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 Rewards

Overview

Rewards refer to different assets (such as Gift Cards, Badges, or Coupons, for example) that Members can redeem by spending their loyalty points. The Rewards screen is used to view, edit, and manage your Rewards.

Access

To access the Rewards screen, select Rewards from the Main Navigation Menu. By default, Rewards is selected from the Sub-Category menu.

Features

Manage Your Rewards

The Rewards screen provides the following features:

 Searching and Sorting

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Search

The search feature allows you to search for a specified text string anywhere within the following Reward fields: display name, internal name, SKU, category label, category name, or tag.  

  1. Optionally, in the search field near the top of the Rewards screen, enter the desired text string.

  2. Optionally, from the "Status" drop-down menu, select a Reward status (or "Any status").  

  3. Optionally, from the "Effectivity" drop-down menu, select a Reward effectivity (or "Any effectivity").  

  4. Press Enter, or click the search button (magnifying glass icon).

  5. The Rewards screen is refreshed to show only the Rewards that meet your search criteria. Please note that if you enter multiple search conditions, the platform displays only the Rewards that meet ALL criteria..

  6. To remove all search criteria, click the remove button ("X" icon).

Sort

The "Sort" drop-down menu allows you to sort the Rewards on a variety of different fields. To sort the list of Rewards, select the desired sort option from this menu.

  • Name (the default option)

  • Created Date

  • Updated Date

  • Metric Amount

  • Total Responses

  • Total Points

  • Rank

Navigation

Once you've found the desired Reward, you can navigate to the following other screens:

  • Click the Reward record to navigate to the Reward Details screen for that Reward.

 

 Create a New Reward

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To create a new Reward:

  1. In the "Enter Display Name" field, enter the Display Name value for the new Reward.

  2. Click create. The "Edit" pop-up window is displayed.

  3. The "Display Name" field is populated with the value you entered above in step 1; optionally edit this value.

  4. The "Internal Name" is automatically populated based on the "Display Name" value. This field is disabled by default. To edit the Internal Name, check the "Edit Internal Name" check box. A confirmation dialog box is displayed; click ok. Edit the Internal Name value.

  5. From the "Type" drop-down menu, select the Reward type, such as a "Physical Product" or "Coupon," for example.

  6. In the "Description" field, enter a description of the Reward.

  7. In the "Required Metric" field, enter the number of points needed to redeem this Reward.

  8. In the "SKU" field, enter the product SKU.

  9. In the "Rank" field, enter a ranking for this Reward.

  10. In the "Categories" field, assign one or more Categories to this Reward. Categories are used to organize Loyalty assets into groups. For more details, please see Reward Categories.

  11. In the "Tags" field, assign one or more Tags to this Reward. Tags are used to help search, filter, and organize Loyalty assets within the platform (Tags are never visible to Members).

  12. To assign an image to this Reward, click choose file. Browse to and select an image file, and click open.

  13. In the "Tracking Code" field, specify a value to track clicks to a Reward when you share the Reward’s URL on external channels such as email or Facebook. Loyalty adds this Tracking Code to the Reward URL.

  14. Click save.  

 

 View or Edit a Reward

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To view or edit the details of a Reward:

  1. Search, sort, or filter the Rewards screen as described above.

  2. Click on the desired Reward record.

  3. The Reward Details screen is displayed and populated with all of the information about this Reward. See Reward Details for more information.

 

Export Reward Data

The Rewards screen provides the following features related to exporting Reward records.

 Create Export Definition

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Export definitions can optionally be saved and reused, when you need to download Rewards from the Loyalty platform. 

From the "Actions" drop-down menu in the top-right corner of the screen, select "Export Rewards." The "Create New Export - Rewards" pop-up window is displayed.

 

 

 

Timing 

  1. Select when you want to execute the export:

  • Asynchronous -- check this option if you want to execute the export manually on an ad hoc basis.

  • Execute now -- check this option if you want to execute the export immediately.

  • Create schedule -- check this option if you want to define a schedule (either a one-off execution, or a recurring schedule).

  1. If you checked "Create schedule" above, the schedule options are displayed.

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To define the export schedule:

  1. From the "Recurrence" drop-down menu, select an option:

  • Repeat -- Execute the export based on the defined schedule; see below for more details.

  • Once -- Execute the export once. In the "Execute once on" field, enter the date and time. Select the time zone from the "Time Zone" drop-down menu.

  • On demand -- Execute the export when specified by a user. In the "Execute once on" field, enter the date and time. From the "Time Zone" drop-down menu, select the time zone to use.

Define a Repeating Schedule

  1. From the "Schedule Composer" drop-down menu, select a unit of time -- every minute, hour, day, week, month, or year.

  2. Optionally, check "Advanced" to enable the "CRON expression" text field, and enter a custom CRON expression.

  3. In the "From" and "To" field, enter the start date and time, and the end date and time, for the repeating schedule.

  4. From the "Time Zone" drop-down menu, select the time zone to use.

 

Notification and Transport 

If you checked "Asynchronous" above, this section is displayed.

  1. To send email notifications when the import process is successful, enter one or more email addresses in the "Success Email Recipients" text field. 

  2. To send email notifications if the import encounters an error, enter one or more email addresses in the "Error Email Recipients" text field. 

 

Fields 

This section allows you to optionally include (or exclude) specific columns in the export file.

  1. From the "Inclusion" drop-down menu, select an option:

  • All -- include all columns in the export file.

  • Only Included -- in the "Fields" field, select one or more columns you want to include in the export file.

  • Except selected -- in the "Fields" field, select one or more columns you want to exclude from the export file.

  1. To include attachments in the export, select the desired attachment from the "Attachments" drop-down menu.

  2. Optionally check include attachment url to include the attachment's URL. 

 

Rules 

This section allows you to create custom business rules to define which Segments are included in the export file.

  1. Click the Add icon, then select Add Rule. The platform adds a new blank row for defining the Rule Condition. 

  2. From the first drop-down menu, select the desired Attributes. This menu is populated with all of the different Attributes for building a condition.

  3. Select a mathematical operator. The available operators will vary based on the data type of the selected Attribute. 

  4. Enter or select a value. 

  5. Some attribute types allow you to define additional criteria, such as a date range, or a channel type, for example. Select or enter the additional criteria. 

  6. Repeat the above steps as needed to define more Rule Conditions. If you need to delete a Rule Condition, click the Delete icon to it. 

  7. Once you define more than one Rule Condition, select the logical operator. From the "Include customers that meet" drop-down menu, select either: 

  • All of the following: The conditions are processed with a logical 'AND' operator such that all conditions must be true for an individual to be selected by this Segment. 

  • Some of the following: The conditions are processed with a logical 'OR' operator such that at least one of the conditions must be true for an individual to be selected by this Segment. 

You can also group rules by selecting Add Rule Group from the Add icon. Rule Groups have their own internal logical operator.

 

Associations

To export associated records:

  1. Click add. A new row is displayed.

  2. Check Enabled. 

  3. From the "Association" drop-down menu, select the type of associated record.

  4. From the "Inclusion" drop-down menu, select an option:

  • All -- include all columns in the export file.

  • Only Included -- in the "Fields" field, select one or more columns you want to include in the export file.

  • Except selected -- in the "Fields" field, select one or more columns you want to exclude from the export file.

  1. Repeat the above steps needed to include more associated records. To remove an association, click the delete icon next to it.

 

Children 

To export child records joined to the main record:

  1. Click add. A new row is displayed.

  2. Check "Enabled."

  3. From the "Child" drop-down menu, select a child record type.

  4. From the "Inclusion" drop-down menu, select an option:

  • All -- include all columns in the export file.

  • Only Included -- in the "Fields" field, select one or more columns you want to include in the export file.

  • Except selected -- in the "Fields" field, select one or more columns you want to exclude from the export file.

  1. Repeat the above steps needed to include more associated records. To remove an association, click the delete icon next to it.

 

Finish

When finished creating the Export Definition, click save. 

 

 

 

 View or Edit an Export Definition

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To view or edit a Reward Export Definition:

  1. From the "Actions" drop-down menu in the top-right corner of the screen, select "Reward Exports." The "Rewards Export Definitions" pop-up window is displayed and populated with a list of all Rewards Export Definitions.

