What is the event dispatching when abandoned cart save it's data?

Question

I need to save some additional data in sales_flat_quote table. So what is the event which dispatching when the abandoned cart data saves in this table?

EDIT: I need to save item names comma separately in the sales_flat_quote table by adding a new column. Hope a data script can be used to fill the column. But How can I do this without an event observer?

Please be kind enough to provide suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The following events was fulfilled the requirement.

sales_quote_collect_totals_after

onepage_checkout_index_middle

Answer 2

1. There is no specific event triggered for abandoned cart (as far as I know).
2. You can check it manually using a cron job.
3. You can use controller_action_postdispatch_customer_account_logout event to check the sales_flat_quote table which aren't present in sales_flat_order table. This will give you the abandoned quotes (in other words abandoned carts).

this link will give you the exact answer for your question.

note:

You cannot rely on controller_action_postdispatch_customer_account_logout event completely as there are many untraceable instances, which will result in abandoned carts viz.

• User closing browser window
• Sudden power off etc.

Therefore cron would be the better Idea!

or

There are some paid extensions to do this job for you.

• http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/Adjustware/extension/1290/abandoned-carts-alerts-pro
• http://www.extendware.com/abandoned-cart-reminder-magento-extension.html