Lastly and most importantly I'd like to ask, Can different stores have the same category structure but with different products?
Best Regards, On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 11:04 AM Bs Serge <sergeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >
