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Add contact event

BetaChanges data

Writes a custom event onto a contact so a journey can branch on it.

Settings

SettingWhat it is
ConnectionRequiredThe Mailchimp connection the step signs in with.
Audience idPicked from the list Mailchimp offers.
E-mail addresstext
Event name2 to 30 characters. This is the name a journey's condition matches on.
Event propertiesMailchimp stores event properties as text.
Happened atISO 8601. Left empty, Mailchimp uses the moment it receives the event.
Do not fire journeysThe journeys watching this event will not fire.
Technical details
KeyValue
connectiontexta connection id from `requires.connections` (provider `mailchimp`)
audienceIdtexta value from the vendor's own list
emailtext
nametext
propertiesobject of text, by default {}
occurredAttext
isSyncingtrue/false, by default false

Output

FieldType
writtenEvent writtenboolean
nameEvent namestring
emailE-mail addressstring
Sample output, and the expression for each field
  • email"person@example.com"
  • name"placed_order"
  • writtentrue

Errors

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Example step

The step as a flow file holds it. Replace each value in <…>.

{
  "config": {
    "audienceId": "",
    "connection": "<connection id>",
    "email": "",
    "isSyncing": false,
    "name": "",
    "occurredAt": "",
    "properties": {}
  },
  "label": "Add contact event",
  "type": "mailchimp.addMemberEvent",
  "version": 1
}