Adding promotions and subfolders to a folder
Before you begin
If you are using extended sites,
ensure that you understand how folders work in extended sites. For
more information, see Folders in extended sites.
About this task
You can use Management Center to
include only promotions within a parent folder. To add a subfolder
to a parent folder, a Site Administrator must use SQL statements.
For more information, see Changing promotion folders.
Beginning with Feature Pack 6, you can use Management Center to
include promotions or subfolders within a parent folder.
An administrator can enable the Promotions tool
to not display promotions that are in a folder in the main Promotions
- List view. If this configuration is enabled, promotions
that you add to a folder are removed from displaying in this list
of promotions for your store. When you remove a promotion from all
folders that included the promotion, the promotion displays in this
list of promotions again. For more information, see Organizing promotions with folders.
Procedure
- In the explorer view, expand:
- Promotion Folders
- Promotions
- Click the folder that you want to add a promotion or subfolder
within.The contents of the folder displays in the main work area.Tip: You 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. - Use the utilities view to find the promotion or subfolder
that you want to include in the folder. Drag the promotion or folder
from the utilities view into the promotion folder.
- Promotion
A dialog displays. Choose an option:- Add
- Adds a shared reference of the promotion to the parent folder. Any change to this promotion causes all shared references of the promotion to be changed as well.
- Copy
- Clones a new promotion or folder in the selected parent folder. This new promotion or folder contains the same properties of the original copy. Any changes to this copy do not affect the original promotion or folder. If you select to copy a promotion or folder, the object properties view opens for editing. Change the properties for the promotion or folder if necessary, and save your changes.
The promotion is added to the folder. Changes
to this promotion change the promotion in all folders that include
the promotion.
- Folder
- Copy
- This folder contains the same promotions as the original. The subfolders in the original and the promotions within the subfolders are not copied. Any changes to the clone do not affect the original folder. The object properties view opens for editing. Change the properties if necessary, and save your changes.
- Move
- The folder and all of its contents are moved to the new parent.Note: You cannot move a subfolder to make the subfolder a top-level folder. To make a subfolder a top-level folder, you must remove the entry in the parent folder table within the properties view for the subfolder.
A folder can contain multiple subfolders, but a subfolder can have only one parent folder. You cannot have multiple subfolders with the same name in a folder.
- Promotion