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How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination

Let's go through the entire Constant Contact setup step together!

Navigation:
1. What will the integration with Constant Contact do?
2. How to connect Constant Contact account to ApiX-Drive?
3. How to set up data transfer to Constant Contact in the selected action?
4. An example of the data that will be sent to your Constant Contact.
5. Auto-update and update interval.

To do this, click "Start Configuring Data Destination".

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Setup Data Destination system

Select the system as Data Destination. In this case, Constant Contact must be specified.

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | System selection

Next, you need to specify an action, for example, "Add / Update CONTACT" if you need to add or change email addresses in the mailing lists.

Or select "Delete CONTACT" if you want to delete contacts.

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Action selection

The next step is to select the Constant Contact account to which the data will be sent.

If there are no accounts connected to the ApiX-Drive system, click "Connect account".

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Account connection

In the window that opens, you need to fill in your login and password for the Constant Contact personal account.

After that, the page will reload and the saved account will be automatically selected.

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Account connection
How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Account connection

When the connected account is displayed in the "active accounts" list, select it for further work.

Attention! If your account is in the "inactive accounts" list, check your access to this login!

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Account selection

Now you need to set up the connection of the fields of the Data Source using the example of Google Sheets with the corresponding fields in Constant Contact.

Be sure to select a list where all data from Google Sheets will go.

Also assign other required fields from the drop-down lists.

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Assigning fields
How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Assigning fields

Now you can see the test data.

Click "Send test data to Constant Contact" and go to the Constant Contact cabinet in the appropriate group to test the connection.

If something does not suit you - click "Edit" and go back one step.

If everything suits you, click "Next" to continue the setup.  

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Test data

This completes the Data Destination system setup!

Now you can start choosing the update interval and enabling auto-update.

To do this, click "Enable update".

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Enable auto-update

On the main screen, click on the gear icon to select the required update interval or setup scheduled launch. To start the connection by time, select scheduled start and specify the desired time for the connection update will be started, or add several options at once when you need the connection will be started.

Attention! In order for the Scheduled Run to work at the specified time, the interval between the current time and the specified time must be more than 5 minutes. For example, you select the time 12:10 and the current time is 12:08 - in this case, the automatic update of the connection will occur at 12:10 the next day. If you select the time 12:20 and the current time is 12:13 - auto-update of the connection will work today and then every day at 12:20.

To make the current connection transmit data only after another connection, check the box "Update connection only after start other connection" and specify the connection after which the current connection will be started.

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Update interval
How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Update interval
How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Update priority

To enable auto-update, switch the slider to the position as shown in the picture.

To force the connection, click on the arrow icon.  

How to Connect Constant Contact as Data Destination | Enable auto-update

This completes the setup Constant Contact as Data Destination! See how easy it is!?

Now don't worry, ApiX-Drive will do everything on its own!