How To: Setup Keycode Types
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Keycode Types allow you to categorise your keycodes by marketing source or campaign type, making it easier to analyse sales performance.
Common examples include:
- Newspaper
- Magazine
- Mailing
- Catalogue
- Online Advertising
- Social Media
Once configured, Keycode Types can be assigned when creating new keycodes and reported on through Sales Summary.
For example, you could compare the number of customers or sales generated from newspaper advertising against magazine advertising.
Create a New Keycode Type
- Open a System Data screen (show me how).
- Open the [ Others | Keycode Types ] tab.
- Press Alt + E or click Edit to enter edit mode.
- Press F3 or click New to add a new Keycode Type.
- Enter a description for the Keycode Type.Examples:
- Newspaper
- Magazine
- Mailing
- Catalogue
- Website
- Social Media
- Press Ctrl + S or click Save.
Result
The new Keycode Type will be available when creating or maintaining keycodes and can be used to categorise marketing activity for reporting purposes.
Additional Information
- Keycode Types are used for classification and reporting only.
- Multiple keycodes can share the same Keycode Type.
- Sales Summary reports can be filtered and analysed by Keycode Type to help measure marketing performance.
- Consistent use of Keycode Types will improve the accuracy of campaign reporting and analysis.