  2. From the "Action" column of the desired Export Definition, click the Edit icon. The "Edit Export" pop-up window is displayed.

  3. Make any necessary changes to the Export Definition properties.

  4. When finished, click save.

 

 Manually Execute an Export Definition

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To manually execute a Reward Export Definition:

  1. From the "Actions" drop-down menu in the top-right corner of the screen, select "Reward Exports." The "Reward Export Definitions" pop-up window is displayed and populated with a list of all Reward Export Definitions.

  2. From the "Action" column of the desired Export Definition, click the Enqueue this Export icon. A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

  3. Click confirm.

 

 

 Download an Export Definition

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To download the last execution of an Export Definition:

  1. From the "Actions" drop-down menu in the top-right corner of the screen, select "Rewards Exports." The "Reward Export Definitions" pop-up window is displayed and populated with a list of all Reward Export Definitions.

  2. In the "Action" column of the desired Export Definition, click the Download File icon. The platform downloads the file to your PC.

 

 

 Delete an Export Definition

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To delete a Reward Export Definition:

  1. From the "Actions" drop-down menu in the top-right corner of the screen, select "Rewards Exports." The "Reward Export Definitions" pop-up window is displayed and populated with a list of all Reward Export Definitions.

  2. From the "Action" column of the desired Export Definition, click the Delete icon. A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

  3. Click confirm.

 

Import Reward Data

The Rewards screen provides the following features related to importing Reward records.

 Import Rewards

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To import records, from the "Actions" drop-down menu in the top-right corner of the screen, select "Import Rewards." The "Create New Import - Rewards" pop-up window is displayed.

Basic Properties

  1. From the "Import Method" drop-down menu, identify how you want the platform to handle the import records, such as create new records only, update existing records only, or both create and update records.

  2. In the "File Options" field, select one or more fields used to identify existing records in the database.

  3. By default, the platform will create an Activity record associated with this import. Optionally select the "Yes" radio button next to "Skip Publish Activity" to omit this process.

  4. If you want to import blank values, select the "Yes" radio button next to "Include Blank Values."

  5. The platform supports email and phone number syntax validation on the appropriate import fields. To run this validation, select the "Yes" radio button next to "Validate Records."

  6. If you account is configured with business units, select the desired Business Unit from the "Business Unit" drop-down menu.

  7. To send email notifications following the import process, enter one or more recipient email addresses in the "Recipients" field.

  8. To send email notifications following a failed import process, enter one or more recipient email addresses in the "Failed Import Email Recipients" field.

  9. To select the import file, click choose file, then browse to and select the desired file.

  10. Select a column separator: Comma or Semicolon.

 

Child Options

  1. To upload "child" records along with the main parent record, click add child.

  2. Select the child resource from the "Resource" drop-down menu.

  3. In the "Find Options" field, select one or more fields used to identify existing records in the database.

  4. If you want to skip the child record when the parent record is skipped, check "Skip with Parent."

  5. Repeat the above steps as needed to define additional child records. To delete a child record, click delete.

 

Import Options

To configure additional import options:

  1. Click add options.

  2. To use a lookup table, select the desired table from the "Lookup table" drop-down menu.

  3. From the "Lookup column" drop-down menu, select the desired column on the lookup table.

  4. Enter a value in the "Rename as" field.

  5. In the "Find by columns" field, select one or more columns used to identify existing records in the database.

  6. If the lookup table is required, select the "Yes" radio button next to "Required."

  7. If you want to stop the import process if a duplicate record is found, select the "Yes" radio button next to "Abort on Duplicate Record."

  8. Optionally enter any additional conditions as Groovy expressions in the "Condition" field. 

  9. Optionally, click delete to remove the additional import options.

 

Finish

  1. When finished, click submit.

 

 

 

 View Reward Imports

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To view a list of previous Reward imports:

  1. From the "Actions" drop-down menu in the top-right corner of the screen, select "Rewards Import List." The "Rewards Import List" pop-up window is displayed and populated with a list of all previous Reward imports. For each import, the screen displays the following:

  • Imported by

  • Filename

  • Result (i.e., the number of records successfully imported, the number of failed records, and the number of skipped records)

  • Created at

  • Duration

  • Status

 

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Last Updated: October 2024

 

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