Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Feature Notes
09 MAY 2018 Created initial document.

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in Oracle Responsys 18B Release. All Oracle Responsys updates are conducted without disruption to service, meaning no downtime. Refer to the Oracle Responsys Release Center for additional details about release dates.

Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

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Feature Summary

Action Required to Enable Feature

Feature

Automatically Available

End User Action Required

Administrator Action Required

Oracle Service Request Required

APIs

New Throttling Limits for Web Services APIs

New Asynchronous Web Services APIs

REST API to Get All SMS Campaigns

Update RIID-to-Organization Scope Mapping

Send Time Optimization Using Past Push Event Data

Campaigns

New Content Widgets for the Email Message Designer

Email Message Templates

Available Options When in Full Screen Mode

Open a Campaign Workbook in a New Tab

Campaign Monitor Enhancements

Manage Campaigns Page Enhancements

Support for Campaign Approvals in Programs

Navigation Options from Email Message Preview

Exclusions in External Campaign Management PET

Split View Editor Availability

Collaboration

Sample Processes

Review Completed Tasks

Calendar Option Available for Configure Schedule Step

Connect

Improved Manage Connect User Interface

New Job Group UI

New Connect UI for Omniture Jobs

Set Expiry Date for Connect Job

Schedule Connect Jobs for Specific Days of the Month

Additional Connect Details and Options from Global Search Results

Data

Sort Order of PETs in Filter Designer

Hard Delete of Personal Data

Mobile

SMS Public Aggregator Network

Launch SMS Campaigns from the Campaign Workbook

External Tracking Parameters in SMS Campaigns

Expected Mobile Number Import Format

Short URL Support for SMS and Mobile App Campaigns

Message Center Enhanced Infrastructure

Email Conversions from Mobile Apps

More Behavioral Attributes for App Channel List Filters

Export App Channel List Filter Results with Connect

Program

Orchestrate Campaigns with Near Real-Time Latencies

Reporting

Support for SMS Bounce Data from SMS Aggregators

Interactive Dashboards Enhancements

Interactive Dashboards Plus Enhancements

User Interface

Updated Privacy Policy Link

New Account Management Page

APIs

New Throttling Limits for Web Services APIs

Oracle Responsys has implemented throttling limit changes on its APIs. These changes included imposing throttling limits on APIs that did not have limits before.

The following APIs now have throttling limits:

To obtain the current list of throttling limits for your account, use the Get Throttling Limits REST API.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

New Asynchronous Web Services APIs

Oracle Responsys Web Services now support asynchronous Merge & Trigger REST APIs and a polling API request to check the completion status by transaction ID.

Asynchronous APIs give developers a shorter and more predictable time to get status back after submitting an API request.

IMPORTANT: The asynchronous Web Services APIs are currently released under our Controlled Availability program. To request access to this feature, please log in to My Oracle Support and create a service request.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

REST API to Get All SMS Campaigns

Get All Campaigns now supports SMS campaigns. Use the type=sms parameter to get all SMS campaigns in an Oracle Responsys account. 

Steps to Enable

For details, please see the latest Responsys REST API Developer's Guide.

Update RIID-to-Organization Scope Mapping

A new API, Add or Update RIID-to-Audience Scope Code Mapping Data, is now available to update one or more recipient's RIID to their organization scope code mapping. Previously, you could only use Connect to update the RIID-to-organization scope code mapping. 

IMPORTANT: This API only applies if Targeting by Organization is enabled for your account. 

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Send Time Optimization Using Past Push Event Data

Send time optimization can now generate optimal send times for the Push channel using past Push event data.

IMPORTANT: Send Time Optimization is currently released under our Controlled Availability program. To request access to this feature, please log in to My Oracle Support and create a service request.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Campaigns

New Content Widgets for the Email Message Designer

New content widgets are available for the Email Message Designer:

Content widgets make the creation of dynamic content easier.  Marketers can now simply drag-and-drop widgets onto the email canvas in order to define regions and configure their dynamic content.

Content widgets

Steps to Enable

Content widgets are available if:

To add a content widget:

  1. With the email open in the Email Message Designer, click Dynamic Content Editor.
  2. Drag the widget to the email message. You can drag it to the body of the email or to the subject line.
  3. Use the Configuration tab to configure the widget.

An image of the Social Follow content widget configuration

Tips And Considerations

This feature is available in the Delayed Rollout. Review the 18B Feature Availability for rollout dates.

Email Message Templates

You can now create email templates using the Email Message Designer. Templates are presented to marketers when they create new campaigns using the Email Message Designer.

