Use the Batch Create Objects activity to create objects in MailChimp asynchronously.
Refer to the Objects supported by MailChimp Connector.
About this task
Use this task to create more than one objects in MailChimp instance in just one call. The call to
this activity is an asynchronous call where the input data is sent to the activity for processing
and the actual response is not sent back to the orchestration. Batch Id is sent as a response. Using
this Batch Id, periodically check the batch status using Get Batch Status Activity.
Procedure
- In an active orchestration, open the Activities tab and expand the
MailChimp folder contents.
- Drag the Batch Create Objects activity icon onto the orchestration.
Select the activity. The MailChimp Batch Create Objects Checklist is
displayed.
- In the checklist, click Summary.
- Review the contents of the Activity Name field, and make the required
changes.
- In the checklist, click Pick Endpoint.
- Click Browse and use the Project Explorer dialog
box to select the relevant MailChimp endpoint.
- Optional: You can create the endpoint by clicking New and specifying the
required connection details. Click OK to save and use the endpoint for this
configuration.
- To make required changes to the selected endpoint configuration, click
Edit to access the options in a separate window. Any changes you make
globally affects all uses of the endpoint in active orchestrations.
- In the checklist, click Configure.
- Object Type and List Name available.
List Name Browse is enabled only for Member
Object.
- Click Browse to select the object. The Browse MailChimp window is displayed.
- In the Object Type Browse MailChimp window, you can select the MailChimp
object types from the object type list. Click OK.
- In the List Name Browse MailChimp, you can select the MailChimp List
Name. Click OK.
- In the Checklist, click Retry. Review the default
settings and make the required changes.
- Select the Map Inputs in the Checklist. The XML
Schemas generated from the selected object of the Batch Create Objects
activity are displayed as nodes under the request input parameter in the To
Activity panel.
- Create a map between the orchestration variables and the input parameter of the activity.
Note: Values must be provided at run time for any mandatory elements of the input structure. A
value can be provided by specifying a default value for element or by linking the element with an
input node. During run time if no value is provided for a mandatory element, the activity throws an
exception, which is reported by the Web Management Console. If a value is not provided at run time
for an optional input parameter, no exception is thrown during run time.
- Select the Map Outputs in the Checklist. The XML
Schema generated to hold the response of the activity is displayed as nodes under the response
output parameter in the From Activity panel.
- Create a map between the output parameters and orchestration variables.
Results
You have configured the MailChimp Batch Create Objects activity.
Note: MailChimp also supports custom field value creation. Please refer section about Custom fields support for more information.
You can add more than one object as input to this activity. To add more than one object as input,
right click the object in the To Activity pane of Map Inputs, and select
Expand Occurrences. Only multiple objects of the same type are supported.