04. Direct Mail

This outbound application (OutboundApp) creates a zipped CSV file that includes all the requested contacts data for the specified fields and delivers it to the user through an email and/or SFTP.

Instructions:

Using the Direct Mail Outbound App

In order to add a Direct Mail OutboundApp to your campaign and set it up properly before publishing, please follow these steps:

1. Open a new campaign or an existing one

2. Click on the Target Audiences menu and drag and drop a Target Audience element onto the canvas

3. Navigate to the Settings tab and set a filter as desired

4. Click on the Outbounds menu, and drag and drop a Direct Mail element onto the canvas and connect it to the above Target Audience element

5. Select the Direct Mail element and change its name, if desired, then navigate to the Configurations tab

6. Enter a single email or  FTP address into the “ToAddress” field

7. Navigate to the Settings tab. Specify the field names that you are going to use in your print piece and map them to the appropriate Studio fields. There are some fields already there by default, however, you can modify them as you'd like

8. To add more fields, scroll to the bottom right and click the green + symbol, then modify the Field Name and Field Value. Make sure to wrap MindFire Platform fields with double # (i.e. ##FieldName##). You can repeat this step as many times as required

If you do not need some of these fields, then click on the trash icon to the right of each field. 

Note:

There is no confirmation for this action.

If you'd like to re-order the fields, select the up or down arrow to the right of the field. 

Note: 

The order of the columns in the output CSV file will be exactly the same as the order of the fields in the Settings.

9. Click the Schedules tab - Add a basic schedule How?

Note:

No Scheduled Events will take place until your changes are published.

10. No configuration is necessary under the Events tab.

11. Enter a single email or  FTP address into the “ToAddress” field.