Pricing Override ignores Custom Field Calculation

[balai]

I also don't want to apply calculation rules to custom field prices

I think that it needs a small customization to do that.
If you want to avoid hacking the core you can use a plugin for your custom fields and do it work like that.

[servlet]

How to hack the core or it there such plugin?

[lindapowers]

Is there a workaround this problem?

I understand that "override final price" should override the finale sales price, can't argue there but Is really a problem with custom fields if you have added prices or minus on those.

[AH]

Why are you choosing to "override final price" for these products?

As LP has noted - That is what the feature is intended to do - i.e. Set the final price of the product regardless of other considerations

My simple suggestion would be not to use "override final price" for your products that have customfields

[GJC Web Design]

And Max has mentioned a few times that this is sort of a dirty leftover from very early versions and shouldn't really be used unless you really really want this to be the price.. full stop

the taxes & calc rules can achieve just about any discount or price manipulation u can think of

[lindapowers]

Have you guys tried doing discounts for 1 or 2 products with taxes and calculation rules?

You have to create a discount, filter it per category to reduce your work.

Then in each single product in that category you will have to change the "apply generic rules" to "do not apply rules" which in our case is a lot of work and in cases of 600 -1000 products or more is a nightmare.

Please tell me there is an easier way or im just doing it wrong cause that way is not user friendly to create discounts.

A simple final override in the product price doest the job in 1 minute.

And I have not tested it but a user here also mentions that even with a discount rule he encounters the same situation where custom fields are override by the discount.

Regards

[AH]

LP

A simple final override in the product price doest the job in 1 minute.

It can work as long as you consider that this is a fixed FINAL price

However - just to ensure that we are in no doubt

Override Price - Overrides the price that will be charged for the item you are buying - That is what it is intended to do (as you noted in your earlier post)

Have you guys tried doing discounts for 1 or 2 products with taxes and calculation rules?

Yes - it works very well and takes a fractional amount of time to assign a product to an additional control category (in this case - one that gives a discount)

This also allows you to view the products in this discount category in one easy view - Not sure that is very easy to do with those "overrides"

Please tell me there is an easier way or im just doing it wrong cause that way is not user friendly to create discounts.

This might help you:-
http://docs.virtuemart.net/manual/general-concepts/207-categories.html

even with a discount rule he encounters the same situation where custom fields are override by the discount

That depends on how you have your products configured


If you are using customfields that are a + or - from a the base price you can use discounts that apply to the base price

[lindapowers]

Your post was really helpfull for me AH,

I think I got you, basicly you create an unpublished category, what you call control or dummy categories for discounts and when you create the discount you apply it to that category. Then you assign the product also to that category, makes sense so it inherits the rule.

About the custom fields yes we use + and - for price in some so it makes sense that the discount is on the base price, ill have to test all this thanks.

Regards

[AH]

LP

Yep I think you understand the use of dummy control categories

Give them a go