Custom Properties on UC Entities

[philipdanielhayton]

Hi guys,

It's sometimes useful to have custom data associated with UC Entities such as Payment Methods, Shipping Methods, etc.

I was wondering whether it would be possible to add a simple Properties dictionary to the core Store Entities, like we have on Orders & Order Lines, which we can then wire up to the entity edit screens using a config file, like we do for the Order Editor?

As a prime example; on a recent project I needed to implement a shipping adjustment that reduced the shipping cost by the sub total of the order, down to a specific minimum amount, so I needed somewhere to store the minimum amount.

In the past I have implemented this kind of thing by mirroring the UC Entities within the Content section, but it's a bit fiddly to implement as a Dev, and it feels wrong having config in two places.

One 'gotcha' is how this would work in a multi-culture setup. It's probably not the ideal solution for fields that require different values per culture, but for universal settings like cost, it would be a nice addition.

PS sorry for spamming all these at once, I'm just clearing out my UC Wish List 😅