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title: "Promotions overview"
slug: "promotions-overview"
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# Promotions overview

The following table describes the hierarchy of promotions entities and components:

| Entity | Components |
| --- | --- |
| Promotion Book<br><br>Promotion | Qualification<br><br>Benefit<br><br>Item |

The following table describes the elements of the Promotions service:

| Promotion Term | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Promotion Book | A container for one or more promotions. May be related to one or more catalogs. |
| Promotion | A single defined instance of a set of qualifications that result in one or a set of benefits. |
| Qualification | A set of rules to be satisfied to trigger the award of a benefit(s). |
| Benefit | A financial advantage awarded to a customer whose buying activities meet the qualification(s). |
| Item | A product or its variant, defined in the catalog. |