NotifyVirtualCatalogueOnNetworkMatch

Rule

Changed on:

2 Nov 2023

Overview

Forward the event with name {eventName} to the virtual catalogue with ref {virtualCatalogueRef} if the current Inventory Positions location’s network ref is listed in the virtual catalogue's networkIds.

Plugin Name	Inventory Reference Module
Namespace	{{accountId}}.globalinventory

The Inventory Reference Module is the foundation for inventory related implementations. It provides reference Workflows for inventory ingestion and processing. Extensible by design, use this Module as a base to build a solution to the needs of your customers.

The inventory Modules includes the following areas:

Inventory Catalogue workflow
Virtual Catalogue workflow
Control Group workflow
Product Catalogue workflow

Inventory Reference Module

The inventory Modules includes the following areas:

Inventory Catalogue workflow
Virtual Catalogue workflow
Control Group workflow
Product Catalogue workflow

UI Description

Accepts

INVENTORY_POSITION

Actions

This rule produces a SendEventAction that will forward to the incoming event with the name {eventName} when the location of the given inventory position falls into one of the virtual catalogue's networks

Rule parameters

Parameter	Description
eventName	The name of event to be triggered
virtualCatalogueRef	The ref of the virtual catalogue to be notified

Event attributes

Not Applicable for this rule.

Exceptions

This rule throws a PropertyNotFoundException, which is a subclass of RubixException, if the
```
`eventName`
```
is not provided.
The rule throws a RubixException when the given virtual catalogue can not be found or does not have networks configured properly

Configuration example

1{
2  "name": "FLUENTRETAIL.globalinventory.NotifyVirtualCatalogueOnNetworkMatch",
3  "props": {
4    "eventName": "virtual_catalogue_event",
5    "virtualCatalogueRef": "the_ref_of_the_catalogue"
6  }
7}

Language: json

Detailed Technical Description

The rule will first get the Inventory Position.
It will then retrieve the list of networks by
```
`id`
```
for which the Inventory Positions location is featured.
The rule then gets the Virtual Catalogue by
```
`{virtualCatalogueRef}`
```
, this will include the list of network IDs associated to that Virtual Catalogue.
The rule will then compare the networks that the location is featured to the networks that are associated with the Virtual Catalogue, if there is any match the event
```
`{eventName}`
```
will be sent through to the Virtual Catalogue to begin updating the correct Virtual Catalogues. Additionally, if the Virtual Catalogue is associated with multiple Retailers the event will be sent to each of the associated Retailers to ensure cross-Retailer functionality.

Version History

2023-08-02

v2.0.0

refers to the plugin