SAS Marketing Automation campaigns
are scheduled using the Platform Computing scheduling server. Depending
on the permissions held by the SAS Marketing Automation user, campaigns
can be scheduled directly by the user or sent to an administrator
for scheduling.
The following is an
overview of the process of scheduling campaigns from SAS Marketing
Automation:
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Users create campaigns using the
Customer Intelligence Studio. Campaigns include a start and end date
and specify any recurrence.
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The user executes the campaign.
If the user has the appropriate permissions, the job is sent directly
to the scheduling server. Otherwise, the job is deployed for scheduling
by an administrator.
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If the campaign is to be scheduled
by an administrator, the administrator uses the Schedule Manager to
create and schedule a flow that includes the deployed campaign. Schedule
Manager passes the schedule information and the associated commands
to the scheduling server.
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The Platform Scheduling server
executes the campaign at the designated time.