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Note: No shipping addresses are associated with wishlists.
54.4 Managing Multiple Wishlists in the Backend
In the Admin Panel, all items of all customer Wishlists are always displayed on all pages where
Wishlist items are usually available (such as the Create New Order and Manage Shopping Cart
pages), irrespective of whether the Multiple Wishlists functionality is enabled or disabled. Figure
305 illustrates the Wishlist tab on the Customer Information page.
Figure 305. Customer Information Page with Multiple-Wishlist Items
On Figure 305, the Wishlist items from two different Wishlists are displayed in the grid, and the
name of each Wishlist is specified in the Wishlist column.
Adding a Wishlist Search Widget
A Search widget of type Wishlist implements the ability to search for public Wishlists in the frontend.
To add a Wishlist Search widget:
1.
In the Admin Panel, navigate to CMS > Widgets.
2.
Click the Add New Widget Instance button. The New Widget Instance page opens.
3.
In the Type drop-down field, select Wishlist Search. In the Design Package/Theme field, select the desired design theme and click Continue.
4.
On the Widget Options tab in the Quick Search Form Types field, choose the type of the quick search form which will be used. The following options are available:
All Forms – Use all listed form types.
Wishlist Owner Name Search – Store customers will be able to search for the Wishlists by an owner name.
Wishlist Owner Email Search - Store customers will be able to search for the Wishlists by an owner email address.
5.
Configure other widget properties.
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Save the widget by clicking Save or Save and Continue. The widget becomes available in the frontend.
Multiple Wishlists Reports
An admin can view and export a report about all Wishlists of store customers under Reports >
Customers > Customers Wishlists. A customer Wishlists report lists all Wishlist items and contains the following information:
The date when a product was added
The customer name
The Wishlist name and status (public or private)
The product name and SKU
Customer comments
Quantity of the product in the Wishlist, quantity currently available in the store, and the difference between these two values.
You can choose to see a report for the whole website or for an individual store view. The scope is selected in the Show Report For field. The report can be exported to .csv or Excel .xml format.
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55 Order by SKU
Magento Enterprise Edition enables store customers and administrators to add products to shopping carts and orders by specifying SKU numbers.
Important Note: The compound dynamic SKUs of bundle products are not supported.
This feature was added in Enterprise Edition v1.12.
55.1 Order by SKU: Quick Reference
In the Magento Admin Panel, the Order by SKU functionality is always available and does not require configuration. Products can be added by SKUs in the following locations:
The Create New Order page (Sales > Orders > Create New Order)
The Shopping Cart page (Customers > Manage Customers > %customer% > Manage
Shopping Cart)
An administrator can specify individual SKU values or load a .csv file with a list of SKUs.
In the frontend, you can make the Order by SKU functionality available for store customers by creating a widget instance of the Order by SKU type and by enabling the Order by SKU tab on the
My Account page.
Widgets are created and managed under CMS > Widgets. Displaying the Order by SKU tab can be enabled or disabled in the Admin Panel under System > Configuration > SALES >Sales >Order by
SKU Settings. The Order by SKU tab provides the ability to load a .csv file with a list of SKUs.
55.2 Configuring the Order by SKU Functionality
In the Magento Admin Panel the Order by SKU functionality is always available and does not require configuration.
In the frontend, you can make the Order by SKU functionality available for store customers by creating a widget instance of the Order by SKU type and by enabling the Order by SKU tab on the
My Account page.
The Order by SKU tab contains the fields for entering SKUs and quantities, and controls for loading a .csv file with a list of SKUs. A widget of the Order by SKU type contains the fields for SKUs and quantities and optionally a link to the Order by SKU tab.
To create an Order by SKU widget:
1.
Log in to the Magento Admin Panel
2.
Navigate to CMS > Widgets.
3.
Click the Add New Widget Instance button.
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4.
In the Type field select Order by SKU and configure other widget options. The Display a Link to
Loading a Spreadsheet setting determines whether the widget will contain a link.
5.
To save the widget click Save or Save and Continued Edit.
