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Create campaign success goals

Create your own success goals to see how your campaign is progressing and learn how to use baselines to compare against your target goals.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_ca.campaign_manager

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Content Experiences > Content Experience Builder and select a campaign.

  2. Click the Campaign Success Goals tab and select New.

  3. On the form, fill in the fields.

  4. Field

    Description

    Title

    Name of the success goal.

    Description

    Description of the success goal.Note: The title and description help to identify how you are measuring the success of your campaign.

    Success Goal Type

    How you want to create and calculate your campaign success goal.- Deflection: You want your campaign to inform employees so the number of inquiry cases decreases. - Drive action: You want your campaign to drive employees to create cases, like enrolling in health benefits.

    Table

    Provides field that the Success Goal Type uses to calculate from.You can use to create filter conditions to create specific success goals.

    Note: This field is not editable.

    Case date field

    Shows the field from the HR Case [sn_hr_core_case] table that the Success Goal Type uses to calculate on. After the Content Experiences: Evaluate Campaign Success Goals scheduled job runs, and the first active case that is related to the HR service is created, tracking starts for your success criteria. Use the filters to identify specific conditions you want to track.

    Note: This field is not editable.

    ActiveOption to activate this campaign success goal.
    FiltersFilters that you use to determine your evaluation and target goals. For example, for a Drive Action type, you can set your filters to this condition: - HR service - is - General Benefits Inquiry After selecting your evaluation criteria and target, you can see the number of general benefits inquiry cases that were created and compare it to your target count.
    1. Select the Evaluation Criteria tab.

    2. Field

      Description

      Evaluation type

      How you want to define your campaign data collection. You can select three types:- Target count only: Use this type when you have no historical data to compare your campaign to. This type uses date ranges and a specific Target value (see Target tab) to determine campaign success. - Date range: Use this type when you want to compare your campaign data to a past campaign. - Relative to campaign: Use this type when you only want to compare success within the campaign and not compare it to historical data. For example, you can define the type to start 10 days before and after the campaign and view the activity. You can also specify a date that is related to a campaign like Created, Publish time, Updated, and others. Note: The fields change based on the evaluation type that you select.

      From date

      Date that you want the evaluation period to start. The start date can be:

      • Before the campaign starts.
      • The start date of the campaign.
      • Any date after the campaign starts.

      To date

      Date that you want the evaluation period to end.The end date can be:

      • After the campaign ends.
      • The date that the campaign ends.
      • Any date before the campaign ends.

      1. From the Evaluation type field, select the Date range.

      2. On the Campaign Success Goal form, fill in the fields.

      3. Field

        Definition

        Evaluation date range:From date

        Date that you want the evaluation period to start. The start date can be:

        • Before the campaign starts.
        • The date that the campaign starts.
        • Any date after the campaign starts.

        To date

        Date that you want the evaluation period to end.The end date can be:

        • After the campaign ends.
        • The date the campaign ends.
        • Any date before the campaign ends.

        Baseline date rangeFrom date

        Date that you want the baseline period to start. Baseline dates are for past campaigns or any period you want to establish as your baseline to compare against your campaign data.The start date for your baseline can be:

        • Before the campaign starts.
        • The date the campaign starts.
        • Any date after the campaign starts.

        To date

        Date that you want the baseline period to end.The end date can be:

        • After the campaign ends.
        • The date that the campaign ends.
        • Any date before the campaign ends. Note: Select the Calculate baseline related link to quickly see what your historical data is for the date ranges that you selected. If the calculation doesn't show data, you can expand your date range.

        1. From the Evaluation type field on the Campaign Success Goal form, select Relative to campaign.

        2. On the Campaign Success Goal form, fill in the fields.

        3. Field

          Description

          Date offset quantity

          Number of days, weeks, or months that you want to collect campaign data before and after the value you select in the Campaign date field.

          Date offset units

          Unit of time measurement that you want to define as your period to evaluate campaign data. The values you can select are:- Days - Weeks - Months

          Date offset type

          Value that indicates the date offset quantity and units collect data before and after these values.

          Campaign date field

          Dates or times that are affiliated with a campaign that the evaluation period uses to collect data.

          1. Select the Target tab.

          2. On the Campaign Success Goal form, fill in the fields.

          3. Field

            Description

            Target value

            Only appears when you select Target count only from the Evaluation type field.The number of cases deflected or created you target for your campaign.

            Direction

            Identifies the data based on the success goal type that you select. The values are:- Maximize: Drive action - Minimize: Deflection Only appears when you select Date range and Relative to campaign evaluation types.

            Percentage

            Percentage of cases deflected or created that you target for your campaign.

            1. Click Submit or Update.

              After the Content Experiences: Evaluate Campaign Success Goals scheduled job runs (daily by default), the base count and evaluation period count populates.

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