JR50130: Promotion does not apply to the least expensive items first

7.0.0.9 for Developer Express
7.0.0.9 for Developer Professional
7.0.0.9 for Developer Enterprise
7.0.0-WS-WCServer-FP009

APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• When using "buy catalog entries from category X and get
  additional catalog entries from category X at percentage off"
  promotion, the promotion is applied to the highest priced
  qualifying item remaining in the cart, instead of the lowest.
  This is the typical approach in many physical stores.  There is
  often a desire to change that behavior in online stores so that
  the promotion is not given to the highest priced item, but the
  lowest priced item.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• USERS AFFECTED:
   WebSphere Commerce V7 users who want to have more fine-grain
  control over their promotion application sequence
  
   PROBLEM ABSTRACT:
   Promotion does not apply to the least expensive items first
  
   BUSINESS IMPACT:
   Business users cannot control what group of order items to
  apply promotion to
  
   RECOMMENDATION:
  

Problem conclusion

• Extended the promotion logic to allow for the pairing of the
  most expensive item(s) with the least expensive item(s) in the
  cart that qualifies for the promotion, and have the promotion
  applied on the least expensive item.
  
   Added configuration parameter in wc-admin-component.xml,
  Setting ApplyPromotionOnLowestPricedOrderItemsFirst to "true",
  will cause the promotion to apply to the least expensive order
  items first.
  
   The default value ApplyPromotionOnLowestPricedOrderItemsFirst
  is "false".
  
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   The latest available maintenance information can be obtained
  from the Recommended Fixes for WebSphere Commerce technote:
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3046&uid=swg21261296
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WC BUS EDITION

• Fixed component ID

  5724I3800

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

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