Steps to Enable

Email templates are available if:

To create an email template:

  1. In the Email Message Designer, build your email message.
  2. Click Save > Save as Template. A template only includes the HTML canvas portion of the email.

After you create a template, refer to the online help for more information on how to edit the template.

Tips And Considerations

Available Options When in Full Screen Mode

In the Email Message Designer, if you are in full screen mode, you can now access the Dynamic Content and Split View buttons. These buttons allow you to work with dynamic content and HTML code, respectively.

Steps to Enable

This feature is available if:

Open a Campaign Workbook in a New Tab

From the Manage Campaigns page, you can now open a campaign workbook in a new tab. You cannot open Classic campaigns in a new tab.

Steps to Enable

To open campaigns in a new tab:

  1. Navigate to Manage Campaigns.
  2. Press Ctrl while you click the campaign link.

Campaign Monitor Enhancements

Users with the Campaign Director role or an Account Administrator can use the Campaign Monitor to pause, resume, or stop a campaign that is currently sending in the last 24 hours. An overlay with coaching tips is displayed, to help guide your use of the new options.

Steps to Enable

To pause or stop a campaign:

  1. Open the Campaign Monitor.
  2. When you open the Campaign Monitor for the first time after the 18B release, an overlay appears to draw your attention to the new features. Click Got it to dismiss the help tips. Click skip to dismiss the tip and review it later.
  3. Click the campaign you want to pause or stop. The campaign must be in a Sending state.
  4. Click Pause or Stop.

The campaign's launch status changes. If you paused a campaign, resume the launch by clicking Resume.

Tips And Considerations

Manage Campaigns Page Enhancements

You can now view additional details about Push, Rich Push, and In-App campaigns from the Manage Campaigns page. Additional information available includes:

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Support for Campaign Approvals in Programs

Email campaign approvals are now supported in Programs. By extending email campaign approval feature support in Program, campaign approvers can ensure that only approved email campaigns are launched from Program.

Steps to Enable

Your account administrator must enable the Require approvals for all new and modified campaigns setting.

To enable campaign approvals:

  1. On the Account Management page, click Define campaign approval settings in the Campaign Management section.
  2. Select Require approvals for all new and modified campaigns.

Tips And Considerations

Navigation Options from Email Message Preview

When previewing a message created using the Email Message Designer, navigation options are now available to go directly to either the Campaign Workbook or the Email Message Designer.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Exclusions in External Campaign Management PET

In addition to referencing an External Campaign Management Profile Extension Table (ECM PET) in an email campaign, marketers can define exclusions by referencing one or more supplemental tables, views, or domains.

IMPORTANT: The ability to create and reference an ECM PET is currently released under our Controlled Availability program. To request access to this feature, please log in to My Oracle Support and create a service request.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Split View Editor Availability

We have made it easier to toggle between the Rich Text Editor and Split View Editor. By disabling the Rich Text Editor in the account settings, you will automatically get the Split View Editor in the following message designers: Email, Push, In-app, and Content Library Editor.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Collaboration

Sample Processes

Sample processes are now available for Collaboration users. You can use these processes to refer to or build upon. There is an Express campaign sample process and a Distributed Content Collaboration sample process with Direct Launch.

Express Campaign

Distributed Content Collaboration with Direct Launch

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

This feature only applies if Collaboration is enabled for your account.

Review Completed Tasks

You can now use the Tasks user interface to view tasks that you completed in the last 30 days. Completed tasks also include the task details.

Task management users, such as local marketers and campaign or content approvers, previously did not have the option to view tasks that they had acted on.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Calendar Option Available for Configure Schedule Step

You can now use a calendar to choose the schedule in a Configure Schedule process step. This allows easier selection of dates and is available in both Process Designer and Express Campaigns.

Steps to Enable

To set the schedule for a step:

  1. Navigate to the collaboration process.
  2. Double-click the Configure Schedule step.
  3. Open the Scheduling Options.
  4. Click the Calendar checkbox.
  5. Click the Specific dates option.

Tips And Considerations

This feature only applies if Collaboration is enabled for your account.

Connect

Improved Manage Connect User Interface

The Manage Connect user interface has been updated. It now has a similar UI to other manage pages in Oracle Responsys.

Use the Manage Connect page to:

Steps to Enable

To view the Manage Connect page:

  1. Browse to Connect to open the Manage Connect page.
  2. To view a job log, click the Completed Jobs tab.
  3. To view job groups, click the Group Jobs tab.
  4. Choose an action:

Tips And Considerations

The new Manage Connect page is available for all Connect users and is not part of the measured deployment.

