Send customer profiles to Cross Country Computer

Cross Country Computer specializes in strategic solutions for companies that are seeking to evolve their marketing methods around acquiring, retaining, and developing valuable customers.

Amperity can be configured to send CSV files to Cross Country Computer.

Get details

Review the following details before configuring credentials for Cross Country Computer and before configuring Amperity to send CSV files to Cross Country Computer.

Detail 1.

Credential settings

Credentials for Cross Country Computer require a “username” and “passphrase”. Set the hostname to “sftp.crosscountrycomputer.com”.

Detail 2.

Required configuration settings

File format

Configure Amperity to send CSV files to Cross Country Computer.

Some file formats allow a custom delimiter. Choose the “Custom delimiter” file format, and then add a single character to represent the custom delimiter.

Remote folder

The remote folder to which Amperity will send data.

A “/” (forward slash) must be used as the first character for this value. For example: “/folder”. For example: “/folder”.

If the path to the remote folder contains a space, use a backslash (\) character to escape that space. For example, a folder named “From ACME” should be entered as “From\ ACME”.

Note

All other Amperity file format settings for Cross Country Computer are optional.

Configure credentials

Configure credentials for Cross Country Computer before adding a destination.

An individual with access to Cross Country Computer should use SnapPass to securely share “username”, “hostname”, and “passphrase” details with the individual who will configure Amperity.

To configure credentials for Cross Country Computer

Step 1.

From the Settings page, select the Credentials tab, and then click the Add credential button.

Step 2.

In the Credentials settings dialog box, do the following:

From the Plugin dropdown, select Cross Country Computer.

Assign the credential a name and description that ensures other users of Amperity can recognize when to use this destination.

Step 3.

The settings that are available for a credential are determined by the credential type. For the “cross-country-computer” credential type, configure settings, and then click Save.

Hostname

Required

Required. The hostname for Cross Country Computer. For example: “sftp.crosscountrycomputer.com”.

Passphrase

Required

The passphrase that is associated with the username.

Username

Required

Required. A username with access to Cross Country Computer. This username must be allowed to write data to the remote folder to which Amperity will send data.

Add destination

Use a sandbox to configure a destination for Cross Country Computer. Before promoting your changes, send a test audience, and then verify the the results in Cross Country Computer. After the end-to-end workflow has been verified, push the destination from the sandbox to production.

To add a destination for Cross Country Computer

Step 1.

Open the Destinations page, and then click the Add destination button.

Add

To configure a destination for Cross Country Computer, do one of the following:

  1. Click the row in which Cross Country Computer is located. Destinations are listed alphabetically and you can scroll up and down the list.

  2. Search for Cross Country Computer. Start typing “cro”. The list will filter to show only matching destinations. Select “Cross Country Computer”.

Step 2.

Select the credential for Cross Country Computer from the Credential drop-down, and then click Continue.

Tip

Click the “Test connection” link on the “Configure destination” page to verify that Amperity can connect to Cross Country Computer.

Step 3.

In the “Destination settings” dialog box, assign the destination a name and description that ensures other users of Amperity can recognize when to use this destination.

Configure business user access

By default a destination is available to all users who have permission to view personally identifiable information (PII).

Enable the Admin only checkbox to restrict access to only users assigned to the Datagrid Operator and Datagrid Administrator policies.

Enable the PII setting checkbox to allow users with limited access to PII access to this destination.

Restricted PII access is enabled when the Restrict PII access policy option that prevents users who are assigned to that option from viewing data that is marked as PII anywhere in Amperity and from sending that data to any downstream workflow.

Step 4.

Configure the following settings, and then click “Save”.

Compression

The compression format to apply to the file. May be one of “GZIP”, “None”, “TAR”, “TGZ”, or “ZIP”.

Escape character

The escape character to use in the file output. Applies to CSV, TSV, PSV, and custom delimiter file types.

When an escape character is not specified and the quote mode is “None” files may be sent with unescaped and unquoted data. When an escape character is not specified, you should select a non-“None” option as the quote mode.

File format

Required

Configure Amperity to send CSV files to Cross Country Computer.

Filename template

A filename template defines the naming pattern for files that are sent from Amperity. Specify the name of the file, and then use Jinja-style string formatting to append a date or timestamp to the filename.

Header

Enable to include header rows in output files.

Line ending

The line ending to use in file output. May be one of “LF” or “CRLF”.

PGP public key

The PGP public key that Amperity will use to encrypt files.

Quote mode

The quote mode to use within the file. May be one of “all fields”, “all non-NULL fields”, “fields with special characters only”, “all non-numeric fields” or “None”.

Unescaped, unquoted files may occur when quote mode is set to “None” and an escape character is not specified.

Remote folder

Required

The remote folder to which Amperity will send data.

A “/” (forward slash) must be used as the first character for this value. For example: “/folder”. For example: “/folder”.

If the path to the remote folder contains a space, use a backslash (\) character to escape that space. For example, a folder named “From ACME” should be entered as “From\ ACME”.

Success file

Enable to send a “.DONE” file when Amperity has finished sending data.

If a downstream sensor is listening for files sent from Amperity, configure that sensor to listen for the presence of the “.DONE” file.

Use Zip64?

Enable to apply Zip64 data compression to very large files.

Step 5.

After this destination is configured, users may configure Amperity to:

  • Use orchestrations to send query results

  • Use orchestrations and campaigns to send audiences

  • Use orchestrations and campaigns to send offline events

to Cross Country Computer.