant-products-with-quantity-in-product-association-tp4642095p4642152.html >>> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
