[CRM-14918] Line Items should be created for all Membership Signup/Renewal and Participant Registration transactions - CiviCRM Issue Tracker

Details

Type: Bug
Status: Done/Fixed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed/Completed
Affects Version/s: 4.5
Fix Version/s: 4.5
Component/s: None
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Description

Starting in 4.5 - we always want to create an associated line_item for every new membership, participant, and contribution transaction. The line_item will link to the membership, participant or contribution record via entity_table / entity_id. The line_item MAY also link to the associated contribution (payment) record if a payment was recorded.

For back-office membership sign-up/renewal and participant registrations, if the admin chooses NOT to record payment, then line_item.contribution_id should be NULL. For zero-dollar back-office AND front-end transaction - a zero-dollar contribution will be created and linked to the line_item UNLESS admin has decided NOT to record a payment.

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When a participant is created via an offline registration, without recording a payment, the corresponding line items are created for the participant. However, a contribution is not recorded. The question then arises as to why the line items would need to be created at all when a contribution isn't being recorded? Is there a particular use case in which this would be a valid process?