Qixol Promo Help > Promotion Management > Configuring Promotions

 

Basic Information

 

 

 

 

The basic information entered for a promotion is the same for all promotion types.  This information provides the names and description of the promotion, both for users of the Promo Portal and for customers (note the Collateral can also be used to extend the information available to customers).

 

The basic information provides the following fields:

 

Field

Description

 

Name

A unique name for the promotion.  The name will be provided in basket validations, however may not be displayed to the customer depending on the integration design.

 

Valid From

The date and time from which the promotion is available to baskets.

 

Valid To

The date and time until which the promotion is available to baskets.

 

Description

A description to help users understand the promotion.  Only visible to users of the Promo Portal.

 

Your Reference

A free-text reference for the promotion.  The value is returned with basket validations when a promotion is applied or reported as missed.

 

Reporting Code

A reporting code for the promotion.    See Reporting Groups and Codes for further information.

 

The selected reporting code is returned with basket validations when a promotion is applied.

 

Promotion Group

A promotion group, to help categorise the promotion within the Promo Portal.

 

End-user/Customer Description

A description to be presented to the end-user/customer.

 

The text is returned with basket validations when a promotion is applied.

 

Always Apply?

Only available where the setting Permit layering promotions outside Best Deal is configured with a value of true.

 

Flag indicating whether the promotion should be processed outside of the Best Deal processing.  See Best Deal and Conflict Resolution and Always Apply (Promotion Stacking) for more information.

 

When to apply

Only available where Always Apply? is selected.

 

Select from:

 

Before Best Deal Promotions

 

The promotion will be applied before all best deal promotions, and all promotions applied at this point will use the original prices provided with the basket request.

 

After Best Deal Promotions

 

The promotion will be applied after all best deal promotions, and all promotions applied at this point will use the prices including discounts applied during the best deal processing.

 

Apply last, with all previous discounts included

Only available where Always Apply? is selected and where When to apply has value of After Best Deal Promotions.

 

Flag indicating whether the promotion should be applied as the last promotion, taking into account all previously applied discounts (including those of other promotions flagged as Always Apply).

 

Restrict promotions that can be applied after this?

 

Only available where  Advanced Promotion Rules  module is configured - contact Qixol to enable these advanced tools.

 

Restrict promotions applied after this rule

Only available where Restrict promotions that can be applied after this? is selected.

 

Select from:

 

Stop all promotions

 

No further promotions (excluding those at the same Promotion Level) can be applied to a basket after this.

 

Stop Basket discounts

 

No further basket level promotions can be applied to a basket after this.

 

Stop Delivery discounts

 

No further delivery level promotions can be applied to a basket after this.

 

Stop Issue Voucher Code promotions

 

No further Issue Voucher Code promotions can be applied to a basket after this.

 

Stop Issue Points promotions

 

No further Issue Points promotions can be applied to a basket after this.

 

Stop Workflow promotions

 

No further Workflow Trigger promotions can be applied to a basket after this.

 

Published?

Flag indicating whether the promotion is Published.  Only published promotions are available to integrated systems using the Promo API.

 

 

 

Tip:  when creating promotions, leave the Published? flag unselected so that you can test your new promotion using the Basket Builder.  When you are happy with the way your new promotion works, and interacts with other promotions, you can then update the Published? flag to make it available to integrated systems.   For more information, see Testing and Publishing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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