Create promotion folders

We can use Management Center to create promotion folders to organize and manage store promotions.

Business users cannot create promotion folders. A Site Administrator must manually create promotion folders by using SQL statements.


Before beginning

(Enterprise) If we are using extended sites, ensure that you understand how folders work in extended sites. See Folders in extended sites.


Procedure

  1. Open the Promotions tool.

  2. In the explorer view, expand Promotions

  3. Click the folder to create a folder within, or select the top-level directory to create a top-level folder. A list of all promotion folders displays in the main work area. Tip: We can view a list of promotions or a list of subfolders within the folder or directory. Click the

    Show Promotions List or

    Show Promotion Folders List.

  4. From the toolbar, click the arrow on the right side of the Create New icon; then, select Promotion Folder.

  5. In the Name field, type a name.

  6. Optional: In the Description field, specify a description.

  7. Optional: Add, remove, or replace the parent folder:

    Option Description
    Add Use the utilities view or the explorer view to drag a folder into the Parent Folder table. A subfolder cannot have multiple parent folders, but a folder can have multiple subfolders.
    Remove Select the folder in the Parent Folder table and click

    Delete. If you remove the entry in this table, you change the folder from a subfolder to a top-level folder.

    Replace Use the utilities view or the explorer view to drag a folder into the Parent Folder table. The folder that you drag into the Parent Folder table replaces the previous folder as the parent folder.

  8. Click Save. Click Close. Ensure that your new promotion folder opens.


Related concepts
Folders


Related tasks
Organizing promotions with folders
Changing promotion folders
Adding promotions and subfolders to a folder
Deleting promotions and subfolders from a folder
Viewing which activities and folders reference a promotion