Items promotions are applied to a specific item based on quantity or price tiers.

This article explains how to install the Item Promotions module. To create Item Promotions, see Item and Order Trade Promotions Editor Guide. (You can also view a recorded training webinar on creating promotions - Product Education - Trade Promotions training).

To install Item Trade Promotions, log in to the Pepperi Webapp (you must log in via the new login) as an Admin user.

Click on Settings ⚙ -> Tools Setup -> Add

NOTE: If you have a custom Webapp Main Bar configured in the webapp, the Settings gear will not be visible. You will need to remove the custom Main Bar for the Admin profile only (add the Admin profile to the Webapp Main Bar customization with no file selected). This will not affect the view of buyers or other profiles using the webapp.

Select Item Trade Promotions -> OK

(If you don't see the add-on you want in the list or get a notification that you don't have access to install this Add on, contact us to enable it)

Steps to completing the installation

To complete the installation, the admin must complete the following steps. Once the admin completes these steps, then any user can use the promotions editor to create the promotions themselves.

Before installation - check your internal delimiter in ERP Integration Configuration settings. The internal delimiter cannot be set to ':' otherwise the data from the promotions will not be displayed in the editors. If your internal delimiter is set to ':' and you need to change it to ';' or '~' consult with your Pepperi project manager first, because this will affect your integration data.

1. Run the installation for each Transaction Type where Item Trade Promotions should be applied.
2. Define Promotion Types in the Types Editor
3. Create at least one Items list
4. Create a shortcut button to the editor for the user who will be configuring the trade promotions (marketing manager, sales manager etc.)

Detailed instructions for each step appear below.

1. Run the installation for each Transaction Type where Item Trade Promotions should be applied.

After installation the Item Trade Promotions Add on will be added. For Item Trade Promotions to be configured, you must run the installation for each Transaction Type where Item Trade Promotions should be applied.

For example: B2B Transaction, Sales Rep Order, etc.

                                                                                                                                                                  

Best practice

It is best practice to first duplicate the transaction you want to use promotion on - for example duplicate your Sales Order Transaction to "Sales Order with Promotions" -  and install the promotion on the duplicated transaction. That way you can use the duplicated transaction during the configuration and testing period and once done, run the installation again on the original transaction. Once you are done testing, you will need to modify those promotion types to apply to the original "Sales Order". Promotion types are explained below.

How to Duplicate a Transaction Type

 Create test orders with test values of your duplicated transaction:

If you are limiting promotions by Transaction Type, you will need to create at least one test order on the duplicated Transaction Type in order for the editor to recognize this transaction. Also, any Transaction fields that you want to use to limit the promotion by will need to have at least one test order with each value so that you can select it when configuring the promotion types (ie if you want to limit promotions by payment method of cash, you must have at least one test order where the value cash was selected for the payment method field in the database, for the editor to recognize this value).

                                                                                                                                                                  

To run the installation click the green arrow:

  Select the Transaction Type that will support Item Trade Promotions (note the best practice tip above before selecting your transaction). 

After the installation, the following objects will be created in your Pepperi back office.

NOTE: Do not delete or change these objects otherwise the promotion will not work properly.

• User defined tables with the prefix of 'PPI_ItemPromotion'

• Custom Transaction Line-Item fields in the selected Transaction Type with the prefix of 'PPI_ItemPromotion' (in addition to any existing custom fields you already may have in this Transaction)

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 Tip!

To allow customers to understand which promotion discount they are getting, add the following fields to the order center view or cart view:

• PPI_ItemPromotion_Reason - will show the name of the promotion applied
• Unit Price After Discount - will show the newly calculated unit price after the promotion was applied
• Item Discount - if the promotion includes an item discount (on the specific item, not tier-based), will show the percentage discount applied by the promotion.

 

2. Define Promotion Types in the Types Editor

In order to use Item Trade Promotions, you must first define the combinations of properties that the item promotions apply to. These are called "Item Promotion Types", and they are defined in the Item Promotions Types Editor. Their values will later be selected in the Promotions Editor to define the promotions themselves.

Here are some examples:

Promotion Applies to	Properties to add to the Item Promotion Type (Object -> Property)
Medium sized Accounts, and Items of Brand "X"	Account -> Size  Item ->Main Category
Small customers located in City "A", and Items in SubCategory "S" only when buyers are ordering on Pepperi B2B eCommerce site	Account -> Size Account -> City Item -> SubCategory Transaction -> Type
Items in SubCategory "F", only when sales reps are ordering on the app for all customers	Item -> SubCategory Transaction -> Type

In the Type definition, you define which fields will be used, and not the values of the fields to be filtered. (You will define the values in the Item Promotion editor).

Select the Item promotion types editor, and click +Add, to define a type.

Description - name the Promotion Type, make it a descriptive name so that it is clear to the person who will need to select the type in the Promotions Editor.

Priority - give a priority to each type. If there is more than one Item Promotion that applies to certain Items, then the promotions will be applied in order of their priority. 

The priority is relevant only if you don't want to apply multiple promotions.

Apply multiple promotions - 

• Yes, continue to the next promotion - means that all promotions will apply on top of each other. In this case, the Priority does not matter, enter "1" for Priority.
• No - means that if more than one Item Promotion applies to the Item, then no additional promotions will be applied after the current one. 

Example: There is an Item of Brand A with a discount, and Brand A itself also has a discount

Brand discount - Priority=1

Item discount - Priority=2

If you choose "Yes, continue to next promotion" on Brand promotion type - the customer gets both discounts

If you choose "No" on the Brand promotion type - they get only the Brand discount, will not continue to the next promotion

Promotion Properties

Object Type - Select the object of the Promotion Type fields - Account, Item, or Transaction

Property - Select the field for the Object type, includes custom fields.

Click Add + to add more properties.

Click Save.

 

Continue to add all the types that you will need Item Trade Promotions defined for.

 

3. Create at least one Items list

Before configuring Trade Promotions in the editor, the admin will need to create at least one Items List . (If you've already created the Items List for another type of Trade Promotion, no need to do it again. The same list can be used to configure all Promotion types).

To create an Items List please follow these instructions carefully - Item Lists

When creating the list, make sure to include fields in the table layout, Search, and Smart Search of each list that will enable quick filtering of the lists, so that it's easier to find the Items that the promotions will apply to.

4. Create a shortcut button to the editor for the user who will be configuring the trade promotions (marketing manager, sales manager etc.)

The user who will configure the promotions in the editor will need access to the editor page (they won't have access via the Tools Add-ons if they are not an Admin). Copy the editor page link and add it as an Online Add-on shortcut button to the user's Pepperi home screen.

If you want the user to have access to the editors for all 3 types of Trade Promotions - Item, Order, and Package - you will need to create 3 shortcuts (each editor has its own link. Instructions for each editor are in the installation guide for that editor).

If you upgrade the version of a promotion Add-on you will need to re-copy the link and replace it in the online add on.

To copy the link: click on the Items Promotions Editor in the Add-on menu 

When the editor loads, copy the URL. It will look like this (with your ID):

https://app.pepperi.com/CustomPlugin/<Item Trade Promotions_ID>/defaultEditor

Then add it as an online add-on button on the user's home screen - How to add shortcuts to links on the App Home Screen and Menus

User's home screen with Promotion Editor shortcut buttons