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Subject: Re: About ProductFeatureCategoryAppl and ProductFeatureCatGrpAppl
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:45:24 +1200
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Hi Miles,

I don't use it often but I believe the associations are currently pretty =
much only used by the product search functionality.  If you choose to =
search within a given category and that category has features associated =
with it then they will be displayed as selectable filtering options on =
the search form.

Regards
Scott

HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

On 11/08/2010, at 6:51 AM, huang.miles@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi BJ,
>=20
>  Thank for your quick reply.
>=20
>  I understand that in OFBIZ we can use an "Appl" table to implement =
the
> n:m relationship technically.
>=20
>  What I don't understand is the business level design of these two
> relations: What's the purpose to associate a product feature category =
or
> group to a product category? I haven't find anywhere can use these
> relationships.
>=20
> Thanks,
> Miles
>=20
>=20
> On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 11:10 -0700, BJ Freeman wrote:
>=20
>> *Appl is usually to have many to many relationships
>>=20
>>=20
>> miles sent the following on 8/10/2010 11:01 AM:
>>>=20
>>> Hi,
>>>   I'm relative new to OFBIZ and has worked on it for several months. =
I've
>>> understand the product feature applying to product to setup =
virtual/variant
>>> products.
>>>=20
>>>   But what's the purpose of ProductFeatureCategoryAppl and
>>> ProductFeatureCatGrpAppl design? I can associate a product feature =
category
>>> or product feature group to product categories. But I can't find any =
effect
>>> on doing this, either in documentation or by hand-on experiment. I =
may
>>> missed something. Can any one explain the purpose of such =
operations?
>>>=20
>>> Thanks,
>>> Miles.
>=20
>=20


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