iContact Connector

Intro

iContact is a cloud-based email and social media marketing company that enables customers to create, track, and send HTML-based emails and social media messages.  To learn more about the iContact API, visit their page (https://www.icontact.com/developerportal).

You connect to your iContact account in the Data Center. This topic discusses the fields and menus that are specific to the iContact connector user interface. General information for adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information is discussed in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Prerequisites

To connect to your iContact account and create a DataSet, you must have the following:

• Your iContact username.

• Your iContact API password. Note that this is the password you create for your iContact app ID, not your iContact account password.

• Your iContact app ID. 

For information about obtaining an app ID and API password, see https://www.icontact.com/developerpo...ister-your-app. 

Connecting to Your iContact Account

This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in the iContact Connector page. The components of the other panes in this page, Scheduling and Name & Describe Your DataSet, are universal across most connector types and are discussed in greater length in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

Credentials Pane

This pane contains fields for entering credentials to connect to your iContact account. The following table describes what is needed for each field:  

For information about obtaining an app ID and API password, see https://www.icontact.com/developerpo...ister-your-app. 

Once you have entered valid iContact credentials, you can use the same account any time you go to create a new iContact DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors.

Details Pane

This pane contains a single menu from which you select an iContact report.

Other Panes

For information about the remaining sections of the connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.