To enable the Order by SKU tab of the My Account page:
1.
Log in to the Magento Admin Panel
2.
Navigate to System > Configuration > SALES > Sales
3.
In the Current Configuration Scope select your website.
4.
Expand the Order by SKU Settings field set.
5.
In the Enable Order by SKU in my Account on Frontend select one of the following:
Yes, for Everyone – The Order by SKU tab will appear on the My Account page for all logged in customers.
Yes, for Specified Customer Groups - The field for specifying Customer Group(s) appears once you select the option. The Order by SKU tab will be displayed on the My Account page for those logged in customers who belong to the Customer Group(s) you specify.
No – The Order by SKU tab on the My Account page will not appear.
6.
To save the configuration click Save Config.
Important Note: The Order by SKU functionality supports ordering by a compound SKU value, consisting from the system SKU value and a value of the custom option SKU, delimited by the “-” sign. However such a compound value can be processed correctly only if both the system SKU and custom option(s) SKU values do not contain a "-" sign.
55.3 Ordering by SKU in the Backend
In the backend, you can find the Order by SKU functionality in the following locations:
The Create New Order page, available under Sales > Orders > Create New Order. Clicking
the Add Products by SKU button opens the Add to Order by SKU section. See Figure 306.
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Figure 306. Adding Items to an Order by SKU
Order by SKU
The Shopping Cart page, available under Customers > Manage Customers > %customer% >
Manage Shopping Cart. To access the ordering by SKU controls, expand the Add to
Shopping Cart by SKU field set. See Figure 307.
Figure 307. Add to Shopping Cart by SKU Field Set on the Shopping Cart Page in the
Admin Panel
To add products by SKU during admin order creation or managing a shopping cart:
1.
Click Add Products by SKU button or expand the Add to Shopping Cart by SKU field set.
2.
Specify SKUs and quantities, or load a spreadsheet, or both. Only the .csv file format is
supported. See “Loading a Spreadsheet with SKUs: Requirements,” page 442, for details about
file restrictions.
3.
Choose to add products to cart/order.
4.
If some products cannot be added on any reason (out of stock, require configuring, or some other reason), then they are listed in a separate grid under the “Products requiring attention”
heading. See “Ordering by SKU: Exceptions Handling in the Backend,” page 439, for details
about processing different product types.
5.
Perform product configurations and update quantities in the “Products requiring attention” grid if necessary, and add products to cart/order.
6.
If product addition fails again, the products still will be listed in the grid. You can ignore the
“Products requiring attention” grid and proceed with creating order or managing the shopping cart. If you delete all products, the grid disappears.
The grid with products which could not be added is stored during the session.
Ordering by SKU: Exceptions Handling in the Backend
The following are the situations in which products cannot currently be added to cart/order in the backend because of some correctable condition, or cannot be added in at all. In these situations, the corresponding SKUs are displayed in the “Products requiring attention” grid:
A product is composite (a product of configurable, grouped, bundle, gift card types or a product with custom options). These products can be added after configuring them.
No product with a specified SKU is found in the catalog. The product cannot be added.
A product is assigned to another website. The product cannot be added.
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A product is disabled or out of stock (in this case a product cannot be added to a shopping cart, but can be added to an order).
55.4 Ordering by SKU: Customer Experience
In the frontend, the Order by SKU functionality can be made available in the following locations:
In the widget, which can be located on any store page. Its location is configured by an
administrator. See Figure 308.
Figure 308. Order by SKU Widget
On the Order by SKU tab of the Account Information page. It must be enabled by an
administrator to appear, see Configuring the Order by SKU Functionality section. The tab is
available for logged-in users only. On the Order by SKU tab, customers can add products
by individual SKUs or load a .csv file with a list of SKUs. See Figure 309.
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Figure 309. Order by SKU Tab in the My Account Page
After a customer specifies SKUs and quantities, or loads a spreadsheet, the Shopping Cart page appears. If products cannot be added to the Shopping Cart on some reason, they are listed in a
separate grid on the Shopping Cart page. See Figure 310.
