Contact Event

The event is used as the default entry event to provide a boolean check against a contact's attributes, that determines if a contact should be injected into a journey. This is the same check used in the decision split activity.

Journey Specification Format

The activity must be formatted as specified below. The following JSON object will be included in the triggers array of a journey, as defined in the Journey Specification.

Helpful Hints

The schemaVersionId comes from the GET /schema resource.

Sample Request

{
    "arguments": {},
    "configurationArguments": {
        "criteria": "<filterXML>",
        "schemaVersionId": 125
    },
    "description": "The description for the entry event",
    "key": "<user-defined-key-for-this-entry-event-OR-app-extension-key>",
    "metaData": {
        "configurationDescription": "",
        "eventDefinitionId": "<GUID>",
        "eventDefinitionKey": "<event-key-from-entry-event-admin>"
    },
    "name": "The name of this entry event",
    "outcomes": [],
    "type": "Event"
}

Sample Response

{
    "arguments": {},
    "configurationArguments": {
        "criteria": "<filterXML>",
        "schemaVersionId": 125
    },s
    "description": "The description for the entry event",
    "id": "<unique-GUID-provided-by-SFMC>",
    "key": "<user-defined-key-for-this-entry-event>",
    "metaData": {
        "configurationDescription": "",
        "eventDefinitionId": "<GUID>",
        "eventDefinitionKey": "<event-key-from-entry-event-admin>"
    },
    "eventDefinitionId": "<GUID>",
    "eventDefinitionKey": "<event-key-from-entry-event-admin>",
    "name": "The name of this entry event",
    "outcomes": [],
    "type": "Event"
}

Related Items

• Journey Specification
• GET /schema Resource