Activate the Advanced Promotion Engine

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title: Activate the Advanced Promotion Engine
description: Before you can use the Advanced Promotion Engine feature, you must activate it from the list of plugins.
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product: Metric Intelligence
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Configuring Metric Intelligence, Metric Intelligence, IT Operations Management]
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# Activate the Advanced Promotion Engine

Before you can use the Advanced Promotion Engine feature, you must activate it from the list of plugins.

## Before you begin

Role required: evt\_mgmt\_admin

## About this task

To activate the *var.adv-promo-eng*, you also need to install a plugin for ACC-M, which includes Metric Intelligence plugin, as described in [Exploring Agent Client Collector Monitoring](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/exploring-agent-client-collector-monitoring.md).

If you don't plan to use ACC-M, install Metrics Intelligence plugin only, as described in [Get started with Metric Intelligence](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-operations-management/metric-intelligence/get-started-metrics.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **System Definition** > **Plugins**.

2.  Locate **Advanced Promotion Engine** \(id: sn\_metric\_promote\).

3.  Select the entry and review the app details on the **Store Application Advanced Promotion Engine** form.

4.  Select **Activate/Upgrade** in the Related Links section.

5.  Select **Activate**.