Product Attributes Question

I have tried searching and cannot seem to find a solution. Is there a way to monitor inventory on a product with product attributes that are also available as a standalone product.

i.e.

Item 1 is a PC with product attributes to build it out.


Item 2 is a Nvidia GTX 1080.


Item 1 can be configured to add Item 2 (Nvidia GTX 1080).

I want to adjust Item 2's inventory when someone purchases Item 1 configured to add Item 2.

Hopefully that makes sense.

Hi.

You can use Grouped Products for that, but is not exactly what you want. It is not 100% possible out of the box.

Read more here: http://docs.nopcommerce.com/display/en/Grouped+product

Hello,

You need to set product "Inventory method" as "Track inventory by product attributes". After this, you need to go to "Product attributes" tab in a product and then go to "Attribute combinations" tab. In "Attribute combinations" tab, click on "Generate all possible combinations" or add a product attribute combination yourself.

For each product attribute combination, you can set "Stock quantity". This way you can track inventory as per your requirement. Hope it helps :)

Thanks & Regards,
Atul

I've read up on Group Products, but correct me if I'm wrong, I would need to create every single configuration that can be created within that group to track inventory.

nopAdvance.com wrote:

Atul,

The problem is the attribute can also be sold as a stand alone item. So if I sell it as a standalone, it does not account for that in the inventory numbers.

i.e. I have 1 Nvidia GTX 1080, if a customer buys it as a standalone, this means I have zero and a customer should not be able to add it to the PC build, but the system will let a customer add that to his build due to the fact that the inventory number on the product attributes does not account for the standalone inventory of the product.

Hello,

Yes. This is true. It is actually a bug in nopCommerce inventory management or a missing feature you can say. I don't blame them as nopCommerce is open-source and it does provides only basic inventory features. Not advanced ones.

However, this is possible only via customizing nopCommerce code or by writing own plugin and not to use nopCommerce inventory features at all.

Best regards,
Atul