Why did the field stock_classification move?

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It’s now under the saleschannelproduct category. Why?

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Hey Bas,

It’s hard to give a specific answer to that question without more detailed context.
In general, you should find relevant information in your inbox in the release notes for the update that caused the field to move.

If the release notes don’t contain the info that you are searching for, then you could try this approach:

  1. Make sure you have the latest version of the trace formatter installed: How to find bugs in processes in applications? - #2 by j.batzke
  2. See where the field comes from and open the component See where fields come from in Novulo applications
  3. Find out what the previous version of the component was that you used in your application by looking at the release notes from that update in your inbox.
  4. The explanation for moving that field should be somewhere in the PI’s that are linked to the revisions between the old version and the new version.
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Hi Bas,

Your question is about the conceptual change, where the “Stock classification” has moved from the (global) Product level, to the more specific Sales Channel Product-level.

The “Stock Classification” is the cutomer-facing description of the inventory of a product and thereby, the delivery promise. It typically has values like “In stock”, “In stock, delivery within 2 days”, “Currently out of stock”, “No longer available”, etc.

In multi-channel, multi-region commerce, we see that this promise is not globally valid for all channels or countries per product.

For example, a product needs to be installed by a specialized party who does deliver in the Netherlands, but not in Germany. In that case, the same product can be “Available for installation” on the Dutch website, and “Currently not available” on the German website.

Therefore, the Stock Classifications (the business rules) have been expanded to link with the Product Assortment, which in turn is linked to the Sales Channel.

It is stored on the Sales Channel Product to give the fastest way to retrieve products - see the explanation for normalisation and Sales Channel Product on this same forum: Best practise PLP / PDP - #2 by Joost

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