Hi Giulio, You have been more than helpful to help me understand this,
Regarding the “Browser Root”, it seems like there are different Product Category Types (Best Selling, Catalog, Search, …) which I see defines the categories that are directly linked to catalogs in different Product Catalog Category Types (Browser Root, Promotion, Quick Add, Default Search) For Example in the “Demo Catalog”, in its Categories, there is a category called “CATALOG1” of Browser Root, and that category is of Product Category Type “Catalog”, and I see it act as a parent of two other categories of Ids 100 and 200 which both are also of Category Type “Catalog”, which goes on to create a Tree of categories Does it mean that the Product Category Type of Catalog is also like a group of categories per se ,.. ? If so, one would directly wonder what is the role of other Product Category Types (Best Selling, Search, Tax, Quick Add, Google Base, Industry, Internal, ... )? Thank you again, Best Regards, On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 7:20 PM Giulio Speri - MpStyle Srl < giulio.sp...@mpstyle.it> wrote: > Hello Serge, > > in OFBiz there is not a direct association between a ProductStore and > products, instead ProdCatalog, ProdCatalogCategory, ProductStoreCatalog, > ProductCategory and ProductCategoryMember entities are used to achieve this > goal. > > You can see the ProdCatalog as a collector of categories: the one that is > physically associated with a product store is the ProdCatalog through the > entity ProductStoreCatalog. > A product catalog is composed by a hierarchy of categories where the first > (root category) always has to be of type "Browse Root" (PCCT_BROWSE_ROOT). > This is managed by the entity ProdCatalogCategory. > Under the "Browse Root" category you can then build your own custom > hierarchy of product categories and associate the product to each one of > it; ProductCategory is the entity used to define a category and a product > is associated to a specific category through the entity > ProductCategoryMember. > > *In short*: > > ProductStore/Catalog assoc : ProductStore -> ProdCatalog -> > ProductCatalogCategory (Browse Root) > > Browse Root Category/Product categories: > - ProductCategory (Browse Root) > -- productCategory_1 -> Products (through ProductCategoryMember); > -- productCategory_2 -> Products; > ---productSubCategory_2_1 -> Products; > ---productSubCategory_2_2 -> Products; > -- productCategory_3 -> Products; > > In the online backend demo of OFBiz you can start following this structure > from the Catalog Manager -> Stores, pick up a store and then open the tab > "CATALOGS". > You will find different examples of stores and catalogs with different > categories associated, that can give you a good starting point on the > store/catalog/category/product OOTB mechanism. > > I hope I have been helpful. > > Kind Regards, > Giulio > > Il giorno lun 25 ott 2021 alle ore 16:30 Bs Serge <sergeb...@gmail.com> ha > scritto: > > > Hi, > > > > I was browsing through the catalog module and I could not find any > product > > and store relationship. > > > > I would assume products are supposed to belong in a certain store! > > > > Kindly enlighten me on how OFBiz handles products and stores > relationships, > > or point me to a link that explains it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > -- > Giulio Speri > > > *Mp Styl**e Srl* > via Antonio Meucci, 37 > 41019 Limidi di Soliera (MO) > T 059/684916 > M 347/0965506 > > www.mpstyle.it >
