ShippingDiscountAdjust
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Use the ShippingDiscountAdjust pipeline component to apply either currency value or percentage value shipping discounts to an order. Shipping discounts apply to an order at the cumulative level, as apposed to an item-specific level, which makes shipping discounts similar to an order-level discount.
Intended use: Order Processing pipeline, Shipping stage.
Configuration Values
None.
Values Read
The ShippingDiscountAdjust pipeline component reads the following values from the indicated dictionaries.
Key |
Dictionary |
Description |
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_currency_decimal_places |
Order |
Optional (if not set, the _currency_lcidkey must be set, and the number of currency decimal places will be the default for that locale). Describes the number of digits of precision (after the decimal point) for which to round certain intermediate results, and to round to when writing currency values into the OrderForm. Type: Integer (VT_I4) |
_currency_lcid |
Order |
Optional (required only if the _currency_decimal_places key is not set, otherwise it is ignored). Describes a locale (LCID) to use to retrieve the number of currency decimal places. Type: Integer (VT_I4) |
_cy_shipping_total |
Order |
Required. The total shipping charges for the entire order as computed by a pipeline component such as ShippingMethodRouter. Type: Currency (VT_CY)
Note:
If the shipments key is set, this value will not be used on input, however, it will be modified on output.
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_orderlevel_discounts_detail |
Order |
Optional (if this key does not exist in the OrderForm, or if the shipping_discount key of this dictionary does not exist, the _cy_shipping_discounts_total value is set to zero, and no other action is taken). A dictionary that maps special offer types to a list of order level discounts that applies for that special offer type. The SimpleList object under the shipping_discount special offer type key is used. Each element is a dictionary. The exact format of the dictionary depends on whether the element represents a combination of percentage-off discounts of the same priority, or a single discount. The following are the dictionary entries if the element represents a single discount:
The following are the dictionary entries if the element represents a combined percentage-off discount:
The following are the dictionary entries that exist in both cases:
The order the elements appear in the list is significant, because it is the order that the OrderDiscount pipeline component has determined they should be applied. Type: Currency (VT_CY)
Note:
This is the list that is used by the OrderDiscount pipeline component to specify to other pipeline components the complete list of order level discounts that should be applied to the basket.
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shipments._cy_shipping_total |
Order |
Required. The shipping totals for each shipment, as computed by a component such as ShippingMethodRouter. Type: Currency (VT_CY) |
Values Written
The ShippingDiscountAdjust pipeline component writes the following values to the Order dictionary.
Key |
Description |
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_cy_shipping_total |
Not always written (modified only if one or more shipping discounts apply). The total shipping charges for the order with the discounts (if any) applied. Type: Currency (VT_CY) |
_cy_shipping_discounts_total |
Always written (if no shipping discounts apply, this is set to zero). Sum of all shipping discounts applied to the order. Type: Currency (VT_CY) |
_shipping_discounts_applied |
Not always written (only written when no shipments list exists in the OrderForm, and one or more shipping discounts apply). A SimpleList of dictionaries where each dictionary contains information about a shipping discount that was applied to this shipment. The order of the list is significant and represents the order in which the discounts were applied to the shipment. The dictionary contains the following elements for each discount:
Type: Dictionary (VT_DISPATCH) |
shipments._cy_shipping_total |
Not always written (modified only if one or more shipping discounts apply). The total amount of shipping charges for the shipment after shipping discounts have been applied. Type: Currency (VT_CY) |
shipments._cy_shipping_discounts_subtotal |
Not always written (only written if one or more shipping discounts apply to the shipment). The sum of all shipping discounts applied to this shipment. Type: Currency (VT_CY) |
shipments._shipping_discounts_applied |
Not always written (only written if one or more shipping discounts apply to the shipment). A SimpeList of dictionaries where each dictionary contains information about a shipping discount that was applied to this shipment. The order of the list is significant and represents the order in which the discounts were applied to the shipment. The dictionary contains the following elements for each discount:
Type: Dictionary (VT_DISPATCH) |
Remarks
You can use the ShippingDiscountAdjust pipeline component to provide free shipping by writing zero (0) for the _cy_shipping_total key.