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Introduction
This section provides an overview of basic concepts and architectural features used in Intershop Commerce Management.
Catalogs and Products
This section introduces catalog and product concepts and outlines administrative tasks related to repository management, catalog management, and import & export.
Content Management
This section covers tasks related to creating, managing and sharing master pages, components and other assets that are subject to content management.
Online Marketing
This section introduces online marketing concepts and outlines administrative tasks related to managing promotions and discounts, coupons and gift certificates, affiliate partners and partner programs, and short links.
Orders and Fulfillment
This section introduces the order process and outlines administrative tasks related to managing orders, including order status handling and order export, as well as managing shipping methods and payment methods.
Customer Management
This section outlines concepts and administrative tasks related to managing customer profiles and customer segments. It also covers customer import and export tasks.
Operation and Maintenance
This section gives an overview of typical activities in the context of managing the organization, channels, applications, partners, services and mass-data business operations.

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Online Marketing
This section introduces online marketing concepts and outlines administrative tasks related to managing promotions and discounts, coupons and gift certificates, affiliate partners and partner programs, and short links.
Promotion Data Import and Export
Importing Promotions

Introduction
This section provides an overview of basic concepts and architectural features used in Intershop Commerce Management.
Catalogs and Products
This section introduces catalog and product concepts and outlines administrative tasks related to repository management, catalog management, and import & export.
Content Management
This section covers tasks related to creating, managing and sharing master pages, components and other assets that are subject to content management.
Online Marketing
This section introduces online marketing concepts and outlines administrative tasks related to managing promotions and discounts, coupons and gift certificates, affiliate partners and partner programs, and short links.
Orders and Fulfillment
This section introduces the order process and outlines administrative tasks related to managing orders, including order status handling and order export, as well as managing shipping methods and payment methods.
Customer Management
This section outlines concepts and administrative tasks related to managing customer profiles and customer segments. It also covers customer import and export tasks.
Operation and Maintenance
This section gives an overview of typical activities in the context of managing the organization, channels, applications, partners, services and mass-data business operations.

Importing Promotions

To import promotions from an XML file:

Select the channel from the context selection box, then select Marketing | Import & Export.
This displays the Promotion Import & Export manager.
Upload the file to be imported.
For details, see Uploading Promotions for Import.
In the Promotion (XML) section, click Import.
A list of files that can be imported is displayed.
Select file to import, then click Next.
The import file is now validated with respect to the predefined XML schema for promotions. When successful, the file can be imported. In case of errors, error messages are generated. You can also download the log file.
Select the import mode.
The available import modes include OMIT, IGNORE, UPDATE, REPLACE, DELETE and INITIAL. For import mode details, see Standard Import Modes.
Click Import.
The import process is started immediately. When successful, the number of imported promotions is displayed. In case of errors, error messages are generated. You can also download the log file.