Targeting a Discount to Page Groups and Target Groups

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11/12/2009

You can specify if a discount is to appear on all pages of the site or if it is to appear only on assigned page groups. You use page groups to specify on which Web pages a discount will appear. For example, if your Web site is an online newspaper, you can assign a discount for golf clubs to only run on the Sports page.

You can display your discounts on all of your page groups, or you can select from the page groups that have been created in the Page Groups section in the Reference Tables module. For information about creating page groups, see Adding Page Groups.

Note

Before you can target an ad to a page group, your site developer must add the necessary code to enable the ad to display on the page. For information about enabling ads to display on a page, see the Ad Sitelet sample in the Commerce Server 2002 Software Development Kit.

You can also specify the target groups to which the discount should be displayed. Target groups are a collection of two or more expressions used to target a specific group of users. You can use target groups to include specified users in a group, or to exclude specified users from a group. For information about creating target groups, see Creating a Target Group.

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For examples that show how to set up different types of discount conditions, awards, and eligibility requirements, see Discount Examples. The examples display the Business Desk Discount Definition screen for each discount, and the discount results for each user basket.
Before you can save the discount, you must set up the discount display.
Any changes made to your discount must be published into production before they will appear on the Web site. For information about publishing changes to your Web site, see Publishing Campaign Changes on Your Web Site.

To target a discount to a page group

To target a discount to a target group

To target a discount to a page group

In Campaigns, click Campaign Manager, select the discount for which you want to specify the discount target, and then click on the toolbar.

In the Campaign Manager <Customer> <Campaign> <Campaign Discount Item> (discount ID: <number>) screen, in the Discount Display Target section, do the following:

Use this	To do this
Use these targets in addition to selected eligible targets	Select this option if you want to use a page group(s) and/or a target group(s) in addition to the selected discount eligibility requirement expressions, which are selected in the Discount Definition screen. For example, in addition to targeting users whose favorite sport is biking, you can target the discount to display on a certain page group, such as the sports page on a Newspaper site. For information about page groups, see Adding Page Groups. For information about target groups, see Creating a Target Group.
Use these targets instead of selected eligible targets	Select this option if you want to use a page group(s) and/or a target group(s) instead of the selected discount eligibility requirement expressions, which are selected in the Discount Definition screen. For information about page groups, see Adding Page Groups. For information about target groups, see Creating a Target Group.
Show on all Page Groups	Select this check box to display the ad on all page groups of the Web site. To assign the discount to a specific page group, clear this check box, and follow the remaining steps in this procedure.
Page groups: Available	Select the page group(s) you want to assign, and then click Add. The page group is moved to the Assigned box. To remove a page group from the Assigned box, click Remove. This moves the page group to the Available box.

The selected page group(s) and discount campaign target information is specified for the discount.

To target a discount to a target group

In Campaigns, click Campaign Manager, select the discount for which you want to specify the discount target, and then click on the toolbar.

In the Campaign Manager <Customer> <Campaign> <Campaign Discount Item> (discount ID: <number>) screen, in the Discount Display Target section, do the following:

Use these targets in addition to selected eligible targets

Select this option if you want to use a page group(s) and/or a target group(s) in addition to the selected discount eligibility requirement expressions, which are selected in the Discount Definition screen. For example, in addition to targeting users whose favorite sport is biking, you can target the discount to display on a certain page group, such as the sports page on a Newspaper site.

For information about page groups, see Adding Page Groups. For information about target groups, see Creating a Target Group.

Use these targets instead of selected eligible targets

Select this option if you want to use a page group(s) and/or a target group(s) instead of the selected discount eligibility requirement expressions, which are selected in the Discount Definition screen.

For information about page groups, see Adding Page Groups. For information about target groups, see Creating a Target Group.

Target groups: Available

Select the target group(s) this discount applies to, and then click Add.

The target group is moved to the Assigned box. To remove a target group from the Assigned box, click Remove. This moves the target group to the Available box.

For information about target groups, see Target Groups, and Creating a Target Group.

The selected target group(s) and discount campaign target information is specified for the discount.

Before you can save the discount, you must set up the discount display. For information about setting up the discount display, see Specifying the Discount Display.

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Any changes made to your discount must be published into production before they will appear on the Web site. For information about publishing changes to your Web site, see Publishing Campaign Changes on Your Web Site.

Targeting a Discount to Page Groups and Target Groups

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