Sources overview

In Adobe Real-Time CDP Collaboration, a source (or data connection) is where your audience data comes from. You can connect to various source types such as Adobe applications, cloud-based storages, or files from your local system, to source and manage audiences for your Collaboration projects. During the audience sourcing workflow, you can choose and set up your preferred source based on your organization’s needs.

Connect a source connect-a-source

To connect a source, you need to enter the sourcing workflow. First, navigate to the My audiences tab within the Setup workspace.

Select the add icon ( Add icon. ) and then select Audience to start the sourcing workflow.

My audiences workspace with the Add option and Audiences option highlighted.

During the workflow, you will be prompted to add a new data connection by selecting a source. The source you choose determines how your audience data is brought into Collaboration. See the available sources table for a list of all supported sources.

The Add audiences workspace with the Add a new data connection option highlighted.

After selecting a source, the workflow guides you through the connection-specific setup steps, including authentication, field mapping, scheduling, and audience selection.

Available sources available-sources

The following sources are available in Collaboration. To view the step-by-step sourcing guide for that source, select the source name in the table below. If you are interested in a source that is not currently available, please contact your Adobe representative.

Source
Description
Availability
Adobe Experience Platform
Bring in audiences from your connected Experience Platform instance and reuse existing customer segments.
Available
Amazon S3
Connect your S3 buckets to source large first-party datasets from your cloud infrastructure.
Available
Snowflake
Connect your Snowflake Secure Data Share to bring in large-scale audience datasets.
Available
Google Cloud Storage
Connect your GCS buckets to bring in audience data stored in your Google Cloud environment.
Available
CSV file upload
Upload a formatted CSV file directly from your local system.
Available
Adobe Audience Manager
Bring existing Audience Manager segments into your Collaboration projects.
Coming soon
Azure Blob Storage
Connect your Azure Blob Storage containers to source first-party datasets from your Microsoft Azure environment.
Coming soon
Azure Data Lake Storage
Connect your Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2 account to bring in audience data stored in your Azure data lake.
Coming soon

Next steps

After you connect a source and bring in your audiences, you can view details, update configurations, or delete existing sources. For more information, see the Manage data connections guide.

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