Creating and Managing Offers (Offers Console) creating-and-managing-offers
The Offers console will be deprecated in the future. So, from now, it is:
- Only available to customers that have legacy offers already defined (that is, pre-existing)
- Recommended that any such legacy offers be converted to Experience Fragment offers
- As soon as the last legacy offer is converted/removed, the Offers console will no longer be available.
Converting a Legacy Offer to an Experience Fragment convert-legacy-offer-to-experience-fragment
A Convert to experience fragment variation option, and workflow, has been implemented to help you convert your legacy offer to an Experience Fragment:
- The Offers console will no longer be available.
- The target icon within the toolbar bar of any other impacted components will no longer appear.
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Open a page that contains the offer for editing.
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Switch to Targeting mode for that page.
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Select Start Targeting.
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Select the appropriate (targeted) component.
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The component toolbar will provide an option to Convert to experience fragment variation:
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A dialog box is shown. Here you can select the required Action:
- Create a new Experience Fragment
- Add the content to an existing Experience Fragment
For this scenario, select Create a new Experience Fragment.
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Complete the required fields in the dialog:
- Parent path
Specify the parent path of the new experience fragment - Template
Select the template to use for creating the experience fragment. - Fragment title
Specify the title. - Fragment tags
Add tags, if necessary.
- Parent path
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Confirm with Done.
If you now navigate to the Experience Fragment Offers console, you can see your new experience fragment, together with its associated variations.
Targeting with the Offers Template targeting-offers-template
- once the last legacy offer has been converted to Experience Fragments
- when legacy offers are deprecated (in the future)
For customers with pre-existing legacy offers, the Use Offer Template options are visible when targeting components that are not Experience Fragments:
The Offers Console offers-console
Use the Offers console to create offers that you can use in activity experiences. Creating offers in the Offers console saves time when several experiences require the same offer:
- Create the offer once in the library and use it in multiple experiences of your brand activities.
- Change the offer in the library and the change affects all experiences that use it.
The Offers console organizes offers by brand. Each brand contains a library of offers that can be used in a brand’s experiences. Use folders to define a hierarchical structure for organizing offers in each library. A logical folder structure enables authors to easily find offers by browsing. Tagging and search tools also enable authors to find offers.
Add a Brand Using the Offers Console add-a-brand-using-the-offers-console
Create a brand with which your offers are associated. Open a brand in the Offers console to access its offer library where you can create folders and offers.
When you create a brand using the Offers console, it also appears in the Activities console where you can add and administer activities for the brand.
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In the Navigation console, select Personalization > Offers.
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Select Create and then Create Brand.
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Select the brand template and select Next.
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Type a title for the brand as you want it to appear in the Offers and Activities consoles. Optionally, type or select one or more tags to associate with the brand.
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Select Create.
Add a Folder to an Offer Library add-a-folder-to-an-offer-library
Add a folder to the offer library of a brand to organize and store offers. You can create a folder below the brand or below other folders.
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In the Offers console, open the location where you want to create the folder. For example, open the brand to create a top-level folder, or open another folder in the library.
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Select Create > Create Folder or Offer.
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Select Folder and click Next.
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Type a title for the folder as you want it to appear in the offer library and type or select tags.
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Select Create.
Add an Offer to an Offer Library add-an-offer-to-an-offer-library
Add an offer to a brand’s offer library so that it can be added to the brand’s experiences. When you add an offer you provide a title. You can also associate the offer with one or more tags for enhancing searchability.
After you create the offer you can open it to author the content.
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In the Offers console, open the location where you want to create the offer. For example, open the brand to create a top-level offer, or open a folder in the library.
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Select Create > Create Folder or Offer.
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Select the Offer Page template and then select Next.
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Type a title for the offer and optionally select or type one or more tags to associate with the offer, then select Create.
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In the confirmation dialog box, to open the offer for editing select Open Page.
Editing an Offer editing-an-offer
Open an offer and edit the content as you want it to appear in the experiences that use it. When you edit an offer that is used in any experiences, your changes appear in the experiences.
You can open an offer from a folder in an offer library or from search results. You can also open an offer from an experience that uses the offer.
- In the Offers console, select the icon next to the offer and select Edit.
- Add components to the offer and edit the component content as usual.
Deleting an Offer deleting-an-offer
Delete an offer when it is no longer needed. When you attempt to delete an offer that is used in an experience, you are prompted to confirm the deletion. Confirming deletes the offer and removes it from the experiences.
You can delete an offer while viewing either folder contents in an offer library or search results.
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In the Offers console, select the icon next to the offer and select Delete.
Select the offer and select Delete.
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In the dialog box that appears, select Delete to confirm the deletion.
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If the offer is used in one or more experiences, a dialog box appears to indicate that the offer is referenced:
- To delete the offer and remove it from the experiences, select Force Delete.
- To keep the offer, select Cancel.
Searching for Offers searching-for-offers
Search for offers of any brand using keywords for matching the title.
The current search criteria appear next to the search results. You can also sort the results by column in ascending or descending order. You can perform a search from any folder of any offer library. The search results are the same regardless of the current folder.
To search offers:
- At the top of the Offers console, select the magnifying glass icon. By default the search is limited to offers.
- Enter your keyword to search for offers. Select from the results.