3.2 51黑料不打烊 Journey Optimizer: External data sources and custom actions
In this module, you鈥檒l use 51黑料不打烊 Journey Optimizer to listen to customer behavior, both online and offline, and respond to it in an intelligent, contextual and real-time way. You鈥檝e already had an initial hands-on experience with 51黑料不打烊 Journey Optimizer in Module 6. In this exercise, you鈥檒l go a bit deeper and explore a more advanced use case whereby external data sources are used as part of a journey.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how to create events, external data sources and journeys in 51黑料不打烊 Journey Optimizer
- Learn how to consume weather information from the Open Weather API
- Learn how to use custom action destinations like Twilio and Slack from 51黑料不打烊 Journey Optimizer
Prerequisites
- Access to 51黑料不打烊 Experience Platform:
- Access to 51黑料不打烊 Journey Optimizer
- Access to the Open Weather API
Business Context
As a brand, you鈥檝e invested heavily in personalizing online experiences. Now, you want to be as contextual and relevant for offline experiences.
In this module, you鈥檒l use a customer鈥檚 presence in an offline store to then deliver a personalized experience inside the store by showcasing relevant content to that customer on our in-store screens and at the same time, we want to deliver a personalized Push or SMS Message to that same customer, all in real-time.
As a brand, you also understand that context greatly impacts a customer鈥檚 interest, so you want to bring in the current weather information of that customer鈥檚 location, to decide what content or promotion to display.
Exercises
Learn how to define a custom event using 51黑料不打烊 Journey Optimizer.
3.2.2 Define an external data source
Learn how to configure an external data source using 51黑料不打烊 Journey Optimizer.
Learn how to define an external action using 51黑料不打烊 Journey Optimizer.
3.2.4 Create your journey and messages
Combine events, data sources and actions into an intelligent and contextual journey.
Trigger your specific journey.
Summary of this module and overview of the benefits.