Iterable (Actions) Destination

Iterable is a cross-channel marketing platform that powers unified customer experiences and empowers you to create, optimize and measure every interaction across the entire customer journey.

This destination is maintained by Iterable. For any issues with the destination, contact the Iterable Support team.

Benefits of Iterable (Actions) vs Iterable Classic

Iterable (Actions) provides the following benefit over Iterable Classic:

• Transparent data mapping. The Classic Iterable destination receives data from Segment and converts Segment events to Iterable’s format using hard coded mappings that are unable to be adjusted. The Iterable (Actions) destination allows clients to fully define their own mappings of Segment events, ensuring they receive data structured specifically for their needs.

Getting Started

Follow these steps to connect the Iterable (Actions) destination to your Segment sources:

1. Access the Segment web app and click on Catalog.

2. In the Catalog, use the search function to find “Iterable”. Select the Iterable (Actions) destination from the results, and choose which of your sources to connect the destination to.

3. From the Segment web app, navigate to Connections > Catalog > Destinations.
4. Click the Destination Actions category item in the left navigation.
5. Search for Iterable (Actions) and select it.
6. Click Configure Iterable (Actions).
7. Select an existing Source to connect to Iterable (Actions).
8. Complete the Destination Settings as listed below.

Destination Settings

Setting	Description
API Key	Required. To obtain the API Key, go to the Iterable app and naviate to Integrations > API Keys. Create a new API Key with the ‘Server-Side’ type.
Data Center Location	The location where your Iterable data is hosted.

Available Presets

Iterable (Actions) has the following presets:

Preset Name	Trigger	Default Action
Identify Calls	Event type = "identify"	Upsert User
Update Cart Calls	Event type = "track" and event = "Cart Updated"	Cart Updates
Track Calls	Event type = "track" and event != "Order Completed" and event != "Cart Updated"	Custom Event
Order Completed Calls	Event type = "track" and event = "Order Completed"	Track Purchase

Available Actions

Build your own Mappings. Combine supported triggers with the following Iterable-supported actions:

• Custom Event

• Cart Updates

• Track Purchase

• Upsert User

Custom Event

Track a custom event to a user profile

Custom Event is a Cloud action. The default Trigger is: type = "track" and event != "Order Completed" and event != "Cart Updated"

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Cart Updates

Updates the shoppingCartItems field on the user profile.

Cart Updates is a Cloud action. The default Trigger is: type = "track" and event == "Cart Updated"

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Track Purchase

Tracks a purchase to Iterable

Track Purchase is a Cloud action. The default Trigger is: type = "track" and event == "Order Completed"

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Upsert User

Creates or updates a user

Upsert User is a Cloud action. The default Trigger is: type = "identify"

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Important differences from the classic Iterable destination

Since the release of Iterable’s Classic Segment destination, Iterable has expanded its support for multiple project types. To determine the appropriate identifier for your project type, please refer to the list of available project types and their respective identifiers found at the following link: Project Types and Unique Identifiers.

Creating or Updating Users

The method by which you identify users depends on the project type you use:

Email-based Projects

In email-based projects, it is necessary to include the email to successfully create a user in Iterable. Once both the email and userId have been set in Iterable, the userId can be utilized for any future user updates.

UserID-based Projects

For userID-based projects, a unique userId is required for creating a user in Iterable. While it is optional to add an email to a userID-based user profile, all subsequent user updates must be performed using the userId.

Hybrid Projects**

In hybrid projects, you have the flexibility to choose between using a unique email or a userId to create a user in Iterable.

In Iterable’s previous classic destination, when making Identify calls, certain context fields were automatically mapped to user profiles. However, this behavior has been changed. Please note that the following context fields are no longer automatically mapped to Iterable user profiles during Identify calls:

• app
• device
• ip
• locale
• page
• timezone

To include these fields in user profiles, pass them as traits with Identify calls. This change offers more control and customization options for managing user data within Iterable.

Additionally, the integration has been updated to support explicit mappings for updating the phoneNumber user profile field, as well as support of the mergeNestedObject boolean field in user update calls.

Custom Events

In UserID and Hybrid projects, when a passed userId doesn’t match an existing user, Iterable creates a new user automatically. In email-based projects, tracking a custom event for an unidentified user will not create a user profile.

To ensure proper user profile creation in email-based projects:

• Call the Identify method with both a userId and an email to create a user profile.
• After you create the user profile, proceed with tracking the custom event for that user.

If you follow this approach, you can guarantee the creation of user profiles and accurately track custom events within Iterable for email-based projects.

Commerce Events

In the classic destination of Iterable, cart updates were associated with Segment’s Product Added and Product Removed events. However, in the Action destination, there have been updates to the default mappings. Now, custom events titled Cart Updated are routed to Iterable’s Update Cart API.