Problem with Item type field "Product"

Lasse Hove Nielsen

Posted on 10/08/2021 15:01:37

Hi,

We're trying to create a spot-product selector using the item type Product, to select a single product to display - we're running 9.10.13.

But it seem the item only returns a productId-like string instead of a Product, something like => p_10861622: when I call eg. PageView.Current().Page.Item["SpotProduct"]. I've tried to cast it to a product but no dice.

We can't use the productservice either, as the ID should be 10861622 without the p_ and :

Is this a bug or am I just doing it wrong?

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Jeppe Eriksson Agger

Posted on 10/08/2021 15:44:48

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Hi Lasse,

The value you see is the encoded value that the Item Editor uses to track whether the you picked products or groups: p_{ID} for products and g_{ID} for groups.

You should consider using the view models to get at these values. The item itself will contain the raw data, whereas the view models add additional functionality on top. Using an ItemViewModel instead, you can call the GetValue method, which will give you a list of ProductViewModel. They contain a lot of product information that you can use in your template, or -- if necessary - you can get the full product from the ProductService since the model contains the ID.

- Jeppe

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Lasse Hove Nielsen

Posted on 11/08/2021 16:54:26

Hi Jeppe,

Ah thanks for the directions - worked like a charm

/Lasse

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