Overview

Create a product which a service provider will provide.

Creating a Product

To create a product:

1. Create a CreateProduct request.
2. Provide required information: 
   - Name.
   - Description.
   - Product Type.
   - Product Category.
   - Allow Inventory.
   - Serialised Product.
3. Optionally provide information: 
   - Product Subcategory.
   - Manufacturer.
   - Colour.
   - SKU.
   - Supplier Name.
   - Supplier Product ID.
   - Barcode.
   - Ledger Code.
   - Encrypt Serial Number.
   - Allow Fractional Quantity.
   - Can Assign Service.
   - Tax Type.
   - Price Type Group.
   - Price Type.

Business Rules

- Name is within length limit. (128)
- Description should be within length limit. (255)
- Product Type should exist in list (have 'MOD_CR_PRODUCT' power for 'Credit'.
- Product Category should exist in list and be owned by Emersion or Caller.
- Product Subcategory should exist in list and be valid under Product Category.
- Manufacturer should exist in list.
- Colour should exist in list. (enum: 'ProductColour')
- SKU should be within length limit. (100) 
- Supplier Name should be within length limit. (255)
- Supplier Product ID should within length limit. (100)
- Barcode Type should exist in list, Barcode Value should within length limit (100) and both should coexist.
- Ledger code should exist in list, otherwise will be created newly and should be within length limit. (200)
- Allow Inventory, Serialised Product, Encrypt Serial Number and Allow Fractional Quantity should be boolean.
- Can Assign Service should exist in list. (enum: 'ProductInstServiceAssign')
- Tax Type should exist in list.
- Price Type Group should exist in list. (enum: 'ProductTypeGroup')
- Price Type should exist in list and be valid under Product Type Group. (enum: 'ProductType')

SOAP Example

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:urn="urn:emersion:api" xmlns:urn1="urn:emersion:types">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <urn:CreateProductRequest>
         <urn:Name>MelbourneJames1</urn:Name>
         <urn:Description>James Kim Test1</urn:Description>
         <urn:Type>Physical Product</urn:Type>
         <urn:Category>Hardware</urn:Category>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:Subcategory>PSTN Gateways</urn:Subcategory>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:Colour>White</urn:Colour>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:SKU>CHG-SEL-4015</urn:SKU>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:Supplier>Ingram Micro</urn:Supplier>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:SupplierProductCode>14201-17</urn:SupplierProductCode>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:Barcode>
            <urn1:Type>Code 128</urn1:Type>
            <urn1:Shortname>Code 128</urn1:Shortname>
            <urn1:Value>998877665544332211</urn1:Value>
         </urn:Barcode>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:LedgerCode>JAMES_TEST0</urn:LedgerCode>
         <urn:AllowInventory>true</urn:AllowInventory>
         <urn:SerialisedProduct>true</urn:SerialisedProduct>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:EncryptSerialNumbers>true</urn:EncryptSerialNumbers>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:AllowFractionalQuantity>true</urn:AllowFractionalQuantity>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:CanAssignService>optional</urn:CanAssignService>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:TaxType>Australian GST</urn:TaxType>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:PriceTypeGroup>Default</urn:PriceTypeGroup>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <urn:PriceTypee>Unit(s)</urn:PriceType>
       </urn:CreateProductRequest>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>