Defining Session - Original Referrer trigger

Trigger Promotion based on the domain name of the referrer.

Before you begin

To use session data and visitor data as triggers, your system must have the Ambient Data Framework and SmartTarget cartridges installed.

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 Session - Original Referrer trigger from the drop-down menu:
  5. Enter the domain name of the referrer, for example google.
  6. Click Save when you have finished editing.