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Sitecore multilist field data source from uCommerce category

We have a Sitecore template on to which we want to put a Multilist field that allows a content editor to pick the top N products from uCommerce to relating to a page using this template. I have looked into using a Custom Data Template Field Source (http://www.sitecore.net/Community/Technical-Blogs/John-West-Sitecore-Blog/Posts/2013/09/Sitecore-7-Custom-Classes-as-Data-Template-Field-Sources.aspx) and using the uCommerce APIs I can match the page name (which is the Category) to the Category in uCommerce.

I can then bring back the Products for the editor to pick from, however the last part I can't seem to do is convert these into Sitecore Items as that is the return type needed for the data source.

I guess there are 2 questions:

  1. Is there a better (less flaky) way to get the products for the multilist based on category (dynamically)
  2. How do you convert the uCommerce Product entities to Sitecore Items?
Solution

  • uCommerce products exist in the Sitecore content tree as sitecore items which you can access and you could set the datasource of a multilist to that section of the content tree.

    I'm not entirely sure what you are trying to achieve, but hopefully that points you in the right direction.