HCL Commerce Version 9.1.7.0 or later

E-Marketing Spot

The E-marketing spot widget can be used to display content, catalog entries, and categories in an e-Marketing Spot in the layout. In the e-Marketing Spot, you can run web activities and specify default content.

The E-Marketing Spot widget can display the same information as the following three widgets combined:

There are two main reasons why you might choose the e-Marketing Spot widget instead of one of the three widgets in the previous list:

  1. You have an existing E-Marketing Spot set up in the Marketing tool and you want to drop it into the layout.
  2. You are creating a layout to assign to multiple pages, and you want to display different information in the widget on each page.

When you use the E-Marketing Spot widget, you must manage the e-Marketing Spot and the information it displays in the Marketing tool, rather than in the Page Composer tool.

You can use this widget in a layout for any page type.

Example of widget content

Widget properties and content

You can drag and drop the widget in the layout template you have selected.

Double click on the widget you have dropped inside the template and you will be able to modify the widget properties. A window on the right side of the screen allows you to edit the widget properties.
  • You can update the Widget Name. This name is not displayed on the storefront.
  • From the E-marketing spot section, you can select any one of the two spots for populating this widget:
    1. Common E-Marketing Spot
      • Click on the radio button labeled Common E-Marketing Spot.
        Note: The Common E-Marketing Spot corresponds to the emsType: "global" and the emsName is full name of the E-Marketing Spot. This name can be used directly for subsequent logic.
      • Click on Select E-Marketing Spot. Select all the spots where you would like this widget to be shown on the storefront. All the selected spots will be listed below the Selected E-Marketing Spot column on the right side. Each page to which you assign the layout will use the same e-Marketing Spot. Common e-Marketing Spots make sense if you have an existing e-Marketing Spot and you want to drop it into the layout. This type of e-Marketing Spot can be used if the layout is assigned to a single page or to multiple pages.
      • To remove the selected E-marketing Spots, click on the Delete icon given in front of the selected spots.
    2. Page Specific E-Marketing Spot
      • Click on the radio button labeled Page Specific E-Marketing Spot.
        Note: The Page Specific E-Marketing Spot corresponds to the emsType: "local". The full name of this E-Marketing Spot widget is formed by linking the tokenExternalValue value and the emsName value for subsequent usage in the E-Marketing Spot in Store. For example, if tokenExternalValue: "LivingRoom" and emsName: "Hero", then the full name of the E-Marketing Spot is "LivingRoomHero".
      • If you have selected a Page-specific e-Marketing Spot, specify a suffix to use for the e-Marketing Spot name in each page, for example, Best Sellers or Row1Ad.

        For instructions on working with page-specific e-Marketing Spots, see Creating page-specific e-Marketing Spots for the E-Marketing Spot widget.

  • Click Save. The widget properties are saved successfully.