Migrating Promotions
A migration tool is available so that you can migrate Promotions to SmartTarget 2014. The tool checks that Promotions contain valid Publications, Triggers, Page Regions and Content before migration.
Before you begin
Before you run the migration tool:
- Configure Publication Targets to point to your Fredhopper systems
- Run the
configuration_upgrade.jarfile to upgrade yoursmarttarget_conf.xmlfile and make sure to add your<Region>names manually.
About this task
The migration tool does not migrate the following features:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Custom settings | The migration tool cannot migrate custom Promotion settings. |
| Labels | Labels assigned to Promotions are removed during migration. |
| Fredhopper Triggers | Promotions that use the following Fredhopper-specific Triggers are not exposed in the Promotions Dialog and are not migrated:
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| Content | The migration tool cannot resolve content selected using:
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| Filters based on Facet value | The migration tool cannot migrate Promotions that use filters whose value is defined using Nth value in Facet (for example 1st value in Facet, 2nd value in Facet and so on). The migration tool is not aware of these values and so cannot migrate them, nor warn users of their removal. |