Field groups concept_ntl_ypt_52b

Field groups are sets of fields that you can retrieve from a data source and use in a journey.

Defining field groups section_dsz_kjd_fjb

For each data source, you can define several field groups.

For example, you can create a field group with the telephone number, the email, the first name and the address of the profile. You will then be able to use this data in your journey to create conditions. For example, you can decide to send an SMS only if the profile’s telephone number is not empty. If it is empty, you can send an email.

Even though a default name is automatically added, we recommend that you give a name to your field group. Indeed, the field group name will be visible to other users in Journey Orchestration. Giving a relevant name to field groups is a best practice.

When a data source field is used in a journey, the system will retrieve all the fields defined for that field group. Therefore, selecting only the fields that you need for your journeys is a best practice. This will reduce the request latency in your journeys thus increasing performance. Note that you can easily add more fields in field groups later.

The number of journeys that use a field group is displayed in the Used in field. You can click the View journeys button to display the list of journeys using this field group.

Field group lifecycle section_abk_njd_fjb

You can add or remove fields from a field group that is not used in any draft or live journey.

You can add but you cannot remove a field from a field group used in one or more draft or live journeys. This will avoid breaking journeys.

To delete a field from a field group used in one or more journeys, follow these steps. Let’s use an example of a field group named “Field Group A”.