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Markers (https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24152_01/Platform.10-1/ATGCommStoreGuide/html/s1401usingorderandcommerceitemmarkers01.html) provide the ability to tag (almost arbitrary) extra data against Orders and Commerce Items.

Note, in all my years working with ATG, I have never come across their use.

Is it possible to use the presence of a marker as a qualifiers for promotions?

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  • Haven't heard of them either. Quick scan of the docs suggest they can trigger scenarios. If you can configure a scenario to trigger a promotion, you'll be in luck. – radimpe Jul 17 '17 at 19:45
  • @radimpe you have seen markers used before: remember something called plus points?? ;-) – bated Jul 18 '17 at 15:16
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    @bated On this project you mention (I seem to recall some repressed memories) I don't believe there was a BCC in play so any promotions would have had to be done manually or perhaps via the ACC. – radimpe Jul 19 '17 at 07:26

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It is possible to use them as a qualifier for promotions and I have seen them used on a couple of projects. Note that markers can be set for the following repository items:

  • Order
  • Profile
  • CommerceItem

So depending on what the rules for your promotion are you could use markers against 1 or more of the above to trigger different types of promotions e.g. Order for order level promotion or CommerceItem for line level promotion.

Adding a marker can trigger a scenario and a scenario can then trigger your promotion.

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  • Just to clarify; if triggered by a promotion then they cannot be global promotions, but must be personal promotions? – Vihung Jul 24 '17 at 11:59
  • Correct - if by "global promotion" you mean promotions which are applied automatically by the pricing engine and are available to everyone. – bated Jul 26 '17 at 16:26