Campaign Automations allow you to set up dynamic paths for a contact or lead to follow based on actions taken by that contact or lead. For example, if the contact fills out a form you can send them an email then wait to see if they click on Link A or Link B. If they click on Link A send them Email A, but if they click on Link B send them Email B.
- Dynamics 365
- CRM 2011
Create a New Campaign Automation
Navigate to ClickDimensions > Campaign Automation.
Choose New.
This window will open where you will need to fill in a few fields.
Name [Required]: This is the name of the record as you will see it in CRM.
Campaign: You may choose a CRM Campaign here if desired. This will associate this record to that CRM Campaign.
Completed Instances: Number of instances of Contacts and Leads who have finished running through this Campaign Automation. This is a read only field that will automatically be filled in once the Campaign Automation has been published.
Owner [Required]: You will be the owner but you may change this if you'd like.
Status [Read Only]: This will change when the Campaign Automation is published, paused, or stopped from within the builder window. After filling out any required fields, click Save.
Then click Open Builder.
Create a New Campaign Automation
Navigate to Marketing > Marketing Automation > Campaign Automation.
Choose New.
This window will open where you will need to fill in a few fields.
Name [Required]: This is the name of the record as you will see it in CRM.
Owner [Required]: You will be the owner but you may change this if you'd like.
Campaign: You may choose a CRM Campaign here if desired. This will associate this record to that CRM Campaign.
Completed Instances: Number of instances of Contacts and Leads who have finished running through this Campaign Automation. This is a read only field that will automatically be filled in once the Campaign Automation has been published.
Status [Read Only]: This will change when the Campaign Automation is published, paused, or stopped from within the builder window.
After filling out any required fields, click Save, then click Open Builder.
You will now see the canvas where you will build your Campaign Automation.
On the right side there are Triggers, Actions, Timers, and Series. Click and drag these onto the canvas.
Connect them together to establish order by clicking on the green dot on the right side of the trigger and dragging to the green dot on the left side of the action, timer, or series.
You can create a Decision Node by connecting the trigger to multiple actions or series. This will allow you to choose a path based on field values of the Lead or Contact, or something in the previous trigger, such as values of form fields.
As of version 10.8, it is also possible to copy and paste existing elements on the automation canvas. If you right-click on an action/trigger, then you will get an option to 'copy'. You can then right-click again anywhere on the canvas and select 'paste' to create a new copy.
To learn more about all the pieces of the Campaign Automation builder see below.
Templates
Start creating a Campaign Automation from one of our pre-set templates.
Triggers
Use a combination of triggers to add or route your contacts/leads through your Campaign Automation.
Actions and Timers
Use actions and timers to allow your contacts/leads to receive information or other updates at specified times.
Testing your Automation
In version 10.11, we added the ability to check your automation at any time without needing to attempt to publish it. To use this option, you simply need to open your Campaign Automation builder and select "Check Automation" from the options ribbon along the top:
Pressing this button will check for issues and missing data in your actions, timers and triggers, and will highlight the problematic nodes so that they can be corrected. Selecting the highlighted nodes will allow you to see a more detailed message about the issues in that node.
| Feature Added: November 2015 |
| Feature Updated: 10.11.0 |
| ClickDimensions Version Needed: 7.0 |