Acoustic

Integration type: User-defined

Supported functionality¶

Upload — You can upload a list to schedule then send using the ESP's own functionality
Upload & Broadcast — You can upload a list to the ESP to broadcast immediately

Note

Values shown may be for example only; the options will differ for each broadcaster.

Name	Description
Channel Name	Enter a name for the channel
Broadcaster	Select Acoustic from the drop-down
Broadcaster Username	Enter your broadcaster API username, available from Acoustic
Broadcaster Password	Enter your broadcaster API password, available from Acoustic
Update Password	Displayed once a password has been set; use this to change the password if required
Test Login	Use the Test Login button to confirm the above details are correct. A "Test login successful" message displays if the credentials are correct
Email Variable	Select Email Address from the drop-down
Email Variable Description Override	Optional—enter the description, for example "Email Address". This must correspond to the email field within Acoustic
Reply Email Address	The email address that will receive notifications when the channel is used. This is NOT the reply email address used for the email send
Broadcaster Action	The default is Upload and Broadcast; select Upload Only to upload the list only without initiating a broadcast

Parameter Name	Parameter Value
FTP Protocol	Either `sftp`, `ftp`, or `ftps`
FTP URL	This should refer to the FTP location; the default is `Transfer[pod].acoustic.com`
FTP Username	Enter your FTP username
FTP Password	Enter your FTP password
Private Key Path	See table below
Client ID	A unique alphanumeric string available from your broadcaster
Client Secret	A unique alphanumeric string available from your broadcaster
Refresh Token	A unique alphanumeric string available from your broadcaster
Admin From Email	The email address that administrative emails are sent from
Dated List Format	The date format string for the date and time stamp if created; default is `yyyyMMdd-HHmmss`
Visibility	Choose your visibility: `0` = Private, `1` = Shared
Upload Only Contact List Folder	The upload only folder
Upload And Broadcast Contact List Folder	The upload and broadcast contact list folder
List Id Column Table	The list ID column table
Master Table	The name of the Acoustic database to use
Encoding	UTF8

Common parameters

Parameter Name	Parameter Value
SFTP Private Key Path	If secure FTP is used above and requires a private key, this should refer to the path and filename of that key
Use Dated List	Setting this to `false` will remove the date and time stamp at the end of the file name. The default is `true`
Dated List Format	Enter the date format string for the date and time stamp if created. The default value is `yyyyMMdd-HHmmss`

Name	Value
Allow in Transactional Output	Specific to PeopleStage and Transactional Campaigning. If you select Yes, multiple emails can be sent to the same email address
Append to List	Optional
Number of Retries	The number of times to retry on failure of the channel. Recommended (for Broadcast Channels) to leave this at 0
Response File Key Type	The key field to match responses to sends. Should be set to Communication Key for Acoustic
Message Content Type	For email broadcasts this will always be Template (using the Broadcaster Template)
Retrieve Existing List Names	Optional; not supported in Orbit at the moment

Name	Value
Zip File	Default is deselected; select this optional setting to compress the file if required
Output File Format	Default is Comma Separated Values (CSV)
Output Header	Default is Descriptions; will use the title of the variable in the header
Delimiter	Default is Tab
Alpha Encloser	Default is None
Numeric Encloser	Default is None
Extras	Empty by default; can reference the name of an Extras XML file. Reserved for advanced use
Encoding	Default is UTF-8