Disabling the marketing tool in the

Once you have decided to use the new Marketing tool in the , you must disable the marketing tool in the to prevent your business users from creating campaigns and activities using both the and the .

About this task

The Marketing tools in the is under the "Marketing" menu selection.

Procedure

Navigate to the wc_profiledir/xml/tools/common directory.
Open the CommerceAcceleratorB2C.xml file in an editor.

Locate the following entry:

<menuitem name="marketing"
   enabled="true" 
   taskUsages="all" 
   users="buyer catMgr makMgr podMgr seller">

Within that entry, locate the "campaigns" node entry:

<node name="campaigns" 
   url="$webapp_accelerator$CampaignsView?ActionXMLFile=campaigns.CampaignList&cmd=CampaignListView&orderby=name" 
   taskUsages="all" 
   users="makMgr podMgr seller"/>

Place an XML comment around this element, for example:

<!--  
<node name="campaigns" 
   url="$webapp_accelerator$CampaignsView?ActionXMLFile=campaigns.CampaignList&cmd=CampaignListView&orderby=name" 
   taskUsages="all" 
   users="makMgr podMgr seller"/>
-->

Repeat the preceding steps to remove the following nodes:
- campaignInitiatives
- experiment
Important: Ensure that you have not commented "collateral", "customerProfiles", or "ems"
Copy the changed files for your store types to the wc_eardir/xml/tools/common directory.
Deploy the updated file to the application server.
Stop and restart your server for the changes to take effect.

What to do next

Verify that your business users will not see the menu items that you have removed, by logging onto the and checking the menu items. Once you have confirmed that your system is operating correctly using the new tools, you can remove the commented sections of the configuration file. You may also want to modify the information shown on the home page for your store type to remove the information about what the menu items contain so that your business users are not misled. For example, the highlights listed under "Merchandise" and "Marketing" sections on the main screen (see AcceleratorHomeB2C.jsp) indicate functions that are going to be commented in the previous section, which are being moved to the .