Personalizing an email with additional data example--personalizing-an-email-with-additional-data
The following example illustrates adding different types of additional data to a query and its use as a personalization field in an email. For more on how to enrich the data targeted by a Query activity, refer to this section.
For this example, custom resources are used:
- The profile resource was extended in order to add a field which allows each profile鈥檚 loyalty points to be saved.
- A transactions resource was created and identifies all purchases carried out by the profiles in the database. The date, price, and product purchased is saved for each transaction.
- A products resource was created and references the products available for purchase.
The objective is to send an email to the profiles for which at least one transaction has been saved. Via this email, the clients will receive a reminder of the last transaction carried out as well as an overview of all of their transactions: the number of products purchased, total spent, a reminder of the total number of loyalty points that they have accrued.
The workflow is presented as follows:
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Add a Query activity, which allows you to target the profiles that have carried out at least one transaction.
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From the query鈥檚 Additional data tab, define the different data to be displayed in the final email:
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The simple field of the profile dimension corresponding to the loyalty points. Refer to the Adding a simple field section.
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Two aggregates based on the transactions collection: the number of products purchased and the total amount spent. You can add them from the Data tab of the aggregate configuration window, using the Count and Sum aggregates. Refer to the Adding an aggregate section.
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A collection returning the amount spent, the date, and the product of the last transaction effected.
To do this, you have to add the different fields that you want to display from the Data tab of the collection configuration window.
To return only the most recent transaction, you have to enter 鈥1鈥 for the Number of lines to return and apply a descending sort on the Date field of the collection from the Sort tab.
Refer to the Adding a collection and Sorting additional data sections.
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If you would like to check that the data is correctly transferred by the activity鈥檚 outbound transition, start the workflow for the first time (without the Email delivery activity) and open the query鈥檚 outbound transition.
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Add an Email delivery activity. In the email content, insert the personalization fields corresponding to the data calculated in the query. You can find it via the Additional data (targetData) link of the personalization fields explorer.
Your workflow is now ready to be executed. The profiles targeted in the query will receive a personalized email containing the data calculated from their transactions.