[ic] Quantity Price print out for retail customers

Fri Jan 30 16:09:01 UTC 2015

On 01/30/2015 11:04 AM, Gert van der Spoel wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Kerry,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think this comes from the depths of Interchange setup regarding 
>>>>>>> normal customers and dealers related to pricing. I have not looked 
>>>>>>> a lot but I found an old post:
>>>>>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/interchange/users/10416?do=p
>>>>>>> os
>>>>>>> t_
>>>>>>> view_t
>>>>>>> hreaded
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So a 'dealer' gets quantity discounts on price groups.
>>>>>>> Not a dealer then quantity discounts come from qX fields
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So if you want to offer quantity discounts for normal customers 
>>>>>>> you will likely need to use a different approach.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CU,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gert
>>>>>> Thanks Gert,
>>>>>> I do have the quantity breaks working for regular consumer. They 
>>>>>> simply
>>>>> change price when put in the cart when the break quantity  is 
>>>>> entered from the flypage.
>>>>>> If it is a dealer, and they order less than the quantity, "Quantity
>>> Price"
>>>>> is printed in the cart as a link. This is what I am trying to 
>>>>> duplicate for regular customer, so they have a chance to increase 
>>>>> order a little to get the break in price.
>>>>>> I will take a look at the link and see if it is one that I have 
>>>>>> already
>>>>> found.
>>>>> So if I understand correctly you there is this piece of code:
>>>>> [if scratch dealer]
>>>>> 	[if-item-data pricing sku]
>>> v> 		<BR>[page quantity [item-code]]
>>>>> 		[L]QUANTITY PRICING[/L]</A>
>>>>> 	[/if-item-data]
>>>>> [/if]
>>>>>
>>>>> And the if scratch dealer decides if it is a dealer or not and the 
>>>>> next if decided if quantity has been reached? Have not looked at 
>>>>> this for a long time :) ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you tried to just remove both 'if' statements? In that case 
>>>>> you'd expect it always shows the quantity pricing link .. right? Or
> doesn't it?
>>>>> Just to check if it shows the link then for non-dealers. If it does 
>>>>> not in that case then there are more rules somewhere deciding to 
>>>>> show
>>> this.
>>>>> CU,
>>>>>
>>>>> Gert
>>>>>
>>>> I just checked with a dealer with code removed, and it does take the 
>>>> link
>>> out there, so the [if scratch >dealer] must be setting something that 
>>> is needed. I tried using retail in place of dealer in the scratch, but
>>>> apparantly it is just default with no setting as dealer has.
>>> I had a bit of a look and interesting stuff this dealer ... At some 
>>> point sometime some code must have been added and extra fields where
> needed.
>>> Already from IC 4.6 (adds the 'dealer' field):
>>> http://www.icdevgroup.org/interchange-doc-5.2.0/frames/icupgrade.html
>>>
>>> dealer is here to be char(3) (why???), but it exists as varchar(32):
>>> https://github.com/interchange/interchange/blob/master/dist/standard/d
>>> bconf/
>>> mysql/userdb.mysql
>>>
>>> and when you check the following link, it could just be a single
>>> character/Boolean:
>>> http://www.icdevgroup.org/interchange-doc-5.2.0/frames/icfoundation_41
>>> .html
>>>
>>> Confusing :) In case anybody remembers, some light history lesson 
>>> would be fun. :)
>>>
>>> I assume you have this table?
>>> http://www.icdevgroup.org/interchange-doc-5.2.0/frames/icfoundation_34
>>> .html
>> Yes, or a much expanded version as I have a large number of different
> breaks among the products.
>>
>>> And are you making use of Profiles?  Or do you handle things differently?
>>> http://interchange.rtfm.info/icdocs/config/Profile.html
>> Yes, something like this:
>> CommonAdjust   pricing:q2..q100:, ;:sale_price, ;:price, ;$, :related,
>> ==:options
>>> Do you have this line in your catalog.cfg or something similar?
>>> # Don't want people setting their credit limit or dealer status 
>>> directly UserDB default scratch "dealer price_level credit_limit"
>> Yes, exact.
>>> Spinned your brain? It did mine! :)
>> I am thinking that it may not matter as most times, a regular customer
> would not setup the account until >they have placed the items in the cart.
> Unless there is a way to have the Quantity link show up even if not logged
> in.
>> Kerry
> I have to throw the towel a bit here, I'd expect that if you'd remove the
> [if ] tag regarding the dealer that it then would apply to everybody else ..
> But then I think it depends on how your settings are regarding the
> CommonAdjust, I suppose there are ways that it only counts for logged in
> visitors and ways to have it applicable for all visitors ... It sounds like
> you already have quite a complex set up so it will not be easy to just
> suggest some changes (at least not by me).
Gert,

No problem, thanks for trying. At least it made me dig deeper into some
of the IC functions. If I get it solved, will let you know.

>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: interchange-users-bounces at icdevgroup.org
>>>>>>> [mailto:interchange-users-bounces at icdevgroup.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>>>>> kerry blalock
>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 4:22 PM
>>>>>>> To: interchange-users at icdevgroup.org
>>>>>>> Subject: [ic] Quantity Price print out for retail customers
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would like to have the "Quantity Price" page print the 
>>>>>>> quantities and price from the quantity.html page. It shows up in 
>>>>>>> the shopping cart for dealers fine. I have located two pages with 
>>>>>>> the quantity information in them, the quantity.html page, which is 
>>>>>>> where the link in the shopping cart takes it, and in the
> shopping_cart page.
>>>>>>> Both have the [if scratch dealer][/if] code in them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have found much information the quantity pricing in the email 
>>>>>>> and docs, but nothing so far on having the Quantity link in the 
>>>>>>> shopping cart display when a retail customer is logged in.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tried replacing dealer with retail, but this does not seem to work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems like I am missing the file the Quantity is called from.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kerry
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Interchange 5.8
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