10 | LMG Bottlemart - Schedule Job Setup for Promotions Import

This article outlines the steps to setup a Schedule Job for importing LMG Bottlemart Promotions.

There are two (2) ways of importing LMG Bottlemart Promotions:

Using a BackOffice Extension to import the Promotions manually
Using a Scheduled Job to import the Promotions automatically based on a Schedule

Importing Promotions via the Schedule Job will retrieve Product Promotion information from the files and match it with the Supplier's Pricebook and with the Database Product List. Retrieving Product information can be accessed locally or through an external server.

Other information retrieved includes Promotional Pricing, Required Quantities where applicable and Promotion Start and End Dates.

NB: Options available within the Schedule Job for LMG Bottlemart may vary depending upon the Bepoz Version installed.

Prerequisites

To access Promotion import features, the applicable Operator Privileges will need to be enabled

Operator Maintenance 'General' Tab

System Setup: "Access Venue, Stores & Tills" flag
System Setup: "Maintain Scheduled Job" flag

Setting up a Scheduled Job

Scheduled Jobs will retrieve Product information and import it directly into BackOffice
To set up the BackOffice Scheduled Job, log in to BackOffice and complete the following steps:

Navigate to System Setup and select Scheduled Jobs
Select Add Job button and the Job Maintenance window will open
There are a number of credentials that need to input and they include:

Job Name: Give the Job a relevant name
Job Type: External DLL
DLL Name: Jobscandata.Dll
ClassName: LMG2 Promotions File

Job Options will also require a number of configurations as well:

Use FTP: If this flag is enabled, the Promotions File will be downloaded from a remote server; the Data Path will be used if this flag is disabled
Delete Import File: If this flag is enabled (i.e.; the Promotions are being imported from .csv file in the local directory), this will delete the Promotions file from the local directory after the import process is completed
Banner Group: The Banner Group Identifier that will match any promotions from the promotions import file
Pricing Zone: Provided by LMG (ranges from 1-6)
Data Path: This is the local file directory that will be used to retrieve the Promotions file

Will only be used if the Use FTP flag is disabled

FTP Url: Provided by LMG
FTP Username: Provided by LMG
FTP Password: Provided by LMG
State: Select the State where the Promotions are being imported; this will match the Promotions in the file so that only Promotions for the selected State are imported
Store: Enter a Store ID if the Promotions need to be filtered to a specific Store
Discount Totaliser: Enter the Discount Totaliser that any Discounts attributed to the created Promotions will be added to

Select Run Now! to run the Job immediately (as opposed to running based on the Schedule) and click OK to save the Scheduled Job

File Location

File types will need to be saved to the File Path Directories that were defined in the Device Options & Job Options

The File Paths used in this article are for demonstration and are merely a suggestion; place the Files wherever is best suited so long as the File Path is correctly defined in the Setup

Promotions files should be in a .CSV format

10 | LMG Bottlemart - Schedule Job Setup for Promotions Import

This article outlines the steps to setup a Schedule Job for importing LMG Bottlemart Promotions.

Prerequisites

Setting up a Scheduled Job

File Location

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