Testing the new promotion type in the Management Center

In this lesson, you create a promotion in the Management Center using your customized promotion code.

About this task

In the previous lessons, you performed the required customization tasks. To ensure the promotion is implemented correctly for business users, complete the steps below to add a new promotion to your store using your new promotion type. Here is a description of the promotion you are about to create:

"Customers purchasing $200 or more of any KitchenCraft Chef Line Knife Set catalog entries will receive four KitchenComfort Vienna glasses for free"

Procedure

  1. Ensure that the HCL Commerce Test Server is running.
  2. Open and log on to Management Center using the Marketing Manager user ID you previously registered.
  3. From the Management Center Tools menu, click Promotions.
  4. From the Select Store list in the top-right, select your store.
  5. From the toolbar, click the create new icon.Create New button.
    The Promotion Type Selector menu opens.
  6. In the left pane, click the Free gift promotions folder. You added your new promotion type to this folder in an earlier lesson.
  7. In the right pane, click your new promotion type, Spend $ on catalog entry X, get catalog entry Y free, as shown here:

    Promotion Type Selector

    The properties view for the new promotion type displays.

  8. In the Administrative Name field, type Kitchenware free gift with purchase.
  9. In the Priority field, type 1000.
    This assigns the highest priority value to this promotion, which ensures that this promotion gets applied during your testing.
  10. In the search field for Catalog entries, type the code for the "KitchenCraft Chef Line Knife Set", HKT030_3001. Then, click Find and Add.
    The catalog entry added to the table.
  11. In the search field for Catalog entries, type the code for the "KitchenCraft Sous Chef Line Knife Set", HKT030_3002. Then, click Find and Add.
    The catalog entry added to the table.
  12. In the Minimum Purchase on base catalog entries field, type 200.
  13. In the search field for Free gift catalog entry, type the code for the KitchenComfort Vienna Glass HTA029_291001. Then, click Find and Add.
    The catalog entry added to the table.
  14. In the adjacent Quantity for free column, type 4.
    The Purchase Condition and Reward section now looks like the following image:

    Purchase Condition and Reward
  15. Click the Descriptions tab.
  16. In the Administrative description field, type the following description:
    Customers purchasing $200 or more of any KitchenCraft Chef Line Knife Set catalog entries will receive four KitchenComfort Vienna glasses for free.
  17. In the Customer viewable short description field, type the following description:
    Customers purchasing $200 or more of kitchenware will receive four "Vienna" glasses for free
  18. Click Save and Close.
  19. From the explorer view, click Promotions.
    The Promotions - List displays your new promotion.
  20. Right-click Kichenware free gift with purchase. Then click Activate.

    Activating a promotion

Results

Now that you have verified that a Marketing Manager can create a promotion using your new promotion type, continue to the next lesson to verify that qualifying shoppers can receive the promotion while shopping.