Overview
You
must create Marketing Cloud accounts to connect to data sources you want to use in your pipelines. You can configure your Marketing Cloud accounts in SnapLogic using either the Designer or the Manager.
Your private project
: This folder contains the pipelines that will use the account.
Your Project Space’s shared folder: This folder is accessible to all the users that belong to Project Space.
The global shared folder: This folder is accessible to all the users within an organization in the SnapLogic instance.
Account Configuration
In Manager, you can navigate to the required folder and create an account in it (see Accounts). To create an account for Marketing Cloud :
Marketing Cloud Account:
This contains the properties for Client ID, Client Secret & Instance URL.
Click Create, then select Marketing Cloud
Provide an account label.
Provide Client ID, Client Secret, Instance URL
Click Apply.
Note: This account is used by all the snaps from this custom snap pack.
Marketing Cloud OAuth2 Account:
This contains the properties for Client ID, Client Secret, Account, Scope & Auth URL.
Click Create, then select Marketing Cloud
Provide an account label.
Provide Client ID
Provide Client Secret
Supply Account, Scope (Optional)
Provide Auth URL
Snap-Account Compatibility
The following table shows the Marketing Cloud Snap Pack Snaps with different accounts and protocols.
Snap | Marketing Cloud Account | Marketing Cloud OAuth2 Account |
|---|---|---|
Bounce Event Tracker | ✔ | ✔ |
Click Event Tracker | ✔ | ✔ |
Open Event Tracker | ✔ | ✔ |
Sent Event Tracker | ✔ | ✔ |
Unsubscribe Event Tracker | ✔ | ✔ |
Read Data Extension | ✔ | ✔ |
Delete Data Extension | ✔ | ✔ |
Write Data Extension | ✔ | ✔ |
Configure Marketing Cloud accounts using SnapLogic Designer
Drag a Marketing Cloud Snap to the Canvas and click the Snap to open its settings. Click the Account tab. You can now either use an existing account or create a new one.
Select an existing account
SnapLogic organizes and displays all accounts you can access, sorting them by account type and location. To select an existing account:
In the Account tab, click the
icon to view the accounts you can access, and select the account you want to use.Click
Create an account
In the Account tab, click Add Account below the Account Reference field.
Select the location to create the account, select the Account Type, and click Continue. The Designer displays the Add Account window associated with the account type.
Enter the required account details.
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Enter additional information on this account in the Notes field of the Info tab. This will help you and other users to understand the purpose of the account, especially if there are multiple accounts of the same type. |
Click Validate to verify the account if the account type supports validation.
Click Apply to complete configuring the Marketing Cloud account.
Configure Marketing Cloud accounts using SnapLogic Manager
You can use Manager to create accounts without associating them immediately with pipelines.
Accounts in SnapLogic are associated with projects. You can use accounts created in other projects only if you have at least Read access to them.
In the left pane, browse to the project you want to create the account and click
> Account > Marketing Cloud, followed by the appropriate account type. The Create Account dialog associated with the selected account type is displayed.Repeat the steps numbered 3 through 5 in the Creating an account section.
Avoid updating account credentials while pipelines using that account are executing. Doing so may lead to unexpected results, including your account getting locked.
See Also
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