Plans> Groups> What is it for?

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Hello
Plans> Groups.
Clicking Groups is> "Create"
Here is "Main information" - "Name" field
"Additional information" - "Exclusive" - "Yes" or "No"
What is it for?

Best wishes
Piotr

Jerome wrote: The "exclusive" is used for custom restrictions so when a customer have one subscription in the plan, you would refuse that he get other subscriptions for the same group.
Regards,

I checked and either I don't understand something or it works differently.
I have 4 access plans for a given article title - 1 day access, 7 days access, 14 days access, 1 month access.
There are Groups under the Plans and a group is created with the name of this article title and these 4 plans are included in this group.
As described - when someone buys access to the title of an article, e.g. 1 day, after the purchase, the buyer is "closed" after a while (different time - the minimum time is about 5 minutes), confirmation appears, i.e. an active subscription and then makes the next purchase - should be denied for each of these four plans until the subscription expires or is canceled - right?
In my case, after someone purchases a plan, 1 day after activation, there is no refusal to buy another of these four plans.
The process of purchasing the next plan - 1 day access ends with logging in to PAYPAL and failure information, while the subscription list shows this subscription with 1 day access as "closed". Going further - the process of purchasing the next plan, e.g. 7 days access followed by logging in to the PAYPAL website, then the purchase, success and return to the store website, the buyer's subscription list shows 7 days access as "closed" and after some time there is confirmation of activation and there are both subscriptions active.
To sum up - in order on the list for one title:
1. access 7 days - "active"
2. access 1 day - "active"
3. access 1 day - "closed"

I am asking for a tip if I am doing something wrong or does it work differently?
I would like to add that I am interested in such a process that buying one access plan for a given title blocks the possibility of buying another of the four plans for this title.
Best wishes
Piotr

Jerome wrote: I still don't think that you need 4 plans for the different durations, specially if the plans unlock the exact same things.

Hello Jerome
Thank you for the answer but ...

In one of the messages you wrote:

HikaSerial Subscription is based on a more simple goal: you link a product with one plan.

In another thread I read that if the product is to have versions it is best to use Characteristics to create variants.

My need is:
Product category "A" (example with a capital letter)> Product A, B, C etc. as an article in Joomla and each has 4 variants - I have as Access plans (subscription) - different access time.
I need the buyer to see Product A or B or C or D etc., which has 4 Access Plans - Access 1, Access 2, Access 3, Access 4 - one of the Plans to choose.
The buyer chooses say Product B - Access 3.
After the payment is shown in "My subscriptions".
How do I set up to:
the buyer could not buy again Product B - Access 3, and the others could see but not available immediately product B - Access 1,2,3,4 was it again after the purchased subscription expired or was canceled by the buyer?

I will add that Product B - Access 1,2,3,4 is to be visible at all times to unregistered and registered visitors who do not have purchased Product B in one of the options Access 1,2,3,4.

Best wishes
Piotr

Jerome wrote: The "exclusive" is used for custom restrictions so when a customer have one subscription in the plan, you would refuse that he get other subscriptions for the same group.
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Hello
Thank you for your answer
I am asking for detailed information on how it works and how to set it up?
If I grouped 4 Plans and the buyer bought one of the plans and has an active subscription in this group - as explained above - he should not be able to buy another plan in this group if he has an active subscription - right?
I checked - this restriction> "exclusive" - when enabled, does not result in refusing to buy another plan when there is already one active subscription.
Best wishes
Piotr