---
title: "Campaigns"
description: "Group discounts under one time window and one budget, and follow how much of the budget is used."
url: "https://docs.poltura.com/en/discounts/campaigns/"
lang: en
alternates:
  en: "https://docs.poltura.com/en/discounts/campaigns/"
  hu: "https://docs.poltura.com/hu/discounts/campaigns/"
---

# Campaigns

Group discounts under one time window and one budget, and follow how much of the budget is used.

- Where: Discounts → Campaigns
- Status: Developer mode

This page appears only when developer mode is switched on. See [Developer mode](https://docs.poltura.com/en/developer/).

A campaign gives one or more discounts a shared time window and a shared budget. When the window closes or the budget is used up, the discounts of the campaign stop working. Use it to cap what a promotion may cost before it starts.

Without developer mode you can still create a campaign with **Create discount** and open it from the [Discounts](https://docs.poltura.com/en/discounts/) list. Developer mode adds the **Campaigns** entry under **Discounts** in the sidebar, with the full list.

## Create a campaign

1. Open **Discounts**, choose **Campaigns** and select **Create**.

2. On **Create campaign**, type a **Name** and an **Identifier**. The identifier must be unique in the store.

3. Optionally add a **Description**, a **Start date** and an **End date**. The dates are whole days in the store's time zone.

4. Under **Budget**, choose the type:

   - **Usage** limits how many times the discounts can be used.
   - **Spend** limits the total discounted amount. It needs a **Currency**.

5. Under **Count per**, leave the whole campaign, or choose **Customer** or **Email** to turn the limit into an allowance per shopper. A spend budget cannot count per shopper.

6. Type the **Budget limit**, or leave it empty for no limit.

7. Save. The campaign page opens.

## Add discounts to a campaign

1. Open the campaign.
2. In the **Discounts** block, open the menu and choose **Add**.
3. Search for the promotion and select it.
4. Save. The promotion appears in the block. Repeat for each promotion: you add one per save.

You can also start from the discount: on a promotion page, select **Edit** in the **Campaign** block. See [Promotions](https://docs.poltura.com/en/discounts/promotions/).

## Read a campaign page

- The strip under the header: the number of discounts, the **Campaign budget**, **Start date**, **End date** and **Currency**.
- **Details**: **Identifier**, **Description**, the budget **Type**, **Limit usage per** and **Created**.
- **Configuration**: the **Window** with its start and end date.
- **Budget**: **Budget spent** or **Budget used** against the **Budget limit**.
- **Discounts**: the promotions in the campaign.

The list of campaigns shows each campaign's **Name**, **Description**, **Identifier**, **Start date** and **End date**, and its status: **Scheduled** before the start date, **Active** during the window and **Expired** after the end date.

## Change the dates

1. Open the campaign.
2. In the **Configuration** block, select the edit action.
3. On **Edit Campaign Configuration**, change the **Start date** or the **End date**.
4. Save. The status of the campaign follows the new dates.

## Change the budget limit

1. Open the campaign.
2. In the budget block, select the edit action.
3. Type the new limit, or clear the field for no limit.
4. Save. The block shows the amount used against the new limit.

## Delete a campaign

> **Warning**
>
> Deleting a campaign cannot be undone.

Open the campaign, select **Delete** and confirm. The promotions that were in the campaign are not deleted; they lose their shared window and budget.

## Good to know

- The budget type, its currency and what it counts per are fixed once the campaign exists. Only the limit can be changed later.
- A promotion can be in one campaign at a time. To move it, take it out of the old campaign first.
- A promotion can join a spend campaign only when its currency matches the campaign's currency.
- A campaign has no restrictions of its own. Who can use a code is set on each discount: see [Coupon restrictions](https://docs.poltura.com/en/discounts/coupon-restrictions/).
- Campaigns that the store creates for loyalty reward codes and product gift cards stay out of the list.
- Email campaigns are a different feature. See [Broadcasts](https://docs.poltura.com/en/apps/broadcast/).

## If something goes wrong

- **The store refuses the identifier.** Another campaign already uses it. Choose a different one.
- **"That campaign budgets in a different currency than this promotion."** Add a promotion with the same currency, or create a campaign with a usage budget.
- **A code stopped working during the campaign.** The budget is used up or the end date has passed. Raise the **Budget limit** or move the **End date**.

## Related

- [Discounts](https://docs.poltura.com/en/discounts/)
- [Create a discount](https://docs.poltura.com/en/discounts/create-a-discount/)
- [Promotions](https://docs.poltura.com/en/discounts/promotions/)
- [Coupon restrictions](https://docs.poltura.com/en/discounts/coupon-restrictions/)
- [Store details](https://docs.poltura.com/en/settings/store/#time-zone)
- [Developer mode](https://docs.poltura.com/en/developer/)