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Marketing scores, record components and Marketing Intelligence

How marketing data reaches the people who use it: score and engagement components on records, scores in segments, Data 360 reports on Einstein data, Marketing Performance Intelligence versus Marketing Intelligence, and the Marketing Insights for Sales Cloud app.

Official exam objective
Given a scenario, describe how to surface marketing data and insights across the Salesforce platform.

~7 min read · 8 practice questions ·

What the exam expects

  • Choose the record component that shows a score or an engagement table, and configure its settings.
  • Use marketing scores and account scores in segments, personalization and flows.
  • Report on Einstein Engagement Frequency and Scoring data in Data 360.
  • Decide whether a requirement fits Marketing Performance Intelligence or needs Marketing Intelligence.
  • Harmonize CRM and ad data in the Marketing Insights for Sales Cloud app.

Key terms. Data 360 Profile Insights: a record component showing one numerical score. Data 360 Profile Engagement: a record component showing a table of engagement metrics. Unified Link Individual: the link that connects a record component to the Unified Individual. Marketing Semantic Data Model: the Data 360 model that standardizes data and metrics across channels. Harmonization: matching CRM campaign names to ad campaign names.

Key facts

Profile Insights
Detail
One calculated insight per component, on Lead and Contact records
Component data space
Detail
default
Unified Individual link
Detail
Unified Link Individual
Account pages
Detail
The scoring component isn't available
Einstein report data
Detail
At least 90 days of outbound email engagement, up to a week to appear
Marketing Intelligence extras
Detail
Paid-media connectors and custom Tableau Next dashboards
Sales Cloud insights app
Detail
Supports only new CRM data stream creation
CRM classification
Detail
Statuses go to Lead or Qualified Lead, and stages to Opportunities or Closed Won
Sources for this section (5)
  • When does an engagement activity count toward Opportunity Influence?
  • Why does MPI reduce the need to reconcile numbers between analytics tools?
  • When does an account score need a data graph instead of a segment?
  • Which product's documentation describes Engagement History Reports?

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