PriceType examples

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Add custom price types

To add a PriceType, add a new line within the SalePriceTypes of CatalogOptions in appsettings.json file.

"EPiServer": {
      "Commerce": {
        "CatalogOptions": {
          "SalePriceTypes": [
            {
              "Key": "NewCustomPriceType",
              "Value": "3",
              "Description": "New Custom Price Type"
            },
            {
              "Key": "JurisdictionGroup",
              "Value": "4",
              "Description": "Jurisdiction Group"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }

Note The value must be unique and 3 or greater.

Get all price types enum and configuration

PriceTypeConfiguration.PriceTypeDefinitions returns all price types, including predefined price types and price types defined in the configuration.

namespace CodeSamples.Mediachase.Commerce.Pricing {
  public class PriceTypeConfigurationSample {
    #region GetPriceTypeFromEnumAndConfiguration
    public IDictionary < CustomerPricing.PriceType, PriceTypeDefinition > GetAllPriceTypeDefinitions() {
      // Get all price types - included predefined and price types from configuration file.
      var priceTypeDefinitions = PriceTypeConfiguration.Instance.PriceTypeDefinitions;
      return priceTypeDefinitions;
    }
    #endregion
  }
}

Add customer price group

Customer Price Group is a predefined price type that should be matched with a specific sale code. Options available to marketers are predefined as: Customer, Partner, and Distributor.

As a developer, you can add items to that list, to make your own customer price group available in the drop-down.

Populate the list by adding the code in the example below, and call that from your initialization module.

private void AddVIPCustomerPriceGroup() {
  var metaFieldType = DataContext.Current.MetaModel.RegisteredTypes["ContactGroup"];
  var metaEnumItems = MetaEnum.GetItems(metaFieldType);
  var hasVIPGroup = metaEnumItems.Any(item => string.Equals(item.Name, "VIP", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase));
  if (!hasVIPGroup) {
    var lastIndex = metaEnumItems.Count();
    MetaEnum.AddItem(metaFieldType, "VIP", ++lastIndex);
  }
}