How does this module work?

[movieseals]

From the description, this module appears to do something I want:  Add a product to a customer's cart or order or on some sort of list if it meets certain conditions, say the customers want to subscribe to this title future volumes (I sell books).

However, I am confused: I installed the module and it only asks to setup a cron.  No time is mentioned (hourly, daily, weekly?).

I understand I need to create the list in the Catalog portion of the menu, but how would I go about it?

I look at the list definition and it is a bit unclear how I set up my conditions or if it would work at all.

Thanks!

C.

[DRMasterChief]

Hi,   which module ?   you give no name for the module...

[movieseals]

I am posting in a section called Premium module about an item called Dynamic Lists, which is the name of the module.  Why should I repeat what it is in my question?  Is not the purpose of separating the module section by names of the individual modules a way to signify which module each person is talking about in the respective module's thread enough or am I too dense to be here?

[datakick]

This module allows you to have lists of something -- usually it's list of products, customers, or orders. These lists are meant for employees only, and are usually used as some kind of todo list or trello board.

There are few different ways how items can be added to the list (my examples use list of products, but similarly you could work with other entity types)

1) manually -- employee can assign products with lists in back office product page:

2) mass addition -- all products, or all products that matches some criteria can be added in bulk

3) Entry conditions

You can set up list entry conditions -- when product is created, or updated, and conditions are satisfied, the product will be added to list.

 

Example use case:

Let's say I'm adding new language FR to my store, and I want to have list of all products that needs translation. 

1. I create new list named FR translation completed
2. I perform initial load of products -- assign products by condition  (english name exists, FR name does not exists)
3. Next, I will create exit conditions (in Set rules > Exist conditionS) -- remove product from this list when product is updated, and FR translation for Name field has changed and is not empty: 

Now every time I edit the product that is on this list and change Name fields in FR, the product will be removed from the list.

I now have a TODO list of products that needs attention of my translator:

 

There are many other use cases. For example, when product price changes, product can be added to 'Review price' list automatically. You can have a list of orders waiting for products on backorder, or whatever.

You can also create list without any entry or exit conditions, and use it for intracompany communication. For example, your employees can use lists to flag some orders for managers attention, or manually mark products that are low on stock,...