Many thanks Pierre. This is very useful information. BTW, I was referring to vol 1 of the book series.
Regards, Emad > On 29 Jan 2022, at 2:59 PM, Pierre Smits <pierresm...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi Emad, > > Which volume of Silverston's books are you refering to (there are multiple). > > Anyway, the handling of products and their components (parts, ingredients, > etc) is covered by the Apache OFBiz project. Both in entity definitions and > services/functions. > > In the entity definitions we cover this through the ProductAssoc entity, > that defines the rationship between a product (identified by the productId > field) and multiple other projects (identified by the productIdTo field). > Classifiaction of that relationship is further enhanced by the > productAssocTypeId field. > > You can best experienc how this is done in OFBiz (with use of demo data) > via: > > - in the catalog application: e.g. > > https://localhost:8443/catalog/control/ViewProductManufacturing?productId=MOTHER_BOARD_ASS > - in the catalog application:e.g. > > https://localhost:8443/catalog/control/EditProductAssoc?productId=MOTHER_BOARD_ASS > - in the manufacturing application: > https://localhost:8443/manufacturing/control/FindBom > - in the manufacturing application: e.g. > > https://localhost:8443/manufacturing/control/EditProductBom?productId=MOTHER_BOARD_ASS&productAssocTypeId=MANUF_COMPONENT > > > Met vriendelijke groet, > > Pierre Smits > *Proud* *contributor** of* Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org/> since > 2008 (without privileges) > Proud contributor to the ASF since 2006 > *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member* > > Anyone could have been you, whereas I've always been anyone. > > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 1:24 PM Emad Radwan <eradwan1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Community, >> >> Regarding this issue, I found in Silverston's book that he has a table >> called 'Product_Component' that handles such situations under 'Products and >> Parts' section in chapter 3 on page 100. I understand that we don't have >> such a table in Ofbiz data model so I'll appreciate it if someone can guide >> me on how this situation is handled. >> >> Regards, >> >> Emad >> >> On 2022/01/27 13:29:08 Emad Radwan wrote: >>> Hello Community, >>> >>> I have a scenario where I need to define a service but that one will >> include products also; think of a car maintenance shop where the service is >> the 5k maintenance and the included products are the spare parts. >>> >>> Where can I handle this in the GUI? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Emad >>
