Inventory issue with Marketing Package:Auto

[jyoti]

Hi,
  I am implementing marketing package product type. I have added a product of type "MARKETING_PKG_AUTO" and i also see it in the front-end. The issue is when i add the product to cart, inventory of the associated products is not getting decreased, although there is no error with the order creation. I was trying to see the demo ofbiz site for reference but it didn't show up the product(GZ-Basket).

Please tell me what i am missing with and also give some references on this if available.

Thanks,
Jyoti Sharma.

[Rishi Solanki]

Hi Jyoti,

Note that the inventory decrease only when order placed not at the time of
adding item to the cart.
Few points around it;
- Check the logic around the ProductStore,checkInventory,
ProductStore.reserveInventory, ProductStore.requireInventory flags.
- Also check that requireInventory flag should set to Y at product level.
- Finally look into the inventory if it reserves inventory for the
Marketing Package or not, it may happen its child products inventory may
decrease.

--
Rishi Solanki
Manager, Enterprise Software Development
HotWax Media Pvt. Ltd.
Direct: [phone]
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com


On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:35 PM, jyoti <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>   I am implementing marketing package product type. I have added a product
> of type "MARKETING_PKG_AUTO" and i also see it in the front-end. The issue
> is when i add the product to cart, inventory of the associated products is
> not getting decreased, although there is no error with the order creation.
> I
> was trying to see the demo ofbiz site for reference but it didn't show up
> the product(GZ-Basket).
>
> Please tell me what i am missing with and also give some references on this
> if available.
>
> Thanks,
> Jyoti Sharma.
>
>
>
> --
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>

[jyoti]

Thanks rishi , it worked now.. But i have a liitle doubt about the reserve inventory flag. I made reserveInventory flag 'N' at product product leve and it worked this wayl. Is it necessary to make it 'Y'?

[Arun Kumar Batham]

Hello Jyoti,

I have some information on reserveInventory flag, I think it is useful
to understand the importance of this flag:


        Reserve Inventory:

To understand reserve inventory better we read reserve inventory as
"reserve inventory on order"  . This flag decide if reservation should
take place if order is created.

We believe that any web store should "ship" items or have products in
inventory to "complete" the order. So you need to do reservation to ship
items. Also if you take back orders and you don't do reservation then
there is no way in system that order will get reservation, because there
will be no "-" (negative reservation) when order will be placed. When
you "receive inventory" orders with "-" (negative reservations) get
reservations based on:

    * priority of order,
    * desired delivery date,
    * reserve date.

_Note:_  If you maintain inventory for items then "reserveInventory"
should always set to "Y", so that system will check items available in
inventory to fulfill order.

Thank you.

Regards
Arun Kumar Batham
Hotwax Media Pvt. Ltd.
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/


On Friday 12 October 2012 06:47 AM, jyoti wrote:
> Thanks rishi , it worked now.. But i have a liitle doubt about the reserve
> inventory flag. I made reserveInventory flag 'N' at product product leve and
> it worked this wayl. Is it necessary to make it 'Y'?
>
>
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Inventory-issue-with-Marketing-Package-Auto-tp4636776p4636858.html
> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[jyoti]

It was a really nice piece of information Arun. Thanx..