To activate data, you need the View Destinations, Activate Destinations, View Profiles, and View Segments access control permissions. Read the access control overview or contact your product administrator to obtain the required permissions.
This article explains how to use the Experience Platform UI to export files on-demand to batch destinations such as cloud storage and email marketing destinations.
The Export file now control allows you to export a full file without interrupting the current export schedule of a previously scheduled audience. This export happens in addition to previously scheduled exports and does not change the export frequency of the audience. The file export is triggered immediately and it picks up the latest results from Experience Platform segmentation runs.
You can also use the Experience Platform APIs for this purpose. Read how to activate audiences on-demand to batch destinations via the ad-hoc activation API.
To export files on-demand to batch destinations, you must have successfully connected to a destination. If you haven’t done so already, go to the destinations catalog, browse the supported destinations, and configure the destination that you want to use.
Go to Connections > Destinations, select the Browse tab and the filter symbol to show existing connections to your desired batch destinations.
Select your desired destination connection to inspect the existing dataflow to the destination.
Select the Activation data tab and select the audiences for which you want to export files on-demand and select the Export file now control to trigger a one-time export which will deliver a file for each selected audience to your batch destination.
Select Yes to confirm and trigger the file export.
A confirmation message appears, letting you know that the file export has started.
You can also switch to the Dataflow runs tab to confirm that the file export has kicked off.
Keep in mind the following considerations when using the Export file now control:
When using the Export file now control, you might encounter any of the error messages listed below. Review the table to understand how to address them when they do appear.
Error message | Resolution |
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Run already going on for audience segment ID for order dataflow ID with run id flow run ID |
This error message indicates that an ad-hoc activation flow is currently ongoing for an audience. Wait for the job to finish before triggering the activation job again. |
Audiences <segment name> are not part of this dataflow or out of schedule range! |
This error message indicates that the audiences you selected to activate are not mapped to the dataflow or that the activation schedule set up for the audiences has either expired or not yet started. Check if the audience is indeed mapped to the dataflow and verify that the audience activation schedule overlaps with the present date. |