1 package SL::PriceSource;
4 use parent 'SL::DB::Object';
5 use Rose::Object::MakeMethods::Generic (
6 scalar => [ qw(record_item record) ],
7 'array --get_set_init' => [ qw(all_price_sources) ],
10 use List::UtilsBy qw(min_by max_by);
11 use SL::PriceSource::ALL;
12 use SL::PriceSource::Price;
13 use SL::Locale::String;
15 sub init_all_price_sources {
19 $_->new(record_item => $self->record_item, record => $self->record)
20 } SL::PriceSource::ALL->all_enabled_price_sources ]
23 sub price_from_source {
24 my ($self, $source) = @_;
25 my ($source_name, $spec) = split m{/}, $source, 2;
27 my $class = SL::PriceSource::ALL->price_source_class_by_name($source_name);
30 ? $class->new(record_item => $self->record_item, record => $self->record)->price_from_source($source, $spec)
34 sub available_prices {
35 map { $_->available_prices } $_[0]->all_price_sources;
38 sub available_discounts {
39 return if $_[0]->record_item->part->not_discountable;
40 map { $_->available_discounts } $_[0]->all_price_sources;
44 min_by { $_->price } max_by { $_->priority } grep { $_->price > 0 } grep { $_ } map { $_->best_price } $_[0]->all_price_sources;
48 max_by { $_->discount } max_by { $_->priority } grep { $_->discount } grep { $_ } map { $_->best_discount } $_[0]->all_price_sources;
52 SL::PriceSource::Price->new(
53 description => t8('None (PriceSource)'),
65 SL::PriceSource - mixin for price_sources in record items
69 PriceSource is an interface that allows generic algorithms to be plugged
70 together to calculate available prices for a position in a record.
72 Each algorithm can access details of the record to realize dependencies on
73 part, customer, vendor, date, quantity etc, which was previously not possible.
75 =head1 BACKGROUND AND PHILOSOPHY
77 sql ledger and subsequently Lx-Office had three prices per part: sellprice,
78 listprice and lastcost. At the moment a part is loaded into a record, the
79 applicable price is copied and after that it is free to be changed.
81 Later on additional things were added. Various types of discount, vendor pricelists
82 and the infamous price groups. The problem is not that those didn't work, the
83 problem is, that they had to guess too much when to change a price with the
84 available price from the database, and when to leave the user entered price.
86 Unrelated to that, users asked for more ways to store special prices, based on
87 qty (block pricing, bulk discount), based on date (special offers), based on
88 customers (special terms), up to full blown calculation modules.
90 On a third front sales personnel asked for ways to see what price options a
91 position in a quotation has, and wanted information available when a price
94 Price sources put that together by making some compromises:
100 Only change the price on creation of a position or when asked to.
104 Either set the price from a price source and let it be read only, or use a free
109 Save the origin of each price with the record so that the calculation can be
114 Make price calculation flexible and pluggable.
118 The first point creates user security by never changing a price for them
119 without their explicit consent, eliminating all problems originating from
120 trying to be smart. The second and third one ensure that later on the
121 calculation can be repeated so that invalid prices can be caught (because for
122 example the special offer is no longer valid), and so that sales personnel have
123 information about rising or falling prices. The fourth point ensures that
124 insular calculation processes can be developed independent of the core code.
126 =head1 INTERFACE METHODS
132 C<PARAMS> must contain both C<record> and C<record_item>. C<record_item> does
133 not have to be registered in C<record>.
135 =item C<price_from_source>
137 Attempts to retrieve a formerly calculated price with the same conditions
139 =item C<available_prices>
141 Returns all available prices.
145 Attempts to get the best available price. returns L<empty_price> if no price is found.
149 A special empty price, that does not change the previously entered price, and
150 opens the price field to manual changes.
156 L<SL::PriceSource::Base>,
157 L<SL::PriceSource::Price>,
158 L<SL::PriceSource::ALL>
160 =head1 BUGS AND CAVEATS
166 The current simple model of price sources providing a simple value in simple
167 cases doesn't work well in situations where prices are modified by other
168 properties. The same problem also causes headaches when trying to use price
169 sources to compute positions in assemblies.
171 The solution should be to split price sources in simple ones, which do not
172 manage their interactions with record_items, but can be used in contexts
173 without record_items, and complex ones which do, but have to be fed a dummy
174 record_item. For the former there should be a wrapper that handles interactions
175 with units, price_factors etc..
179 Currently it is only possible to provide additional prices, but not to restrict
180 prices. Potential scenarios include credit limit customers which do not receive
181 benefits from sales, or general ALLOW, DENY order calculation.
187 Sven Schoeling E<lt>s.schoeling@linet-services.deE<gt>