Catalog / product visualization under a future date

[Zaoui Bruno <bz...@prosodie.com>]

Hello,
 
We need to play the following use case with ofbiz :
Some company prepares its Christams eCommerce campaign. Through the
backoffice, merchandiser feed the products, catalog, pricing rules,
promos, and so on. 
This will affect the objects that are period dependent (those that have
fromDate and thruDate fields).
Once this job done, he'd like to check the aspect of his front office,
but at the date in the future, let's say December the 20th.
Till now, we aren't aware of some existing feature or way to satisfy
this need.
We thought about some solutions, like shifting the system date of the
server, but this can cause too many side effects.
Our conclusion is to study and modify in an as soft way as possible the
behaviour of the Delegator (and ) object.
Before we dive in the entity engine layer, can somebody tell me if
somthing was done around that topic, or if some tips already exist ?
 
Thanks in advance
 
Vladan Tutunovic
Prosodie Product Team
vtutunovic@prosodie.com

Re: Catalog / product visualization under a future date

[David E Jones <jo...@undersunconsulting.com>]

You wouldn't necessarily have to copy the database, just point an app  
server box with a different date to the same database.

-David


On Sep 7, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Chris Howe wrote:

> to avoid the side effects, load OFBiz on a desktop and
> copy the database then change the computer's
> date/time, run your scenario
>
> --- Si Chen <si...@opensourcestrategies.com> wrote:
>
>> Can't you just change your computer's date/time
>> setting?
>>
>> On Sep 7, 2006, at 2:33 AM, Zaoui Bruno wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> We need to play the following use case with ofbiz
>> :
>>> Some company prepares its Christams eCommerce
>> campaign. Through the
>>> backoffice, merchandiser feed the products,
>> catalog, pricing rules,
>>> promos, and so on.
>>> This will affect the objects that are period
>> dependent (those that
>>> have
>>> fromDate and thruDate fields).
>>> Once this job done, he'd like to check the aspect
>> of his front office,
>>> but at the date in the future, let's say December
>> the 20th.
>>> Till now, we aren't aware of some existing feature
>> or way to satisfy
>>> this need.
>>> We thought about some solutions, like shifting the
>> system date of the
>>> server, but this can cause too many side effects.
>>> Our conclusion is to study and modify in an as
>> soft way as possible
>>> the
>>> behaviour of the Delegator (and ) object.
>>> Before we dive in the entity engine layer, can
>> somebody tell me if
>>> somthing was done around that topic, or if some
>> tips already exist ?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Vladan Tutunovic
>>> Prosodie Product Team
>>> vtutunovic@prosodie.com
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Catalog / product visualization under a future date

[Chris Howe <cj...@yahoo.com>]

to avoid the side effects, load OFBiz on a desktop and
copy the database then change the computer's
date/time, run your scenario

--- Si Chen <si...@opensourcestrategies.com> wrote:

> Can't you just change your computer's date/time
> setting?
> 
> On Sep 7, 2006, at 2:33 AM, Zaoui Bruno wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > We need to play the following use case with ofbiz
> :
> > Some company prepares its Christams eCommerce
> campaign. Through the
> > backoffice, merchandiser feed the products,
> catalog, pricing rules,
> > promos, and so on.
> > This will affect the objects that are period
> dependent (those that  
> > have
> > fromDate and thruDate fields).
> > Once this job done, he'd like to check the aspect
> of his front office,
> > but at the date in the future, let's say December
> the 20th.
> > Till now, we aren't aware of some existing feature
> or way to satisfy
> > this need.
> > We thought about some solutions, like shifting the
> system date of the
> > server, but this can cause too many side effects.
> > Our conclusion is to study and modify in an as
> soft way as possible  
> > the
> > behaviour of the Delegator (and ) object.
> > Before we dive in the entity engine layer, can
> somebody tell me if
> > somthing was done around that topic, or if some
> tips already exist ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Vladan Tutunovic
> > Prosodie Product Team
> > vtutunovic@prosodie.com
> >
> 
> 

Re: Catalog / product visualization under a future date

[Si Chen <si...@opensourcestrategies.com>]

Can't you just change your computer's date/time setting?

On Sep 7, 2006, at 2:33 AM, Zaoui Bruno wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We need to play the following use case with ofbiz :
> Some company prepares its Christams eCommerce campaign. Through the
> backoffice, merchandiser feed the products, catalog, pricing rules,
> promos, and so on.
> This will affect the objects that are period dependent (those that  
> have
> fromDate and thruDate fields).
> Once this job done, he'd like to check the aspect of his front office,
> but at the date in the future, let's say December the 20th.
> Till now, we aren't aware of some existing feature or way to satisfy
> this need.
> We thought about some solutions, like shifting the system date of the
> server, but this can cause too many side effects.
> Our conclusion is to study and modify in an as soft way as possible  
> the
> behaviour of the Delegator (and ) object.
> Before we dive in the entity engine layer, can somebody tell me if
> somthing was done around that topic, or if some tips already exist ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Vladan Tutunovic
> Prosodie Product Team
> vtutunovic@prosodie.com
>