Model 2 - Inventory Information for Some Products

Model 2 is appropriate for a merchant who has some inventory that is always physically in stock.

Module 2 is also appropriate for a merchant who only monitors the availability of a subset of products.

This model has inventory records that control the availability of some products. Other products without inventory records are considered to be permanently in stock.

If the following conditions exist:

1. There is an inventory list that is periodically refreshed.
   • ProductInventoryList.DefaultInStock = true
2. There are some product inventory records. The new and modified records have these values:
   • ProductInventoryRecord.allocation = {units}
   • ProductInventoryList.perpetual = false

The product inventory records can also have these values set. The values affect the calculation of ProductInventoryRecord.ATS.

• ProductInventoryList.backorderable = true
• ProductInventoryList.preorderable = true
• ProductInventoryList.preorderBackorderAllocation= {units}
• ProductInventoryList.inStockDate= {date}

Salesforce B2C Commerce calculates ProductInventoryRecord.ATS = {units} for all product records. The result is that any product without a product inventory record is considered to be in stock and available. Product inventory records for the other products indicate their availability.

The storefront behavior for products without inventory records is as follows.

The storefront behavior for products with inventory records is as follows.