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How to display base price per unit for configurable product in Magento 2?

December 6, 2017 - Magento 2

base price per unit for configurable product

It’s not a secret that Magento 2 has lots of limitations but due to the active community of developers, you can always solve the most common problems of the platform, for instance, display base price per unit for configurable products in Magento 2. It is not possible to show the base price for a product with volumes in Magento until you install a third-party extension. The lacking feature not only eases the calculation for your customers but may be required by law in your country. Continue Reading

How to display price range for configurable product in Magento 2?

December 6, 2017 - Magento 2

price range configurable product

Among the drawbacks of Magento 2, there is the inability to display a price range for configurable products in Magento 2. Being absolutely distracted by this fact, we’ve decided to create our own solution that fixes the problem. Of course, developing a standalone module was absolutely unpractical, so the idea to add the lacking feature to the Improved Configurable Product Magento 2 extension was suggested. After a few months of hard work, we’ve introduced the update that allows you to display a price range for any configurable product. Continue Reading

How To Update Configurable Product Name, Description, Price, And Other Attributes Dynamically By Selecting Options In Magento 2

November 15, 2017 - E-Commerce, Magento 2

Update Configurable Product attributes dynamically

In the following post, we shed light on how to improve the default shopping experience of Magento 2. There are hundreds of aspects that may be enhanced, but today we will tell you how to make configurable products better. The most obvious example of a configurable product is a shirt available in multiple colors and sizes. It is considered to be one item that consists of multiple options (products). And usually each option has unique images, description, and even price. In case of default Magento 2, you cannot change them dynamically according to selected option on frontend. How can the problem be solved? How to update configurable product name, description, price and other attributes dynamically by selecting option in Magento 2? You can find the answer below. Continue Reading

How to programmatically create a configurable Magento 2 product

September 7, 2015 - Magento 2

If the simple and configurable products are not assigned together like in the folowing example, there is a reliable solution.

//simple product
    $simple_product = $this->_objectManager->create('\Magento\Catalog\Model\Product');
    $simple_product->setSku('test-simple');
    $simple_product->setName('test name simple');
    $simple_product->setAttributeSetId(4);
    $simple_product->setSize_general(193); // value id of S size
    $simple_product->setStatus(1);
    $simple_product->setTypeId('simple');
    $simple_product->setPrice(10);
    $simple_product->setWebsiteIds(array(1));
    $simple_product->setCategoryIds(array(31));
    $simple_product->setStockData(array(
        'use_config_manage_stock' => 0, //'Use config settings' checkbox
        'manage_stock' => 1, //manage stock
        'min_sale_qty' => 1, //Minimum Qty Allowed in Shopping Cart
        'max_sale_qty' => 2, //Maximum Qty Allowed in Shopping Cart
        'is_in_stock' => 1, //Stock Availability
        'qty' => 100 //qty
        )
    );

    $simple_product->save();

    $simple_product_id = $simple_product->getId();
    echo "simple product id: ".$simple_product_id."\n";

    //configurable product
    $configurable_product = $this->_objectManager->create('\Magento\Catalog\Model\Product');
    $configurable_product->setSku('test-configurable');
    $configurable_product->setName('test name configurable');
    $configurable_product->setAttributeSetId(4);
    $configurable_product->setStatus(1);
    $configurable_product->setTypeId('configurable');
    $configurable_product->setPrice(11);
    $configurable_product->setWebsiteIds(array(1));
    $configurable_product->setCategoryIds(array(31));
    $configurable_product->setStockData(array(
        'use_config_manage_stock' => 0, //'Use config settings' checkbox
        'manage_stock' => 1, //manage stock
        'is_in_stock' => 1, //Stock Availability
        )
    );

    $configurable_product->getTypeInstance()->setUsedProductAttributeIds(array(152),$configurable_product); //attribute ID of attribute 'size_general' in my store
    $configurableAttributesData = $configurable_product->getTypeInstance()->getConfigurableAttributesAsArray($configurable_product);

    $configurable_product->setCanSaveConfigurableAttributes(true);
    $configurable_product->setConfigurableAttributesData($configurableAttributesData);

    $configurableProductsData = array();
    $configurableProductsData[$simple_product_id] = array( //[$simple_product_id] = id of a simple product associated with this configurable
        '0' => array(
            'label' => 'S', //attribute label
            'attribute_id' => '152', //attribute ID of attribute 'size_general' in my store
            'value_index' => '193', //value of 'S' index of the attribute 'size_general'
            'is_percent'    => 0,
            'pricing_value' => '10',
        )
    );
    $configurable_product->setConfigurableProductsData($configurableProductsData);

