4 | LMG OnTap Data - Receiving Promotions in BackOffice

This article is a how-to-guide to manually receiving LMG OnTap Data promotions in BackOffice. When Promotions are imported via the Scheduled Job, they are automatically retrieved into BackOffice on a set schedule. On the other hand, if a BackOffice Extension device has been setup for LMG OnTap Data then Promotions will need to be received manually.

This article is a how-to-guide to manually receiving LMG OnTap Data promotions in BackOffice.

When Promotions are imported via the Scheduled Job, they are automatically retrieved into BackOffice on a set schedule.

On the other hand, if a BackOffice Extension device has been setup for LMG OnTap Data then Promotions will need to be received manually.

Prerequisites

• To access Promotions import features, the applicable Operator Privileges will need to be enabled
• Operator Maintenance 'Marketing & Promotions' Tab
• Promotions: "Manual Product Promotions" flag

Receiving LMG OnTap Data Promotions

• To Receive the Promotions Manually, first, ensure that BackOffice has been restarted after the BackOffice Extension has been created & saved; this will enable the Extension
• After logging back into BackOffice, navigate to Marketing & Promotions in the side menu, expand it and select Product Promotions
• If the BackOffice Extension has been correctly applied, there will be a Receive Promotions button on the far right of the header; click this button to begin the Manual Import

• After clicking the Receive Promotions button, the Import process will begin with the opening of the Import Promotions window which will list all of the Products from the Price Promotions file
  
• If the Price Promotions file cannot be located or does not exist, the Import Multibuys window will open which will list all of the Products from the Multibuys Promotion file
  
• If neither the Price Promotions or Multibuys Promotion files can be located or they don't exist, nothing will happen