You can create add-on articles that will only be displayed to customers who have the appropriate promotion code active in their sessions via a membership or benefit so that those customers can receive
Before You Begin
- Create benefits that contains a single promotion code.
- Write down the GUID of the promotion code associated to the benefit, using your browser to inspect the elements of the promotion code.
- Optionally, add the benfit to a membership
To create a membership/benefit-specific add-on article, complete the following:
- Open the Product Configuration application from the AudienceView Desktop.
- Select the Miscellaneous Items tab.
The Miscellaneous Items|Search page appears.
- Search for and select the miscellaneous item that you want to make a offer in the add-on article.
The Miscellaneous Items|Details page appears.
- Ensure that Add-On is selected from the 'Sales Type' field.
- Enter the GUID for the promotion code in the 'Data 8' field.
- Click 'Apply'.
If you did not specify an 'Effective Date', the application confirms the use of the current date and time. Click 'OK'.
A window confirms that the application updated the miscellaneous item.
- Click 'OK'.
- Open the Content Management application from the AudienceView Desktop.
- Select the Articles tab.
The Articles|Search page appears.
- Click 'Create New'.
The Articles|Basic page appears.
- Enter a 'Name' for the article.
- Select Body with Search from the 'Article Type' dropdown.
- Select the Calendar tab.
The Articles|Calendar page appears.
- Click 'Add Entry'.
A new calendar row appears in the article calendar group box.
- Complete the following article calendar fields:
- Select the role(s) that will be able to view the article from the 'User Role' field.
- Enter the date and time that you want the article to begin appearing in the 'On Calendar' field or click
to select a date .
- Enter the date and time that you want the article to no longer appear in the 'Off Calendar' field or click
to select a date .
- Select the Text tab.
The Articles|Text page appears.
- Click 'Insert Widget' and select Search Results - Detailed.
The Search Results Widget dialog box appears:
- Click 'Insert Widget'.
- Select the Criteria tab.
The Articles|Criteria page appears.
- Click 'Add Criteria'.
- Select/enter the following:
- Field: Sales Type
- Type: Match Condition
- Operator: Equals
- Values: Add-On
- Click 'Add Criteria'.
- Select/enter the following:
- Field: Data 8
- Type: Match Condition (Session)
- Operator: Equals
- Values: Promotional Codes
- Click 'Create'.
A window confirms that the application created the article.
- Click 'OK'.
- Assign the add-on article that you just created as 'Add-On Article' on the primary items (i.e. on the items that will trigger the upsell/add-on articles) the following items/pages:
When customers who have the appropriate membership/benefit are logged into AudienceView Online, and they add one of the primary items to their shopping carts, the add-on article will appear and display the promoted items.
When customers who do not have the appropriate membership/benefit (or are not logged in) select one of the primary items, the add-on article will appear but will not display the promoted items.