Customize promotions
Customize promotions can involve the customization of the promotion business user tools and the underlying promotion engine, which features a clean architecture supporting rich functionality, as well as a wide array of customization possibilities.
How you approach promotions customization depends on the business tool you use to manage promotions.
- Promotions customization: Management Center
If the default promotion types supplied with the Management Center do not meet the business needs, you can create custom promotion types. Business users can then use the custom promotion types in the Management Center Promotions tool to create promotions for the store.
- Promotions customization: WebSphere Commerce Accelerator
If the default promotion types supplied with WebSphere Commerce Accelerator do not meet the business needs, you can create custom promotion types. Business users can then use the custom promotion types in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator to create promotions for the store.
- Promotion engine customization
You can customize the promotion engine if the customization scenario is not already supported by the existing promotion engine function.
Related concepts
XMLizable interface and component model
Black box view of the promotion engine's architecture
Raise customer awareness of promotions
Related tasks
Overview of creating a new promotion type using existing promotion elements
Store custom promotion XML in the database
Related reference