Advanced system-generated unique promotion codes
Advanced system-generated unique promotion codes are created by specifying an advanced pattern of characters.
Important: Using this method to create promotion codes is considered complex compared to
using Simple system-generated unique promotion codes. Use this creation method when your specific business
requirements cannot be fulfilled with simple system-generated unique promotion codes.
The following inputs are required to generate advanced system-generated unique promotion codes:
- Pattern
- An advanced pattern that contains at least one set of generated characters, which are specified in brackets []. It can also contain fixed characters such as numeric, alphabetic, or alphanumeric characters.
- Number of unique promotion codes to generate
- The total number of generated promotion codes to create, based on your business needs.
- Code generation status
- The status of the system generation of the unique promotion codes for the promotion. When you
activate the promotion, the promotion codes are generated.Note: Your promotion codes can fail to generate in the following situations:
- The promotion codes are already populated in your store database.
- There is insufficient space available on your system for generating the number of codes specified.
Each unique promotion code is stored in its own database table row. If the number of unique promotion codes to generate or populate is large, for instance over 100,000 codes, your database must be optimized to handle the processing of this data. Your database must have the required database space allocated to store the generated codes.
Pattern syntax
Advanced system-generated unique promotion codes that are specified in brackets [] can take on
the following values:
- Numeric characters
D
represents numeric characters in the pattern.- Alphabetic characters
A
represents uppercase alphabetic characters in the pattern.- Alphanumeric characters
X
represents uppercase alphanumeric characters in the pattern.- Sequential characters
S
represents a sequence of characters in the pattern with the following notation:
Sample output
Advanced system-generated unique promotion codes can contain any number of fixed characters, generated characters, and sequences.
Where, for example, the unique promotion codes sample results:
Code generation pattern | Sample unique promotion codes |
---|---|
IBM[XXX]EVENT | IBM65BEVENTIBMJK7EVENTIBMXWTEVENT |
SUMMER-[DDDAA]-SPECIAL | SUMMER-123AB-SPECIALSUMMER-551LM-SPECIALSUMMER-319PG-SPECIAL |
WINTER2010[XX]-SALE | WINTER201055-SALEWINTER2010H9-SALEWINTER2010MC-SALE |
IBM[DXSS] | IBM5G00IBM8P01IBM2502 |
IBM[SSSS+100/20] | IBM0100IBM0120IBM0140 |