Multiple Products and Reference Codes

[helpmeplease]

Hi,

Is there an easier way to do this....?

For Example:

On our shop we have a pair of trousers available in 5 different sizes and a t-shirt available in 5 different sizes

In prestashop I can use the combinations generator to create a range of sizes for each item and even combine the two products and sell that as a new multi item ( trouser - t-shirt set ) and be able to select a size for both trousers and t-shirt.

My Question is:

I'd like to be able to add a reference code to each item we sell

For a single item - I can do this by going in to the combinations tab and adding a reference code for each size - for example
trousers - size 5 = reference code : tr05
trousers - size 6 = reference code : tr06

What I'd like to be able to do is sell a multiple item set eg. trousers and a t-shirt but be able to give each item (trousers and t-shirt) a reference code for each size to be used by our stock control system.

Is it possible to do this without going in to every combination and adding a new reference for each combination?

A set consisting of 4 items - shirt, vest, trousers and jacket in 6 sizes generates a lot of combinations!

Hope I've explained that properly? - even explaining it makes my head hurt!

or am I better just to give up now??

Hope someone can help?

Thanks in advance

Brian

[tomerg3]

How else would you want to load the reference numbers to all those products?

[helpmeplease]

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

The items we sell are kids army kits - consisting of army jacket, t-shirt, vest and trousers ( up to 4 items with sizes )

When you have multi items with sizes it generates a lot of combinations - for 1 or 2 items this isn't too much of a problem

But... having a set of 3 items - generates 216 combinations

A set of 4 items generates over a 1,000 different combinations which would each need a unique reference code!

I just hoped there may be a way of entering a reference code for each size of product and there would be someway these could be automatically generated within the combinations generator.

I suspect this isn't possible, if it wasn't for our stock control system requiring reference codes for each size of item - Prestashop would do the job fine

- Sorry if I wasn't clear before

Thanks again

Brian

[tomerg3]

It's possible to automatically generate a reference for each, my question was if there was a certain format it needs to be in, or if just a random number that doesn't repeat is enough.

This would require some code changes, but most likely not too many.

[helpmeplease]

Hi Tomerg3,

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Ideally each item in a multi kit - would use its own unique reference code - for example TR021Y-V-5/6 - for trousers size 5 - 6

This is what we currently use for all the single item products on Prestashop

If this isn't possible perhaps we could use a code as simple as CT5 - for camo trousers 5-6 or CV6 - for camo vest size 5-6

Ideally the final reference would be a long string seperated by a '-' for example CT5-CV6

If I could add this within the combinations generator as a reference code that would make life a lot easier

Thanks again for your help with this one

Brian

[tomerg3]

It's definitely possible, but this change requires knowledge of php coding, and modifying a few files including interface changes.

Probably a few hours work.

[helpmeplease]

Hi Tomerg3,

We have a company that we use for our stock control system. I'll check with them first to see what format the reference code would need to appear to be recognised their end for a multi item. I suspect as long as there's something seperating each item in the reference it should be fine. If I can check with them first. Also do you have an overall cost for this modification?

Thanks in advance

Brian

[tomerg3]

Shoot me an email (address in my signature), I'll get all the info and give you a quote.

[ravinder2432]

HI ,

Can u help me auto genrate different reference number for each combination , now when i genrate combination , all combination get default reference  number.