SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Sep 22, 2023 1 min Fix HTTP post request wrong encoding Recently, while working with the double opt-in process that employs an API to trigger transactional messages, I encountered an issue... Read More about Fix HTTP post request wrong encoding 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Sep 12, 2023 3 min Proof email was previewed but not received There are many possible issues, and I will try to list all those I have come across during my times... Read More about Proof email was previewed but not received 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Sep 11, 2023 2 min How to use MD5 in SQL and AMPScript Message Digest 5 (MD5) is a hash function used for data integrity, but it is not suitable for security-critical applications.... Read More about How to use MD5 in SQL and AMPScript 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Sep 8, 2023 1 min WOW! SQL queries are case insensitive I recently discovered that when querying data views, case sensitivity in column names doesn’t make a difference; it consistently picks... Read More about WOW! SQL queries are case insensitive 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Aug 25, 2023 1 min How to add segments to proof subject Issues arise when an email’s HTML contains personalization that includes multiple different variants, that is altering the appearance of the... Read More about How to add segments to proof subject 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Aug 22, 2023 2 min Troubleshooting issues with Data Extensions There are other aspects that I find rather unknown; while there is likely a rational explanation, the platform doesn’t provide... Read More about Troubleshooting issues with Data Extensions 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Aug 22, 2023 < 1 min Not able to change data extension fields Sometimes, it can happen that you want to modify field properties, such as adding a primary key or changing the... Read More about Not able to change data extension fields 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Aug 7, 2023 < 1 min Journey validation fails for no reason There is an error with starting the journey, specifically related to the email template, but it gives you no explanation... Read More about Journey validation fails for no reason 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Aug 2, 2023 1 min Track links that are AMPScript variables When you save links as part of an HTML code in an AMPScript variable, such as a paragraph containing a... Read More about Track links that are AMPScript variables 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Jul 31, 2023 2 min How to publish cloud page immediately You know the struggle when developing a cloud page application and trying to debug some issues or make changes. You... Read More about How to publish cloud page immediately 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Jul 6, 2023 4 min How to use AMPScript Functions in SSJS Have you ever wondered, while working with SSJS, if there was a function in SSJS similar to the one you... Read More about How to use AMPScript Functions in SSJS 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Apr 6, 2023 1 min The Power of Send Log in SFMC Send log in Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a feature that allows you to track the delivery, open, click, and other... Read More about The Power of Send Log in SFMC 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Mar 27, 2023 2 min How to Link Journey to Delivery in SFMC In Salesforce Marketing Cloud, you can link the customer journey to delivery using data views. Custom views that contain e.g.... Read More about How to Link Journey to Delivery in SFMC 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Nov 27, 2022 1 min Google Analytics Integration: broken links When you integrate with Google Analytics, marketing cloud will add tags to all your links. When this happens, all dynamic... Read More about Google Analytics Integration: broken links 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Nov 6, 2022 < 1 min Open a case with salesforce support As the title says open a case every time you experience issue or some feature you used on another instance... Read More about Open a case with salesforce support 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Oct 14, 2022 1 min Data views for transactional emails Data views in Salesforce Marketing Cloud are very handy, when it comes to getting data insights from various sources inside... Read More about Data views for transactional emails 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Sep 26, 2022 < 1 min NULL value comparison in IF statement If you have field in DE that its value is not always populated for a particular row (customer) and you... Read More about NULL value comparison in IF statement 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Aug 1, 2022 1 min Invalid links in email template When the HTML template is used (loading your own HTML code) all the links that use query parameters (?a=b) will... Read More about Invalid links in email template 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Jun 24, 2022 < 1 min Quotes in AMPScript break email template Very recently I have found that when I add any AMPScript function to eg. button URL field SFMC will just... Read More about Quotes in AMPScript break email template 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Apr 14, 2022 1 min How to properly handle form submission On many occasions when handling any form submission single cloud page application is used. This is great as all of... Read More about How to properly handle form submission 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Jan 31, 2022 < 1 min How to query filtered data extension Easy way to segment your data is to use filtered data extension. Here we can use user interface to set... Read More about How to query filtered data extension 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Nov 10, 2021 1 min Redirect 500 internal server error inside try catch SSJS block If you have Redirect function inside the try catch block, either as mixture of SSJS with AMPScript or only in... Read More about Redirect 500 internal server error inside try catch SSJS block 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Nov 9, 2021 < 1 min Validation issues With Data Extension Columns _dat, _call, _from Data extension column names with _dat, _call, _from, _join suffix will fail to validate, due to using old style JOIN... Read More about Validation issues With Data Extension Columns _dat, _call, _from 0
SFMC Tips & Tricks By M. Szimonisz Oct 21, 2021 < 1 min Error updating filter and new data extension If you’re using Email Studio in Salesforce Marketing Cloud and receive an ‘Error: updating filter’ message when creating a new... Read More about Error updating filter and new data extension 0