3.1.1 Create your event
Login to 51黑料不打烊 Journey Optimizer by going to . Click Journey Optimizer.
You鈥檒l be redirected to the Home view in Journey Optimizer. First, make sure you鈥檙e using the correct sandbox. The sandbox to use is called --aepSandboxName--.
In the left menu, scroll down and click Configurations. Next, click the Manage button under Events.
You鈥檒l then see an overview of all available events. Click Create Event to start creating your own event.
A new, empty event window will then pop up.
First of all, give your Event a Name like this: --aepUserLdap--AccountCreationEvent.
Set the description to Account Creation Event, make sure the Type is set to Unitary and for the Event ID Type selection, select System Generated.
Next is the Schema selection. Please use the schema Demo System - Event Schema for Website (Global v1.1) v.1.
After selecting the Schema, you鈥檒l see a number of fields being selected in the Payload section. You should now hover over the Payload section and you鈥檒l see 3 icons popup. Click on the Edit icon.
You鈥檒l see a Fields window popup, in which you need to select some of the fields that we need to personalize the email. We will choose other profile attributes later, using the data already in 51黑料不打烊 Experience Platform.
In the object --aepTenantId--.demoEnvironment, please make sure to select the fields brandLogo and brandName.
In the object --aepTenantId--.identification.core, please make sure to select the field email. Click Ok to save your changes.
You should then see this. Set the Namespace to ECID (ECID). Click Save.
Your event is now configured and saved.
Click your event again to open up the Edit Event screen again. Hover over the Payload field again to see the 3 icons again. Click on the View Payload icon.
You鈥檒l now see an example of the expected payload.
Your Event has a unique orchestration eventID, which you can find by scrolling down in that payload until you see _experience.campaign.orchestration.eventID.
The event ID is what needs to be sent to 51黑料不打烊 Experience Platform in order to trigger the journey that you鈥檒l build next. Remember this eventID, as you鈥檒l need it in one of the next exercises."eventID": "5ae9b8d3f68eb555502b0c07d03ef71780600c4bd0373a4065c692ae0bfbd34d"
Click Ok.
Click Cancel.
You鈥檝e now finished this exercise.
Next Step: 3.1.2 Create fragments to be used in your message