product virtual/variant both set

[Wai]

Could someone give me an example of a product that has both virtual and variant flag set.
Thanks

[Pierre TALLOTTE]

Le 18/02/2011 18:02, Wai a écrit :
> Could someone give me an example of a product that has both virtual and
> variant flag set.
> Thanks
>
A product has both virtual and variant flag set when it's a alternative
packaging of a first product.
By instance, if you have a product : "Bottle of water", you can sold it
in a box of 2 ; the box of 2 bottles is a variant of the bottle of water
and a virtual product too because you cannot sold it.

[Wai]

I thought that a variant of a product existed only for a product that is marked virtual and a virtual product holds no inventory.

[Wai]

I think this thread is similar to what is being discussed on another thread, 'more than one unit of measue fo the same product: advice requested'.

A store owner would deal with the incoming packaging type from the supplier and provide as a service to a customer through another form of packaging.  Eg. store owner get 1 package of 50 bottles of water from his supplier but sells them as a package of 10 bottles to his customers.

My understanding of your explanation is that 'one' bottle of water would be a product marked as virtual and a variant product representing a package of 10 bottles would also be created.  And when a store owner received from his supplier one package of 50 bottles of water, his inventory, for the virtual product, would be raised by 50.  When the store owner sells his package of 10 bottles to a customer, his virtual product inventory will be decremented by 10.  The associated variant product inventory is unchanged.

This implies that a virtual product can indeed hold inventory and that a variant product does not necessarily have to have any inventory associated with it.

Please let me know if my understanding is correct,
Thanks

[Pierre TALLOTTE]

No. In this case, "one" bottle of water is NOT variant and NOT virtual
because it is the lower unit of measure. The box of 6 bottles is virtual
and variant and has an association "alternative packaging" with the
product "one bottle". You can find an example with the product "WG-1111"
(but the sale and the purchase are not implemented, I'm working on it,
if you are interested) and "WG-9943" (but, in this case, it's a little
different).

Le 18/02/2011 18:25, Wai a écrit :

> I think this thread is similar to what is being discussed on another thread,
> 'more than one unit of measue fo the same product: advice requested'.
>
> A store owner would deal with the incoming packaging type from the supplier
> and provide as a service to a customer through another form of packaging.
> Eg. store owner get 1 package of 50 bottles of water from his supplier but
> sells them as a package of 10 bottles to his customers.
>
> My understanding of your explanation is that 'one' bottle of water would be
> a product marked as virtual and a variant product representing a package of
> 10 bottles would also be created.  And when a store owner received from his
> supplier one package of 50 bottles of water, his inventory, for the virtual
> product, would be raised by 50.  When the store owner sells his package of
> 10 bottles to a customer, his virtual product inventory will be decremented
> by 10.  The associated variant product inventory is unchanged.
>
> This implies that a virtual product can indeed hold inventory and that a
> variant product does not necessarily have to have any inventory associated
> with it.
>
> Please let me know if my understanding is correct,
> Thanks