MailChimp channel

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Go to the Channel Catalog to learn more about what plans have access to this channel. Sign into Quickbase, and then go to Pipelines > Channels.

Mailchimp is a web-based email marketing service and automation platform allowing you to create and manage mailing lists, newsletters, automated campaigns.

Please note that terms used in the Mailchimp channel categories are Mailchimp specific terminology.

How to connect

  1. On the My pipelines page, select Create Pipeline.

  2. Search for or select a step, and then select it to add it to the pipeline.
    When you add a step to a pipeline, it is added to the canvas of the pipeline designer.

  3.  Expand the Connection section of the step, and add the required information.

Connect to Mailchimp

  1. Select Mailchimp from the list of channels and add a step.

  2. Enter your Mailchimp API Key. If you don't know it, use the link at the bottom of the window to take you to Mailchimp to get it. When finished, click Connect to Mailchimp.
     

How to reconnect

You may need to reconnect your account to a channel. Reasons may be (but not limited to):

  • If you need to connect a different account.

  • Authorization updates, such as a changed password.

  • Editing the access rights that Pipelines has to the channel.

To reconnect:

  1. Select a pipeline that already has this channel in it.

  2. Open a step that contains this channel.

  3. Under account, select Connect (or reconnect) and follow the process above, How to connect.
     

Steps

The steps you can use with Mailchimp fall into two categories: Subscribers and Email Events.

Note: You cannot use jinja expressions in trigger conditions unless explicitly specified as possible.

Type

Name

Description

Subscribers

Trigger

User Subscribed

Triggers on a new subscriber to the selected list.

Trigger

User Unsubscribed

Triggers when a subscriber unsubscribes from the selected list.

Action

Update Subscriber

Updates a list subscriber.

Action

Subscribe

Subscribes a user to a list.

Action

Unsubscribe

Unsubscribes a user from a list.

Query

Search Subscribers

Searches subscribers to the selected list and returns a list of subscribers.

Action

Fetch a Linked Subscriber

Fetches a linked subscriber.

Action

Look Up Subscriber

Looks up subscribers based on search criteria.

Email Events

Trigger

On Campaign Email Activity

Triggers on new email event.

Query

Search Email Events

Searches the selected account for email events and returns a list.