Create a New Version of a Global Product Offer
You create a new version of a global offer if you need to change the offer name, description, external ID, start date, or end date.
Before you begin
You must have already created the offer you are creating a new version for.
About this task
A version is a new iteration of an offer that is valid on different dates and may have a new description and external ID. The new version has all the same price components as the original version, and its version ID is incremented by one integer. The operation creates a new pricing file in the pricing plan.
Procedure
- In Product Offers, click the Global Offers tab.
- Locate and select the product offer in the list.
- In Edit Product Offer, scroll down to Product Offer Versions and click New Version to create a new version, or click a specific version from the list to modify it.
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In Edit Product
Offer Version:
- (Optional) Change the Version Name field. Enter a different unique name for the new offer version.
- (Optional) Change the Version Description. Enter any descriptive information about its purpose.
- (Optional) Change the Version External ID. Enter any alphanumeric characters to serve as a unique ID on this pricing object. The external ID can be used for any reason that is meaningful to your implementation. External IDs are saved to the pricing configuration file and loaded into the Pricing database. The value is a string limited to 64 characters. The external ID can be used by the Subscriber Management API to purchase, cancel, and query product offers.
- (Optional) Click in the Purchase Start Date field to display the calendar and change the date that the version is available for purchase. Leave this field empty to make the revision available immediately.
- (Optional) Click in the Purchase End Date field to display the calendar and change the date that the version is no longer available for purchase. Leave this field empty to make the bundle available indefinitely.
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Click Save.
The new version appears in Product Offer Versions.
What to do next
Create a revision of your offer to specify the remaining pricing details and options. For more information about creating a revision of your offer, see the discussion about creating a new revision of a global offer. Click New Revision to start the process.