Using the MailChimp Batch Upsert Objects Activity

Use the Batch Upsert Objects activity to create or update Member objects in MailChimp.

About this task

Use this task to create or update 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

  1. In an active orchestration, open the Activities tab and expand the MailChimp folder contents.
  2. Drag the Batch Upsert Objects activity icon onto the orchestration. Select the activity. The MailChimp Batch Upsert Objects Checklist is displayed.
  3. In the checklist, click Summary.
  4. Review the contents of the Activity Name field, and make the required changes.
  5. In the checklist, click Pick Endpoint.
  6. Click Browse and use the Project Explorer dialog box to select the relevant MailChimp endpoint.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. In the checklist, click Configure.
  10. Object Type and List Name Browse available. List Name Browse is enable only for Member object.
  11. Click Browse to select List Name. The Browse MailChimp window is displayed.
  12. In the Object Type Browse MailChimp window, you can select the MailChimp object types from the object type list. Click OK.
  13. In the List Name Browse MailChimp window, you can select the MailChimp List object. Click OK.
  14. In the Checklist, click Retry. Review the default settings and make the required changes.
  15. Select the Map Inputs in the Checklist. The XML Schemas generated from the selected object of the Batch Upsert Objects activity are displayed as nodes under the request input parameter in the To Activity panel.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Create a map between the output parameters and orchestration variables.

Results

You have configured the MailChimp Batch Upsert Objects activity.
Note:

MailChimp also supports custom field value update. 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.




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Timestamp icon Last updated: Wednesday, 15 June 2016


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