Create a push notification delivery create-push
You can create a standalone push notification delivery, or create a push notification in the context of a campaign workflow. The steps below detail the procedure for a standalone (one-shot) push delivery. If you are working in the context of a campaign workflow, creation steps are details in this section.
Create a push delivery create-push-delivery
To create a new standalone push delivery, follow these steps:
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Browse to the Deliveries menu on the left rail, and click the Create delivery button.
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Under the Channel section, choose Push notification as the channel, and select a template, depending on the chosen device operation system: Android or iOS. Learn more about templates
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Click the Create delivery button to confirm.
Configure the delivery settings configure-push-settings
Configure your delivery settings as detailed below:
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Enter a Label for the delivery. By default, the label is set with the label of the selected template. It should be updated.
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Browse the Additional options drop-down to customize the options, if needed. If your delivery is based on an extended schema, specific Custom options fields are available.
accordion Configure the following settings based on your requirements. - Internal name: Assign a unique identifier to the delivery.
- Folder: Store the delivery in a specific folder.
- Delivery code: Organize your deliveries using your own naming convention.
- Description: Provide a description for the delivery.
- Nature: Specify the delivery’s nature for classification purposes.
Select your push delivery audience create-audience-push
You must first select the app, and then you can refine the Push notification audience, as detailed below:
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From the Audience section, select the application you want to use for this delivery. By default, your push notification is sent to all subscribers of the application. You can refine to a specific audience by clicking the Select audience button.
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Select an existing audience, or create your own audience, to refine the target population for your Push delivery. For Push notification, the default target dimension is Subscriber application (nms:appSubscriptionRcp), which is linked to the recipients table.
Learn how to select an existing audience in this page
Learn how to create a new audience in this page
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Switch on the Enable control group option to set a control group to measure the impact of your delivery. Messages are not sent to that control group, so that you can compare the behavior of the population which received the message with the behavior of contacts which did not. Learn more
Define the Push notification content create-content-push
To define the content of your notification, click Edit content. Learn more
From this screen, you can also simulate your content and set up offers.
Schedule your delivery sending schedule-push
When a delivery is sent in the context of a workflow, you must use the Scheduler activity. Learn more in this page. Steps below only apply to standalone deliveries.
To schedule a standalone push delivery to a specific date and time, follow these steps:
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Browse to the Schedule section of the delivery properties.
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Use the Enable scheduling toggle to activate it.
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Set the desired date and time for sending.
After you initiate the delivery, the message is automatically sent on the exact date and time that you have defined for the recipient.
Learn more about delivery scheduling in this section
Delivery advanced settings adv-push
Click Configure delivery settings to access advanced options related to your delivery template. Learn more
