The issue is; how to avoid entering duplicate data for items that are identical except for price.
Here is the problem. Lets say that you sell movies. You sell DVD and VHS format. The movie is the exact same, but the price is different depending on the format. In Compiere you would have to create two separate items to handle the different prices. However, you would also have to create the same description (Document Note) twice. This is duplicating a lot of data unnecessarily.
So, the question is, can Compiere (easily) associate multiple items with single record?
For example, if I go to our example movie item and look at the DVD item, and then go to the VHS item, can both items read a field from a common table to display in the “Document Note” field?
My current solution is to create a new table (ZZ_COMMON_SKU) and create a foreign key and constraint on that table. But I’m still concerned that I am taking the hard path and maybe Compiere has a more elegant solution built in.
So, any ideas?