New Job Group UI

The Job Group user interface has been updated. It now has a similar UI to the rest of the new Connect user experience.

IMPORTANT: The new Connect user experience is currently under measured deployment and will be rolled out over time.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

New Connect UI for Omniture Jobs

Using the new Connect user interface, you can now create Omniture Genesis (also known as Adobe Genesis) import and export jobs.

IMPORTANT: The new Connect  user experience is currently under measured deployment and will be rolled out over time.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Set Expiry Date for Connect Job

You can now set an expiration date for Connect jobs. After the job expires, Oracle Responsys deletes the job. The default expiration date for new Connect jobs is 30 days after the creation date. However, you can customize the expiration date or configure the job to never expire. Existing Connect jobs will not have an expiration date set.

IMPORTANT: This feature is only available in the new Connect user experience. This new experience is currently under measured deployment and will be rolled out over time.

Steps to Enable

To change the expiry date:

  1. Open the Connect job.
  2. Click Edit  next to the job or group you want to change. 
  3. In the  job wizard, click Edit next to the Expiration date.

  1. Set the new expiration date and save your changes.

Schedule Connect Jobs for Specific Days of the Month

You can use the monthly schedule and specify up to 6 days of the month on which the Connect job should be run.

IMPORTANT: This feature is only available in the new Connect user experience.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Additional Connect Details and Options from Global Search Results

You can now view additional information about Connect jobs in the global search results. You can also take actions on the job from the global search results including:

Steps to Enable

To search for Connect jobs:

  1. From the global navigation, search for the Connect job.
  2. Click the Connect tab to view Connect job search results.
  3. Click the Connect job and click View details.
  4. Optionally use the buttons to take action on the job.

Data

Sort Order of PETs in Filter Designer

Profile Extension Tables (PETs) in the Filter Designer are now sorted alphabetically, making it easier to locate the appropriate PET.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Hard Delete of Personal Data

In this update, we have included two enhancements:

  1. An asynchronous process to remove personal data records you have identified in Lists, Profile Extension Tables (PETs) records, App Channel Lists, and App Channel List PET records.
  2. The ability to delete App Channel List records (devices).

Here is how this behaves:

Steps to Enable

To delete an App Channel List record:

  1. Click Folders on the side navigation bar.
  2. Select the folder containing the App Channel List.
  3. Click Delete Records from the context menu.
  4. Complete the wizard to upload the records you want deleted. 

Mobile

SMS Public Aggregator Network

Oracle Responsys now supports an SMS Public Aggregator Network. If you use the SMS channel for your marketing campaigns, you can now choose your SMS aggregator from which you can order services. You can also order and procure the codes to use for sending messages.

Steps to Enable

To find and add an aggregator:

  1. On the Account Management page, click SMS Public Aggregator Network in the SMS Aggregator section. 
  2. Click Find Aggregator.
  3. Select one or more countries where you want to send SMS messages.
  4. Select one or more route types that you want to support for your SMS campaigns. The route type specifies whether you want to send Promotional, Transactional, Priority SMS traffic, or a combination thereof.
  5. Choose any additional options for your search and click Find.
  6. From the resulting list, use the check boxes to choose the services that you want from the aggregators.
  7. Click Review and Submit.
  8. When you're ready, click Submit to place your order.

After the aggregator(s) confirm your order(s), you can use order codes for the requested route types from within Responsys. After your finish, order codes and message types from the aggregators you have selected to work with. Learn more from the online help available after you login to Oracle Responsys.

Tips And Considerations

Launch SMS Campaigns from the Campaign Workbook

Similar to email campaigns, you can now use the SMS Campaign Workbook to launch your SMS campaigns rather than creating a Program. SMS campaign launches are available in Campaign Monitor.

In cases where the SMS campaign expects a mobile originated (MO) message, the keyword must be activated before the launch.

Steps to Enable

To launch an SMS campaign from the campaign workbook:

  1. Open the SMS Campaign Workbook.
  2. If you have keywords to activate, click Activate in the Activation and Launch settings section.
  3. When you are ready to launch, click Schedule launch in the Launch Settings section to configure the launch. 

Tips And Considerations

This feature only applies if Oracle Responsys SMS Enterprise Cloud Service is enabled for your account.

External Tracking Parameters in SMS Campaigns

The external tracking parameters that are defined for your account are now available for SMS campaigns. Marketers can now add the available external tracking parameters to links in an SMS campaign.

