{"id":18596,"date":"2019-01-29T14:59:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T12:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belvg.com\/blog\/?p=18596"},"modified":"2023-10-31T18:47:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T16:47:07","slug":"how-to-use-and-customize-magento-2-catalog-products-and-categories-price-and-price-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belvg.com\/blog\/how-to-use-and-customize-magento-2-catalog-products-and-categories-price-and-price-rules.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Use and Customize Magento 2 Catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article is dedicated to a rather complex and wide topic from Magento 2 Backend Specialist Certification – Customizing the Catalog. Here, we will walk over the following four aspects:<\/p>\n

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How to use products and product types in Magento 2
\n<\/a>What is price functionality in Magento 2
\n<\/a>How to use and customize categories in Magento 2
\n<\/a>How to determine and manage catalog rules in Magento 2<\/a><\/p>\n

How to use products and product types in Magento 2<\/span><\/h2>\n

What are the standard product types in Magento 2?<\/span><\/h3>\n

There are 6 standard product types in Magento 2:<\/p>\n

1.Simple Product<\/strong>. The most basic and widely used product type. One simple product denotes one physical item with its unique SKU (Store Keeping Unit).<\/p>\n

\"Simple<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Virtual Product<\/strong>. This product type is for intangible goods, like services or subscriptions, etc.<\/p>\n

\"virtual<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Configurable Product<\/strong>. This product type allows to create and show product configurations, like colors, sizes, etc. Each product configuration is a simple product with its unique SKU, allowing you to keep track of your stock amount.<\/p>\n

\"configurable<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Grouped Product<\/strong>. This product type allows to unite simple and virtual products in sets. Grouped product provide a win-win situation: a merchant promotes goods that are commonly used together and a customer doesn’t need to search the shop and can buy the whole set in one place. What is more, each product is added to the cart separately, in the amount, color and size the customer wants.<\/p>\n

\"grouped<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Bundle Product<\/strong>. This product type provides customers with an opportunity to create a set themselves, forming a bundle from single products.<\/p>\n

\"bundle<\/a><\/p>\n

Before being added, the item needs to be configured (size, color, etc.), and the total price will depend on this configuration.<\/p>\n

\"bundle<\/a><\/p>\n

For bundle product SKU and Weight attributes can be fixed or dynamic; as for price, it can be set at Price Range (from maximum to minimum price) or As Low As (the lowest price). Admin can specify, how the bundle products will be delivered – together or separately.<\/p>\n

6. Downloadable Product<\/strong>. This product type is for virtual items, usually in the form of a file that can be downloaded by the customer after the payment is made.<\/p>\n

\"Downloadable<\/a><\/p>\n

Virtual and Downloadable Products don’t have weight, don’t need to be delivered by post and don’t have In Stock attribute.<\/p>\n

To get all products of a certain type, use Magento\\Catalog\\Model\\ResourceModel\\Product\\Collection<\/em> class:<\/p>\n

$collection->addFieldToFilter('type_id', 'bundle');<\/pre>\n
As the second parameter set the product type name:bundle, configurable, downloadable, grouped, simple or virtual.<\/p>\n
What tools (in general) does a product type model provide?<\/h3>\n
Basic product methods for every product type:<\/p>\n