[OFBiz] Dev - Price Rule Discount for Role Type

[Si Chen]

It was using the same computer/ip address. Basically, create a special 
discount rule. Have someone who qualifies for the rule log in. Then log 
that person out. Then try to add items to cart as an anonymous user. I 
saw the same discounts being offered to this other user.

I think that each visit is associated with a party, and the 
promotions/price rule system is using the visit to find the party for 
the price rules. And the visit system works such that even after someone 
is logged out, the visit is still associated with that party.

My theory (though I haven't tested it) is that once the anonymous party 
starts the check out process and puts in a different username/password 
or creates a new account to identify himself, the promotions rules will 
run on this new party, and the discounts will no longer be applied. This 
has the effect of "taking away" the discounts from this person once he 
has identified himself--maybe not something he would appreciate.

I think visit is based on a cookie for the session, so it would be for 
the same computer (though maybe not necessarily requiring the same ip.)

I think it is logical to think that even after someone has logged out, 
the visit is still of the same party. But perhaps the promotions manager 
and price rule should check not only the party of the visit, but also 
whether that party is logged in, before applying special party-specific 
rules. Does this make sense?

Si

Daniel L. Kunkel wrote:

>Hi
>
>Gobal Price Rules seem to me to be different than the Product 
>Promos... they're on a different tab, seem to be a little less 
>confusing in term of setup and operation.
>
>I haven't tried my first party specific promo yet, but I was hoping to 
>soon, and will try out the abandoned cart functionality... Do you 
>know if it matters at all if it's from the same computer/ip address or 
>a different one? 
>
>Thanks
>
>
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>Date sent:      	Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:23:33 -0700
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>>Hi Daniel,
>>
>>I was able to use the Product Promo and Party Role to create role-based 
>>price discounts earlier. It worked fairly well. The only difficulty I 
>>had was that after someone logged out, the party apparently is still 
>>recorded, so the next anonymous party who adds items to cart will also 
>>get the same discount. I think this is because once there is a party 
>>associated with a visit, after you log out, the same party is still 
>>associated with the visit. Have you tried this, and have you seen the 
>>same problem?
>>
>>Si
>>
>>Daniel L. Kunkel wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hi Again...
>>>
>>>I just figured out what happened with the Global Price Rule system 
>>>in my case...
>>>
>>>Price Rules REQUIRE a List price for each product, even if the 
>>>action is based on the Default Price.
>>>
>>>It may have also been helpful that I added a condition "Product 
>>>Category" "is not" "Empty"
>>>
>>>We had removed the "List" prices from entries, because it often 
>>>looked weird, but everything is looking much better now.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>Daniel
>>>
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