Using a Targeted Distribution File

The following is an example of the Sample Targeted Distribution (CSV) file, which contains level 0 members from the Segments dimension and some fictitious (not real) user IDs and email addresses.

Let’s take a look at the column headings in the Target Distribution file.

Table 13-2 The Targeted Distribution CSV File

Column Heading	Description
member	Member name
user_names	User IDs with library permission
group_names	Group IDs with library permission
external_emails	External email addresses for the mailing list
user_emails	User IDs for the mailing list
group_emails	Group IDs for the mailing list

To include multiple user or group names or email addresses in a single field, use a comma to separate the multiple names or email addresses and surround them in double quotes.

For example:

Excel view:

Table 13-3 Review the Excel File with the Column Header information

member	user_names	group_names	external_emails	user_emails	group_emails
Seg01	user1		[e-mail], [e-mail]	user1
Seg02	user2		[e-mail]	user2

CSV view:

member,user_names,group_names,external_emails,user_emails,group_emails

Seg01,user1,, "[e-mail],[e-mail] ",user1, Seg02,user2,,[e-mail],user2,

Note:

When you edit the above data in Excel and save it as CSV, Excel automatically surrounds the cells containing the comma character within a single cell with double-quotes.

You can use the Targeted Distribution Files in three ways. You can either send an Email or Publish output files to the Library. You can perform both Email and Library options.

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