Coupons are imported as XML and exported as comma-separated value (CSV) files. Use the
coupon.xsd schema file to import merchant-generated coupons.
Coupon codes with leading or trailing spaces are
trimmed during export and a warning message is logged.
Business Manager Import Location
Coupon Import
Coupon import and the Business
Manager coupon user interface have the same validation restrictions, as
follows:
They don't allow:
- Negative numbers for limit-per-code, limit-per-customer,
limit-per-time-frame>limit or limit-per-time-frame>time-frame;
and for max-number-of-codes of system-generated coupon codes.
- Limit-per-time-frame>time-frame to be greater than 999.
- Changing the type of a coupon (except for in REPLACE mode).
- Creating a system-code coupon without a maximum number of
codes.
They allow:
- Removal of the prefix for system-generated coupon codes when it's
set to an empty string.
- Updating of system-generated code settings, as long as the coupon
has not been redeemed or issued.
- Updating of single-code coupons, even if the unchanged code is in
the xml file.
Pipelets
ImportCoupons
ExportCouponCodes
ExportCoupons
Granularity: passed coupons.