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4Comply Eloqua Cloud App Documentation

4Comply Eloqua Cloud App Documentation Table of Contents Introduction 4Comply is a privacy compliance solution that enables companies to manage consent and permissions, fulfill privacy rights requests and respond to privacy inquiries from regulators. The 4Comply Eloqua Cloud apps seamlessly integrate with Eloqua on the campaign and program canvas. The following document explains how each of […]

Account CO to Contact CO Updater Cloud App Documentation

Account CO to Contact CO Updater Cloud App Documentation Table of Contents Purpose There are situations where you need to update or create Custom Object (CO) Records with the information of another CO Set, specifically a CO set with Account Information. This step is not possible to do using Oracle Eloqua’s out-of-the-box features. This is […]

Anonymous Campaign Attribution Cloud App

Anonymous Campaign Attribution Cloud App Documentation Table of Contents Overview The Anonymous Campaign Attribution Cloud App helps you track anonymous visitors and attribute their activities to your Eloqua campaigns once they become known. This document will show how this Cloud App can be used inside Oracle Eloqua Program Canvas. Installation Please follow these instructions to […]

Append Fields Cloud Action Documentation

Append Fields Cloud Action Documentation Table of Contents Purpose There are situations where you need to append two contact fields. This simple step is not that simple or even possible using Eloqua’s out-of-the-box features. This is where this cloud action comes into play. With Append Fields you can append the values of two contact fields, […]

Append Multiple Fields Cloud Action Documentation

Append Multiple Fields Cloud Action Documentation Table of Contents Purpose There are situations where you need to append two or more contact fields. This simple step is not that simple or even possible using Eloqua’s out-of-the-box features. This is where this cloud action comes into play. With Append Fields you can append the values of […]

Campaign Contact Remover Cloud App Documentation

Campaign Contact Remover Cloud App Documentation Table of Contents Campaign Contact Remover Cloud Action There are situations where you might need to remove Contacts from certain Campaign(s) and you need it to happen automatically. There may be several reasons to remove Contacts from Campaign(s), here are some examples: The Contact’s email is a Hard Bounce […]

Campaign Membership Cloud App Documentation

Campaign Membership Cloud App Documentation Table of Contents Purpose of the Campaign Membership Cloud Action This app creates external activity records and campaign responses from a list upload. With the app, you can have a list with multiple contacts and multiple campaigns (one per contact), and it will create campaign responses for the campaign specified […]

CO Cloud Feeder Documentation

CO Cloud Feeder Documentation Table of Contents Purpose of the CO Cloud Feeder App CO Cloud Feeder allows you to add CO Records to any Program Canvas based on filters configured in the app. This document will show how this Cloud App can be used inside Program Canvas for Custom Objects. Set-up in Oracle Eloqua […]

CO Count Cloud App Documentation

CO Count Cloud App Documentation Table of Contents Purpose of the CO Count Cloud App There are situations where you need to know how many CO records exist for a contact that matches a specific set of criteria. This cloud action counts the number of CO Records linked to a Contact and writes the value […]

CO Date Calculator Cloud App Documentation

CO Date Calculator Cloud App Documentation Table of Contents Purpose There are situations where you need to add or subtract days to a date field. This is now possible with the 4Thought Marketing CO Date Calculator Cloud App. This document will show how this Cloud App can be used inside the CO Program Canvas. Set-up […]

CO Deleter W/ Archive Cloud App Documentation

CO Deleter W/ Archive Cloud App Documentation Table of Contents Set-up in Oracle Eloqua Please follow these instructions to set up this cloud app in your Oracle Eloqua instance. Log in to Oracle Eloqua. Click on Get App below to install. Get app NOTE: If prompted to log again, please do so. In the following screen, […]

CO Deleter W/ Archive Cloud App Documentation

CO Deleter W/ Archive Cloud App Documentation Table of Contents Set-up in Oracle Eloqua Please follow these instructions to set up this cloud app in your Oracle Eloqua instance. Log in to Oracle Eloqua. Click on Get App below to install. Get app NOTE: If prompted to log again, please do so. In the following screen, […]

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