Question about setting product "units"

[aly22]

I set up a shop for a client - she sells cookies by the 1/2 dozen, 1 dozen, or 2 dozen (for example). If I want to ensure that a minimum order (with the min order mod) of 2 dozen is fulfilled would I have to do something like this:

1 unit = 1 cookie
so 1/2 dozen = 6 units
1 dozen = 12 units?

I had previously set it up so that each item (by cookie type) was simply a product of its own -- so 1/2 dozen of chocolate chip is 1 unit -- but I suppose that won't help me in the long run. Am I on the right track here?

Or is there a better way?

[kobra]

You could set the unit up to be dz so ordering 1 nets 1dz and lter the units in admin to be 0.5 so an order o, 0.5 will also succeed.

[aly22]

My head was spinning with this last night, trying to make it make sense before diving in. But 2 questions ...

1. Where do you define the "unit"?? I suddenly can't find that?!! Is it a per product setting? And if so

2. Almost all of the products are priced based on attributes (ie: Chocolate Chip cookies are priced at $0.00 -- 1/2 dozen is one attribute with a price, 1 dozen is an attribute with a different price.

[kobra]

Unfortunately this is through settings in several places and I hope that I cover all of them(this works but you might miss a setting or 2 listening to me)

admin > config > stock > Product Quantity Decimals > set to the minuium 0.5 for your case

Product setting screen:

set price for one cookie

Product Qty Minimum: probably 0.5 for half dz
Product Qty Maximum: 0
Product Qty Units: what ever you want the incremental units to be


Attributes controller after creating name of this and value of dozen??:


Price Factor: Offset:
5
or
6.......................-1

for half dz and

11
or
12......................-1 for a dozen


I would have to go back and actually see how this displays but have used this for items by the each and by the case as selectable