Group sorting reset with API-import

Kurt Moskjær Andersen

Posted on 05/12/2018 08:57:14

Hi,

I'm updating/inserting product groups from the API. The only attributes I update/insert, is Id, Number, Name and ShopId.

The group is saved with Dynamicweb.Ecommerse.Services.ProductGroups.Save(group).

My customer experiences, that after each import, the group sorting is reset, even though he has already made a custom sort from within Dynamicweb, on the existing groups.

Is the sorting reset/updated in some way, when I save a new group through the API?

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Best regards
Kurt Moskjaer Andersen

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Morten Snedker

Posted on 06/12/2018 09:41:58

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Hi Kurt,

It is difficult to say what happens with no code example. Are you remembering to actually create a GroupRelation? Because, this is where the sorting is set. Like in this example:

        private void CreateGroupRelation(string ChildId, string ParentId, int Sorting)
        {
            string _child = SanitizeId(ChildId);
            string _parent = SanitizeId(ParentId);

            Dynamicweb.Ecommerce.Products.GroupRelation relation = new Dynamicweb.Ecommerce.Products.GroupRelation();
            relation.Id = _child;
            relation.ParentId = _parent;
            relation.Sorting = Sorting;
            relation.IsPrimary = false;
            relation.InheritCategories = false;
            relation.Save(_child, _parent);
        }

If you already have the relation (and the sorting), it should not reset if you just set some of the other properties and then save the relation. But again, it will be easier to answer properly with a piece of code to review.

BR
Morten

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Kurt Moskjær Andersen

Posted on 06/12/2018 12:41:49

Hi Morten,

Actually, I don't create a GroupRelation directly, like your code, but add groups as subgroups with: Services.ProductGroups.AddSubgroup(parentGrp, subGrp);

I guess the group relations are handled by the service?

/Kurt

Morten Snedker

Posted on 22/03/2019 15:06:10

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Hi Kurt,

Having group "Parent" and adding subgroups 01..05 and add sorting to these groups, and followingly execute this code:

            Dynamicweb.Ecommerce.Products.Group groupNew = new Dynamicweb.Ecommerce.Products.Group();
            groupNew.Name = "msn";
            Dynamicweb.Ecommerce.Services.ProductGroups.Save(groupNew);

            Dynamicweb.Ecommerce.Products.Group groupParent = Dynamicweb.Ecommerce.Services.ProductGroups.GetGroup("GROUP37");
            Dynamicweb.Ecommerce.Services.ProductGroups.AddSubgroup(groupParent, groupNew);

- my sorting remains intact. Though, the added group will have sortorder=0, as the AddSubgroup does not support setting the sort order. But I cannot reproduce a scenario that invalidates the already existing sort order of the original groups.

BR
Morten

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Kurt Moskjær Andersen

Posted on 22/03/2019 18:44:42

Thanks, Morten.

I'm using the exact same approach, but have experienced a periodic change of sort order, in previous versions of DW (9.6.1)

/Kurt

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