Customizing erpnext/controllers/item_variant.py

[Atheetha]

I want to edit item variant separator from “-” to “.”

Above is my hooks.py override method
plz help

[NCP]

Hi @Atheetha,

In hooks.py

override_whitelisted_methods = {
    "erpnext.controllers.item_variant.create_variant": "dev_test_frappe.controllers.override.create_variant"
}

Override create_variant method code.

import json

import frappe
from frappe import _
from frappe.utils import cstr
from erpnext.controllers.item_variant import copy_attributes_to_variant

@frappe.whitelist()
def create_variant(item, args):
	if isinstance(args, str):
		args = json.loads(args)

	template = frappe.get_doc("Item", item)
	variant = frappe.new_doc("Item")
	variant.variant_based_on = "Item Attribute"
	variant_attributes = []

	for d in template.attributes:
		variant_attributes.append({"attribute": d.attribute, "attribute_value": args.get(d.attribute)})

	variant.set("attributes", variant_attributes)
	copy_attributes_to_variant(template, variant)
	make_variant_item_code(template.item_code, template.item_name, variant)

	return variant

def make_variant_item_code(template_item_code, template_item_name, variant):
	"""Uses template's item code and abbreviations to make variant's item code"""
	if variant.item_code:
		return

	abbreviations = []
	for attr in variant.attributes:
		item_attribute = frappe.db.sql(
			"""select i.numeric_values, v.abbr
			from `tabItem Attribute` i left join `tabItem Attribute Value` v
				on (i.name=v.parent)
			where i.name=%(attribute)s and (v.attribute_value=%(attribute_value)s or i.numeric_values = 1)""",
			{"attribute": attr.attribute, "attribute_value": attr.attribute_value},
			as_dict=True,
		)

		if not item_attribute:
			continue
			# frappe.throw(_('Invalid attribute {0} {1}').format(frappe.bold(attr.attribute),
			# 	frappe.bold(attr.attribute_value)), title=_('Invalid Attribute'),
			# 	exc=InvalidItemAttributeValueError)

		abbr_or_value = (
			cstr(attr.attribute_value) if item_attribute[0].numeric_values else item_attribute[0].abbr
		)
		abbreviations.append(abbr_or_value)

	if abbreviations:
		variant.item_code = "{}.{}".format(template_item_code, "-".join(abbreviations))
		variant.item_name = "{}.{}".format(template_item_name, "-".join(abbreviations))

Output:

[Atheetha]

Hi…its not working.

override_whitelisted_methods = {
   "erpnext.controllers.item_variant.create_variant": "athiapptest.override.create_variant"
}

Its not calling above override whitelisted methods

[NCP]

Check the file path and method.

Then migrate and build the app.