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Defining Current date triggers

Triggers a Promotion between specific start and end dates, or at specific time intervals (scheduling) for example daily, weekly, or monthly.

Procedure

  1. In the slide out navigation pane, select Targeting.

    The Targeting Dashboard appears.

  2. In the Source drop-down menu:
    1. Select a Web site for which you want to manage Promotions. For example, you will typically have a "Staging" Web site and a "Live" Web site:
      • Staging is the internal Web site where Experience Manager is set up for inline editing and testing
      • Live is your external, public-facing Web site
    2. Click the Promotions tab to view the list of Promotions available for the Web site.
    A list of Promotions for which you have Manage Promotions rights is displayed.
  3. Open an existing Promotion, or click New to create a Promotion.
  4. Select the Triggers section, then choose the Current date trigger from the drop-down menu:
  5. Specify the dates when the Promotion should be displayed:
    • Start date—click Select Date to open the calendar control and choose a start date
    • End date—click Select Date to open the calendar control and choose an end date
  6. Set the Recurrence to the frequency with which you want to display the Promotion:
    • Select Always Show to show the Promotion continuously during the start and end dates.
    • Select Weekly, then choose the days of the week you want the Promotion to appear.
    • Select Monthly, then choose the day of the month you want the Promotion to appear.
    • Select Yearly, then choose the day of the year you want the Promotion to appear.
  7. Click Save when you have finished editing.