This whiteboard job changes the membership of a contact in one of the following ways:

  • Add to Group​
  • Remove or Unsubscribe from Group​

Add to Group​

This job adds a contact to one or more Engage groups. 

  • Engage does not add the following types of contacts to the group, and does not report an error in these cases:
    • A contact who is already a member of the target group.

    • A contact who is on the group blacklist.

    • A contact who has ​Pending​​ status ​in the target group. 

Configuration

Setting

Description

Group

Defines the groups to which the contact is added. You can select one or more groups from a drop-down list of available groups. The other group memberships of the contact remain unaffected.

Remove or Unsubscribe from Group​

This job removes or unsubscribes a contact from one or more Engage groups.

When you remove or unsubscribe a contact from a group, group-specific data is deleted for the contact. Group-specific data includes member attributes and group membership statistics. All other profile data remains unaffected.

This job does not exclude the group owner. This job can remove the owner of the group from the group.

  • Remove:​ A removal is valid for one Engage group. The other group memberships of the contact remain unaffected. A removal is not recorded as an unsubscribe in the group statistics. Removals do not affect developments in group size in the ​Contact Statistics​ area of Engage. The contact does not receive a confirmation email.

  • Unsubscribe:​ An unsubscription is valid for one Engage group. The other group memberships of the contact remain unaffected. Contacts who unsubscribe from a group are counted as unsubscriptions in the statistics. Unsubscriptions affect developments in group size in the ​Contact Statistics​ area of Engage.  Mapp Engage does not send an unsubscribe notification.

Configuration

Setting

Description

​Remove from Group​

Defines from which groups Engage removes the contact.

  • All Groups:​ Removes or unsubscribes a contact from all groups in the Engage system.

  • Specific Group:​ Removes or unsubscribes a contact from one Engage group. This action does not affect the other group memberships of the contact.

  • Group Category:​ Removes or unsubscribes a contact from all groups in the Engage system that have the selected group category.

​Method​

Defines whether Engage records the action as a removal or as an unsubscribe.