Thanks Jacques, I did have a chance to take a look at the resources you shared earlier and thanks for confirming my understanding. We had a requirement for implementing variants by Unit Of Measure and implemented that, using Variant Tree Generation and some custom code.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 5:47 AM Jacques Le Roux <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > Hi Sakthivel, > > As I think you found out, there is nothing completely ready OOTB > forVariant Tree Generation > > But here are some clues if you did not look at that yet: > > https://ofbiz.markmail.org/search/?q=%22Variant+Tree+Generation%22 > > HTH > > Jacques > > > Le 04/09/2020 à 18:39, Sakthivel Vellingiri a écrit : > > Hope all is well. I have a question regarding Virtual / Variant > products > > > Variant Tree Generation and wondering if someone can provide some > insights, > > I understand the concept of Virtual and Variant products and I see that > > Ofbiz supports two Virtual Variant Methods namely Feature Tree > Generation & > > Variant Tree Generation. > > Feature Tree Generation > > --------------------------------- > > I am also familiar with how the Feature Tree Generation works, i.e. you > > will have to set the base product as Virtual and based on the number of > > Features you set in the Virtual Product you get an option to generate > > corresponding Variant products. all is good so far. > > > > Variant Tree Generation > > -------------------------------- > > I tried browsing the documentation and could not find anything that > > specifically covers this aspect, based on what i read from the code, it > > appears that there is no systematic way to generate variants for *Variant > > Tree Generation method*, and variants need to be manually created and > > associated with the virtual, Also the demo data includes a virtual > product > > using Variant Tree Generation and includes the data setup for Virtual, > > Variant, Virtual > Variant Association leading me to think Variant Tree > > Generation does not have a systematic way to creating variants like > Feature > > Tree Generation, pls can someone confirm my understanding. Appreciate any > > insights. > > > > <Product productId="WG-9943" productTypeId="FINISHED_GOOD" > > primaryProductCategoryId="202" productName="Giant Widget with variant > > explosion" internalName="Giant Widget variant explosion" > > virtualVariantMethodEnum="VV_VARIANTTREE" description="Giant Widget with > > Wheels" longDescription="This giant widget is mobile. It will seat one > > person safely. The wheels will never rust or break. Quite a unique item." > > quantityIncluded="10.0" productWeight="22.0" isVirtual="Y" > isVariant="N"/> > > <Product productId="WG-9943-B3" productTypeId="FINISHED_GOOD" > > primaryProductCategoryId="202" productName="Giant Widget B3" > > internalName="Giant Widget B3" description="Black Giant Widget with 3 > > Wheels" longDescription="This giant widget is mobile. It will seat one > > person safely. The wheels will never rust or break. Quite a unique item." > > quantityIncluded="10.0" productWeight="22.0" isVirtual="N" > isVariant="Y"/> > > <Product productId="WG-9943-B4" productTypeId="FINISHED_GOOD" > > primaryProductCategoryId="202" productName="Giant Widget B4" > > internalName="Giant Widget B4" description="Black Giant Widget with 4 > > Wheels" longDescription="This giant widget is mobile. It will seat one > > person safely. The wheels will never rust or break. Quite a unique item." > > quantityIncluded="10.0" productWeight="22.0" isVirtual="N" > isVariant="Y"/> > > <Product productId="WG-9943-S3" productTypeId="FINISHED_GOOD" > > primaryProductCategoryId="202" productName="Giant Widget S3" > > internalName="Giant Widget S3" description="Silver Giant Widget with 3 > > Wheels" longDescription="This giant widget is mobile. It will seat one > > person safely. The wheels will never rust or break. Quite a unique item." > > quantityIncluded="10.0" productWeight="22.0" isVirtual="N" > isVariant="Y"/> > > <Product productId="WG-9943-S4" productTypeId="FINISHED_GOOD" > > primaryProductCategoryId="202" productName="Giant Widget S4" > > internalName="Giant Widget S4" description="Silver Giant Widget with 4 > > Wheels" longDescription="This giant widget is mobile. It will seat one > > person safely. The wheels will never rust or break. Quite a unique item." > > quantityIncluded="10.0" productWeight="22.0" isVirtual="N" > isVariant="Y"/> > >
