01-13-05 10:51 PM
There are three sorts used by the OrderDiscount engine:
* ITEM_SORT_PQBI => Sort decreasing by price first, decreasing by
quantity second and increasing by basket index third.
* ITEM_SORT_CONDITION_AND_AWARD_LAST => Items that are in BOTH the
condition set and award are sorted to the end (used last). Otherwise
follows the PQBI sort defined above.
* ITEM_SORT_PRICE_INCREASE => Sort increasing by price first,
decreasing by quantity second and increasing by basket index third.
The condition sort is always ITEM_SORT_CONDITION_AND_AWARD_LAST (there is
an advanced means of changing it by adding a column to the discount cache -
see below). The award sort is selected from the property page between the
other two, the default being most expensive first or ITEM_SORT_PQBI
(benefits the customer, maximizing the discount if % off).
Are you on the latest service pack? I seem to remember an issue related to
the default in the PCF file being wrong - please try toggling the selection
for award sort, saving the PCF file, and then toggling it back and saving
it again. Be sure to IISReset after the PCF change so you are sure it is
picked up.
Changing the condition sort (advanced): This is done by getting a column
added to the discount cache (ContentListFactory object) called
'condition_sort'. If present, it will override the default. Any other
value is undefined - here are the valid ones:
ITEM_SORT_PQBI = 0,
ITEM_SORT_CONDITION_AND_AWARD_LAST = 2,
ITEM_SORT_PQBI_PRICE_INCREASE = 3
See the CSFLoadDiscounts (MarketingLoadDiscounts in FP1) component
documentation for information on how to override the query (cs2002) or
sproc (FP1). Be sure you have the latest doc refresh from the Web - this
doc info was missing at CS2002 RTM.
Finally, please use pipeline logging with the discount tracing enabled to
help you troubleshoot if you still have issues. Set
context.[_trace_discounts] = true in the pipeline context to enable
discount tracing - it will write out an additional string into the
dictionary tracing through the algorithm.
Hope that helps! I'll work with UE to get all this documented more clearly
in the next release.
-djm
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Hi David,
I have tried setting as you describe, however, I still end up with most
expensive as the free item whichever way it is set.
Is there anything else than can affect getting the cheapest free?
Mat
"David Messner [MSFT]" wrote:
> There is a global setting you can make on OrderDiscount pipeline
component.
> Open it in pipeline editor and right click the component and select
> properties. Change the setting for the discount application from most
> expensive to least expensive.
>
> From the docs on OrderDiscount:
> Apply discount to basket items Select Least expensive first to apply
> discounts to the least expensive items in the basket first.
> Select Most expensive first to apply discounts to the most expensive
items
> in the basket first.
>
> Note, this applies to CS2002 only, CS2000 doesn't have this option. This
> change then applies to all discounts.
>
> -djm
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> I would like to add a campaign whereby a customer can buy any 3 products
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> get 1 free. The catch is that the Free product should be the cheapest
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> Can this be done?
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> Thanks
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