Generic Product

[james_sg]

Hi all,

I am using OFBiz 9.04 verson. I have a requirement where the product in the request uses a generic product name, but the items in quote and sales order use the actual product name / brand.

An example of a product with generic name is Paracetamol. There are many different brand names for Paracetamol.

Can anyone advise how this can be done?

Regards,
James

[Deyan Tsvetanov-3]

Hi James,

you should use the concept of virtual products and variants.

Create a configurable product "Paracetamol", mark it as Virtual = YES
and create variants based on configurations, for example:

Pills: 20 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg
Liquid: 20 mg, 50 mg, 80 mg, 200 mg

Unfortunately I can't point you to a tutorial that describes the
process, probably you should consult "the Book" -
http://www.amazon.com/Data-Model-Resource-Book-Vol/dp/0471380237

Also another book that could help is Ruth's:  
http://www.myofbiz.com/ecommerce/products/PROMOTIONS/p_PUB-0710

Table of contents:
http://www.myofbiz.com/images/mystore/product/TOC/PUB-0710-TOC.jpeg

Haven't read it, but the TOC claims there are articles about "Product as
configurations" and "Product configuration items" .

However if you check out "the book" and understand the data model logic,
check out the demo data and play around with the product configuration
screen you'll find it out by yourself :)

Cheers,
Deyan

On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 19:57 -0700, james_sg wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am using OFBiz 9.04 verson. I have a requirement where the product in the
> request uses a generic product name, but the items in quote and sales order
> use the actual product name / brand.
>
> An example of a product with generic name is Paracetamol. There are many
> different brand names for Paracetamol.
>
> Can anyone advise how this can be done?
>
> Regards,
> James