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Configuration of Products in Promotions
When you create a promotion, you must add and configure at least one product to it. You also need to set the product quantities, a time plan, product hierarchy, and context rules.
You can add products to promotions in several ways:
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One or more single products
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A group of products contained in a product bundle
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Multiple product bundles
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Any combination of single products and product bundle
You may find it more convenient to group products together in bundles before adding them to a promotion, instead of putting products in a promotion to group them.
Minimum, Default, and Maximum Quantity
After you add a product to a promotion, you can edit the product's minimum, default, and maximum quantities within the promotion. These quantities are referred to as cardinality. For example, you can add a product bundle that includes two optional products. You can edit these two products to be required in the promotion. See Adding a Product to a Promotion.
Time Plan Hierarchy
If you do not specify a different time plan for a product in a promotion, the promotion's time plan is inherited by the product. However, you can choose to limit the duration of a change in the product's price. For example, you can create a promotion that has a two-year commitment duration. But the price of a product within the promotion can be discounted for a six-month time plan only, and resume regular pricing for the remaining 18 months of the promotion's time plan.
Product Hierarchy in a Promotion
You can nest products under another product. For example, you can add Product A to the promotion. Then you can add Products 1, 2, and 3, and designate Product A as the Parent Offer Product.
Context Rules and Promotions
You can apply context rules to a promotion so that specific promotions qualify for purchase depending on whether the account meets certain conditions, such as an account's status or service level agreement. See Qualification Rules for Products and Promotions.
