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Interaction Studio Classic Server-side campaigns gives you the ability to integrate Interaction Studio testing and personalization at the server-to-server level. While Interaction Studio handles the campaign logic, a developer is required to write the code to call the appropriate APIs and provide Interaction Studio with the necessary information about the user. Please refer to the Event API documentation for Interaction Studio.

It works like this: Your servers call the Interaction Studio server-side campaign API, providing information about the visitor (typically user ID). With that information, Interaction Studio handles the campaign logic and returns recommendations and other campaign data (in JSON format) that applies to that visitor. Your server is responsible for handling the JSON and building the message to show the visitor, as well as calling the appropriate action tracking APIs to track campaign impressions and clicks.


Server-Side Classic Campaigns

Interaction Studio Campaigns & Templates Customers: as of 3/31/2021, you will not be able to create NEW Server-Side classic campaigns. Instead, refer to documentation on the updated Server-Side campaign system that leverages Server-Side Templates. Any existing Classic Server-Side campaigns will continue to function and be available for editing/adjustments.

Interaction Studio Classic Customers: continue to leverage Classic Server-Side campaigns to create new Server-Side classic campaigns.

This Article Explains

This article details how to create an Interaction Studio Classic Server-Side campaign. Refer to Server-Side Campaigns for information on creating a Server-Side campaign from a template.

Sections in this Article

Using Interaction Studio to Create a Server-Side Campaign

Before You Begin

  • If your dataset was created prior to January 28, 2021 and you would like to run an authenticated API request, please contact Interaction Studio support
  • If your dataset was created after January 28, 2021, you must create an API Token before you can use the Event API to create a trusted connection

Create a Server-Side Campaign

Server-side messages are created at the Campaign level in Interaction Studio.

  1. Log into Interaction Studio
  2. Select Server-Side Campaigns in the Channels & Campaigns section at the left.
  3. Click New Campaign.




Create a Server-Side Campaign Message

  1. Enter a Target.
  2. Click Add New to insert a new row.
  3. Define a key, value pair under the Name and Value columns.
  4. A value can be returned as quoted text by selecting Text as Type, or Number to be formatted as an unquoted number. See below on how to configure Promoted Content
  5. Insert dynamic content queries in the Value column by clicking a value in the grid, then selecting an option from the Dynamic+ dropdown. 
  6. Dynamic Message Content is not supported in Name, only as values.
  7. Click the Copy To All to copy all values in the row to all experiences in the campaign.
  8. Select Delete will remove that row from all experiences.




Configure Promoted Content

  1. Configure Promoted Items in Message Settings if the message contains any Promoted Content types.

  2. Name can be anything, Value should be $items and Type Promoted Content to return all applicable items in a JSON array.


“Name” can be anything, “Value” should be $items and “Type” Promoted Content to return items in JSON format


ADMC

  • Can return ADMC in text or number format (configured by “Type”). Provide a default value or the message will fail to render if no values are found


Notes:

  • Dynamic Message Content not supported in “Name”, only as values

  • Insert Dynamic Message Content with dropdown by clicking in a Value, then selecting an option from the dropdown






Preview the Message

You can preview the rendered JSON message:

  1. Click Preview
  2. Under Experience, choose an experience to preview
  3. Select a Test User to view JSON that would return for the user
  4. The message will be under the "dataMap" key



Using Interaction Studio to Setup A/B Tests, Targeting, and Recommended Content


Set up A/B Tests or Rule-Based Targeting

Click on the orange SETUP button and Experiences to access this interface. Here you can:

  1. Clone the Experience you made
  2. Set up A/B tests and control percentages
  3. Target experiences based on rules



Control the whole Campaigns Targeting Rules and Goals

Click on the orange SETUP button and Campaign Settings to access this interface. Here you can:

  1. Setup the Goals for this particular campaign (Remember all campaigns are auto-attributed against your Global Goals)
  2. Target all experiences in the campaign to particular segments
  3. Schedule the Campaign



Control the Campaign Schedule

It is easy to control the campaign schedule through this UI. 



View Campaign Results


Summary Campaign Statistics

Summary campaign statistics are available in the campaign overview screen



Detailed Campaign Statistics and Analysis

Detailed Campaign statistics are available by clicking on any campaign in the overview screen.

  • See lift over control for all global goals and campaign specific goals
  • Confidence using Bayesian statistics
  • Analyze by click vs view attribution. 
  • Analyze impact for different segments. 
  • Change the attribution window
  • Look at different time periods



Catalog Stats are also updated 




Examples of Server-Side Campaigns


Experience A Setup

With an ALS Recipe





Experience B Setup


With a static promoted content for an Avery Oxford Shirt