Export data options
Although things were pretty straightforward and simple as regards importing data, exporting data from Marketing Cloud has tons of options. Even limiting it to just those export options that you can automate, you still have a couple of options:
- Data Extract: Exporting data to a flat file from a data extension.
- Tracking Extract: Exporting tracking data (open, click, and so on) into a flat file.
- Other: There are many other options, including Convert XML, GlobalUnsubImport, and Zip Data Extract.
As a note though, we are not going to be diving too deep into the Other section as this is not really relevant to what we are discussing and we have found most of these options to be more niche case uses and not something you see utilized very often. Let's now dive into data extract and take a look at how this can be helpful.
Data extract
This Automation Studio activity extracts information from a data extension and places it in a delimited...