Steps to Enable

To enable external link tracking:

  1. In the SMS Message Designer, click Link Tracking.
  2. Select External tracking.
  3. Click On. In the list of available parameters, select the parameters you want to include and select or specify the values for each parameter.

After you enable external tracking, use the External tracking column in the link table to manage the external tracking settings for individual links.

Tips And Considerations

This feature only applies if Oracle Responsys SMS Enterprise Cloud Service is enabled for your account.

Expected Mobile Number Import Format

For new accounts, when importing mobile numbers into a List, the expected format is now E.164.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Short URL Support for SMS and Mobile App Campaigns

Short URL is now supported by Mobile App campaigns.

In Automatic Failover for Transactional Messaging (ATFM) environments, Short URLs are also supported by SMS messages and Push notifications.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Message Center Enhanced Infrastructure

The back-end infrastructure for the Message Center has been enhanced. The Mobile App Message Center feature allows marketers to persist Push Notifications within an mobile app’s Message Center / Inbox / Notification Center. With the new infrastructure, you now have greater storage capacity for Message Center campaign messages. As a result, marketers will be able to launch a greater number of Message Center campaigns. For more information, see the Oracle Responsys Mobile App Platform Cloud Service SDK Guide.

IMPORTANT: The Message Center feature is currently released under our Controlled Availability program. To request access to this feature, please log in to My Oracle Support and create a service request.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

If you have designed a Rich Push campaign that is also being sent to the Message Center, you must consider the following:

Email Conversions from Mobile Apps

When your email campaign has deep links to your mobile app, you can now track downstream mobile app events such as Conversions and Purchases. These Conversions and Purchases will be attributed to the email campaign that led users to the mobile app.

Whenever a user clicks a tracked link in their email and lands in your mobile app, the Oracle Responsys mobile app platform initializes and maintains a Conversion context.

Your mobile app developers can use the platform to decide whether or not to raise a Conversion or Purchase Event. Marketers can then track Conversions and Purchases generated by their email campaigns. Mobile app developers can find more information about how to configure this feature in the Oracle Responsys Mobile App Platform Cloud Service SDK Guide.

Interactive Dashboards allows you to report on these mobile app events. The Browser Types report on the Device dashboard will now help you compare conversions across mobile apps, mobile browser or web browser for your email campaigns.

Steps to Enable

To enable engagements & conversions, refer to the platform-specific topics:

Tips And Considerations

More Behavioral Attributes for App Channel List Filters

New recency and interaction behavioral attributes are now available for use in filters and Classic filters. These attributes enable you to more effectively retarget Mobile App users based on behavioral data. You can use these attributes with new or existing App Channel List filters.

The following new recency attributes are available:

The following new interaction attributes are available:

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

This feature only applies if Oracle Responsys Mobile App Platform Cloud Service is enabled for your account.

Export App Channel List Filter Results with Connect

Using the new Connect user interface, you can now export App Channel List filter results.

IMPORTANT: The new Connect user experience is currently under measured deployment and will be rolled out over time.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

This feature only applies if Oracle Responsys Mobile App Platform Cloud Service is enabled for your account.

Program

Orchestrate Campaigns with Near Real-Time Latencies

You can now orchestrate campaigns with near real-time latencies (under 30 seconds) so that customers, especially on mobile channels, are sent campaign messages (such as coupons or promotions) without a delay.

Account Administrators configure the events that should have near real-time latency.

IMPORTANT: This feature is currently released under our Controlled Availability program. To request access to this feature, please log in to My Oracle Support and create a service request.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

This feature is available in the Delayed Rollout. Review the 18B Feature Availability for rollout dates.

Reporting

Support for SMS Bounce Data from SMS Aggregators

With the new SMS Public Aggregator Network, SMS aggregators can map their delivery receipt codes to standardized bounce categories (that is, hard bounce, soft bounce, or DND). You can report on these bounce categories from Interactive Dashboards using the following metrics:

These metrics are available from all mobile dashboards.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Interactive Dashboards Enhancements

Interactive Dashboards includes several enhancements for this update:

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

If you have customizations on any of the standard dashboards, you must clear customizations to view these changes.

Interactive Dashboards Plus Enhancements

Interactive Dashboards Plus has the following enhancements:

NOTE: Interactive Dashboards Plus is only available for the Email and SMS channels.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

User Interface

Updated Privacy Policy Link

The link to the Oracle privacy policy has been updated in the following locations:

The link now directs you to the Oracle Marketing Cloud's privacy policy page.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

New Account Management Page

The following user authentication options have been moved to a new Manage User Authentication page:

Previously these options were on the Manage Users page.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.