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description: A follow-on promotion is a promotion that is active after a previous promotion's commitment duration ends. To indicate within a promotion the next promotion to begin after the initial promotion ends, in the Follow-on Promotion field, search for and find the promotion that follows.
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# Activate a Follow-on Promotion

A follow-on promotion is a promotion that is active after a previous promotion's commitment duration ends. To indicate within a promotion the next promotion to begin after the initial promotion ends, in the Follow-on Promotion field, search for and find the promotion that follows.

For more information, see [Completing Basic Promotion Settings](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.comms_define_basic_promotion_settings_in_the_product_console.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When you create a promotion you must define some basic settings in the Product Console. To complete the basic promotion settings, start by creating a new promotion.").

To ensure the follow-on promotion is activated after the previous promotion has expired, you must run the PromotionExpirationBatch batch job. You can schedule this job to execute according to your company's workflow. For example, if you have many follow-on promotions, you might want to schedule this job on a daily basis.

1. From the **User** menu, choose **Developer Console**.
2. From the **Debug** menu, choose **Open Execute Anonymous Window**.
3. Paste the following statement into the Enter Apex Code dialog box.
    
    ```
    vlocity_cmt.PromotionExpirationBatch peb = new vlocity_cmt.PromotionExpirationBatch(); 
    ID batchprocessid = Database.executeBatch(peb, 1);
    ```
    
    Or, if you want to use a specific date, use the following statement and substitute the example date (2017/05/19) with another date.
    
    ```
    vlocity_cmt.PromotionExpirationBatch peb = new vlocity_cmt.PromotionExpirationBatch(‘2017/05/19’); 
    ID batchprocessid = Database.executeBatch(peb, 1);
    ```
4. Select the statement.
5. Click **Execute Highlighted**.
6. Close Developer Console.