Automation Settings
Automated deployments can be set up to be created, and/or tested, and/or scheduled at prescribed times at pre-determined intervals.
Newsletters can be set up to run entirely on their own from creation through deployment. When an automated email is left to run on it’s own, it goes through the following steps at pre-set days/times (in this order)
Create job/log
Create campaign
Assign audience list
Test
Schedule
During the initial set-up, users can determine what day/time the system will generate the campaign as well as the interval between campaign creation, testing, and scheduling.
Enough time should be left between testing and deployment to allow for review and unscheduling/revising the HTML if needed.
Other options include:
Automatically creating and testing a deployment but not allowing the deployment to be scheduled without intervention
Automatically creating the deployment but not setting up the platform to generate a test or schedule the deployment
Automation Settings Access
Click on dropdown next to the name of your company in the top left corner and choose 'Manage Workspace'

If not displayed by default, choose 'Advertising' to bring up the Mindful Advertising menu options
Under Advertising, select Email Channels

All deployments will be displayed on the search dashboard in the center of the screen
Click on the name of the desired deployment to open the attributes screen
The automation settings will be on the right side.
Pause
Checking 'Pause' will stop future campaigns from being created
This will not impact campaigns that have already been created
Uncheck this option to resume creating campagins at the next scheduled time
Auto Test
When checked, a test will be deployed to a pre-set test list at the interval determined at set-up
Auto Schedule
When selected, the deployment will be scheduled to deploy at a pre-determined day + time
The deployment must be set to 'auto test' in order to use the 'auto schedule' option
Note: deployments can be unscheduled at anytime prior to being deployed (Note: include Link to Deployment scheduling instructions)
Set Subject From Title
When using a variable to pull in the subject line from the first story of the HTML (which is stored in the <title> tag, setting this field will pass the subject value to the ESP rather than simply passing the variable.
This is primarily used in reporting from the ESP so the report shows the actual subject line vs the variable
Blackout Days
Blackout Days can be used to set dates that the deployment should not go out (such as a holiday)
Click on the field and click the date(s) on the calendar that the deployment should not be deployed.
Use the date the deployment would normally go out when choosing the blackout date(s). This will stop the campaign from being set up and the test from being sent (when applicable).
There is no limit on how far in advance the blackout day(s) can be set
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