    $configurable_product->save();

    echo "configurable product id: ".$configurable_product->getId()."\n";

//simple product

$simple_product = $this->_objectManager->create('\Magento\Catalog\Model\Product');

$simple_product->setSku('test-simple');

$simple_product->setName('test name simple');

$simple_product->setAttributeSetId(4);

$simple_product->setSize_general(193); // value id of S size

$simple_product->setStatus(1);

$simple_product->setTypeId('simple');

$simple_product->setPrice(10);

$simple_product->setWebsiteIds(array(1));

$simple_product->setCategoryIds(array(31));

$simple_product->setStockData(array(

'use_config_manage_stock' => 0, //'Use config settings' checkbox

'manage_stock' => 1, //manage stock

'min_sale_qty' => 1, //Minimum Qty Allowed in Shopping Cart

'max_sale_qty' => 2, //Maximum Qty Allowed in Shopping Cart

'is_in_stock' => 1, //Stock Availability

'qty' => 100 //qty

)

);

$simple_product->save();

$simple_product_id = $simple_product->getId();

echo "simple product id: ".$simple_product_id."\n";

//configurable product

$configurable_product = $this->_objectManager->create('\Magento\Catalog\Model\Product');

$configurable_product->setSku('test-configurable');

$configurable_product->setName('test name configurable');

$configurable_product->setAttributeSetId(4);

$configurable_product->setStatus(1);

$configurable_product->setTypeId('configurable');

$configurable_product->setPrice(11);

$configurable_product->setWebsiteIds(array(1));

$configurable_product->setCategoryIds(array(31));

$configurable_product->setStockData(array(

'use_config_manage_stock' => 0, //'Use config settings' checkbox

'manage_stock' => 1, //manage stock

'is_in_stock' => 1, //Stock Availability

)

);

$configurable_product->getTypeInstance()->setUsedProductAttributeIds(array(152),$configurable_product); //attribute ID of attribute 'size_general' in my store

$configurableAttributesData = $configurable_product->getTypeInstance()->getConfigurableAttributesAsArray($configurable_product);

$configurable_product->setCanSaveConfigurableAttributes(true);

$configurable_product->setConfigurableAttributesData($configurableAttributesData);

$configurableProductsData = array();

$configurableProductsData[$simple_product_id] = array( //[$simple_product_id] = id of a simple product associated with this configurable

'0' => array(

'label' => 'S', //attribute label

'attribute_id' => '152', //attribute ID of attribute 'size_general' in my store

'value_index' => '193', //value of 'S' index of the attribute 'size_general'

'is_percent' => 0,

'pricing_value' => '10',

)

);

$configurable_product->setConfigurableProductsData($configurableProductsData);

$configurable_product->save();

echo "configurable product id: ".$configurable_product->getId()."\n";

You can review on API functional test aimed at creating configurable product. You code should have the following look:

$product = $productFactory->create(['name'=> 'configurable product', ... ]);
$configurableOption = $optionFactory->create([]);
$linkedProduct = $linkFactory->create([]);
$product->getExtensionAttributes()->setConfigurableProductOptions($configurableOption)l
$product->getExtensionAttributes()->setConfigurableProductLinks($linkedProduct);
$productRepository->save($product)

$product = $productFactory->create(['name'=> 'configurable product', ... ]);

$configurableOption = $optionFactory->create([]);

$linkedProduct = $linkFactory->create([]);

$product->getExtensionAttributes()->setConfigurableProductOptions($configurableOption)l

$product->getExtensionAttributes()->setConfigurableProductLinks($linkedProduct);

$productRepository->save($product)

It is also necessary to mention that the API does not generate simple product, so there is the need to create in advance.

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Improved Configurable Product – innovative way to work with configurable products in Magento!

February 4, 2015 - Our extensions

We are happy to announce a massive update for our Improved Configurable Product Magento 1.x extension – the first extension which changes the way how configurable products work in Magento. Every new feature of the module has been requested by our customers and is based on a deep analysis of a modern E-Commerce market including SEO and various advertising strategies.

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Improve Your Magento Configurable Products (The Best Magento Extensions)

September 25, 2014 - Magento tips & tricks

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In this post, we will tell you how to improve your configurable products by installing correct Magento extensions on your e-commerce store. There are both paid and free solution mentioned in the article. You only have to decide what improved configurable products Magento extension suits best your business needs.

Improved Configurable Products Magento 2 Extensons