Send an Email to a Data Extension Using an Email Send Definition

This scenario describes how to send an email message using information in a data extension. You can use information within a sendable data extension as the basis for a send. To perform this send, you must use the following elements:

• Email Message
• Email Send Definition
• Publication List
• Data Extension

The sendable data extension contains the information used to conduct the send, and the information on the publication list manages opt-in information for subscribers. A subscriber must be on both the data extension and the publication list to receive an email message as part of the send.

• Create
• Perform

• CustomObject
• EmailSendDefinition
• Email
• SendClassification
• List

• CustomerKey
• Name
• SendClassification.CustomerKey
• SendDefinitionList.CustomObjectID
• SendDefinitionList.DataSourceTypeID
• Email.ID

• Manage Sends to Publication Lists using Email Send Definitions
• Start an Email Send Definition

Data Extensions and Data Relationship Procedures