When you add a campaign to an existing SAS Customer Intelligence campaign group, the Launcher (malauncher.exe) utility command is generated with the –p option instead of the –g option. This behavior occurs when you perform steps similar to the following:

1. Create two campaigns (for example,  CAMP_1 and CAMP_2).
2. Create a campaign group (for example, GROUP_1).
3. Add only CAMP_1 to the GROUP_1 campaign group.
4. Generate optimization data and create an optimization scenario (analytical or priority-based), optimize the scenario, and assign the scenario as the preferred scenario.
5. On the Schedule tab, set a schedule for optimization (not for the campaign). The schedule details are not important.
6. On the Execution tab, select Optimization Schedule and click Send schedule. In the dialog box that is displayed, select Send the schedule to administrator.
7. Next, add CAMP_2 to the campaign group.
8. On the Schedule tab, you should see that CAMP_2 is marked with a yellow triangle. Select Edit Schedule, and then select CAMP_2, and set schedule type to Offset to optimization schedule.
9. On the Execution tab, select CAMP_2 and click Send schedule. In the dialog box that is displayed, select Send the schedule to administrator. 

If you then open the Schedule Manager plug-in in SAS^® Management Console, you will see that the second command for CAMP_2 uses the –p option rather than the –g option, as shown below:

As a workaround, click Remove Schedule before you add the second campaign.

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for SAS Marketing Automation 6.5 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Marketing Automation 6.4 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Marketing Automation 6.3 is available at: