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Introduction
This document is addressed to developers who want to understand how the Quoting functionality is implemented.
Glossary
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Quote request | A request from the customer to get a quote for a defined set of products with an individual price. |
| Quote | An offer from the merchant to buy a defined set of products for an individual price. Is the response to a quote request. |
References
REST Calls: Reference - WebShop REST API 7.8
Cookbook: Cookbook - Quoting (7.10)
Business Objects
Overview
The following diagram shows an overview of the quoting business object layer.
Implementation
BO Extensions
| Extension | Extended BO | Function |
|---|---|---|
| QuoteRequestBOQuoteExtension | QuoteRequestBO | Create a quote from a quote request. |
QuoteBOQuoteRequestExtension | QuoteBO | Create a new quote request from an existing quote for a given user and customer. |
| BasketBOQuoteRequestExtension | BasketBO | Create a new quote request from an existing basket for a given user and customer. |
BasketBOQuoteExtension | BasketBO | Get quote-related information from a basket. |
| BasketProductLineItemBOQuoteExtension | BasketProductLineItemBO | Get quote-related information from a basket line item. |
Validation Rules for Line Items
| Process | Product out of stock | Product offline | Product deleted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create quote request from quote | Line item will be added to quote request | Line item will be ignored. Quote request will not be created when there is no valid line item. | Line item will be ignored. Quote request will not be created when there is no valid line item. |
| Create quote request from basket | Line item will be added to quote request | Line item will be ignored. Quote request will not be created when there is no valid line item. | Line item will be ignored. Quote request will not be created when there is no valid line item. |
| Add product to quote request | Line item will be added to quote request | Error message when trying to add an offline product | Error message when trying to add a deleted product |
Quote Statuses
The following diagram shows the possible statuses a quote can have.
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