I'm creating an email which will be send automatically when a user is going to work for us. In this email i have an image placeholder. What i want is a random image showing in this image placeholder. Those "random" images are 12 pre-selected images. So to be clear it's just one image showing, not a carousel. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance.
Sure it can be done, there are a couple of ways to approach this.
Journey Builder method - requires setting up all different Emails prior. In the Journey you would be using the Random Split activity where you can define up to 10 different paths per activity, where the distribution then happens at random.
This method is probably the easiest as it requires no scripting. For statistical purposes this is would be a mess to deal with though.
AMPScript Random() method - requires using the Random() function to define a random integer between your number of variations (1 - 12) where, depending on the integer selected, a Dynamic Content piece is shown in the Email.
Essentially you set a variable to be an integer from Random() and depending on the integer set you can have AMPscript showing a different image content with simple IF condition set.
Code example:
%%[
VAR @random, @num1, @num2
SET @num1 = 1
SET @num2 = 2
SET @random = random(@num1, @num2)
]%%
%%[IF @random == "1" THEN ]%%
IMAGE-A
%%[ENDIF]%%
%%[IF @random =="2" THEN ]%%
IMAGE-B
%%[ENDIF]%%
ELSE statement, this way if something goes wrong, you have something there instead of just an empty space. I would also change it from IF / ENDIF to IF / ELSEIF / ENDIF to help reduce resource draw and increase processing speed.
Commented
Nov 16, 2018 at 13:44
So this is the code i have:
<img src="%%[
VAR @random, @num1, @num2
SET @num1 = 1
SET @num2 = 12
SET @random = random(@num1, @num2)
]%% %%[
%%[IF @random == "1" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/bc9aaf9b-7d0f-4ef1-a0d5-74189b5ff6ea.jpg?b=1523387048000
%%[ELSEIF @random =="2" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/e52ececf-c3c3-4483-98d4-f92069121d20.jpg?b=1523387050000
%%[ELSEIF @random =="3" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/c2d3d79a-dffb-4203-a41f-a02d4441a856.jpg?b=1523387050000
%%[ELSEIF @random =="4" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/6c76fc15-1891-4d12-95c7-1dff7f7ff4db.jpg?b=1523387049000
%%[ELSEIF @random =="5" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/21d67682-0127-4d3e-957f-aad8d9a2c382.jpg?b=1523387050000
%%[ELSEIF @random =="6" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/f8cbacea-73e3-412e-aba9-6963633d9f69.jpg?b=1523387047000
%%[ELSEIF @random =="7" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/f9ab44e3-a74a-4681-91fa-f81a62734234.jpg?b=1523387046000
%%[ELSEIF @random =="8" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/1b488ad1-3cde-4bfb-a131-9658233b19ff.jpg?b=1523387048000
%%[ELSEIF @random =="9" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/c92e8b4a-7784-4984-bd3f-0ee8d0755dcf.jpg?b=1523387049000
%%[ELSEIF @random =="10" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/b9a31b5a-02c8-40e0-a23d-f488a8b188d3.jpg?b=1523387051000
%%[ELSEIF @random == "11" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/530dba15-ec0c-4da7-a996-3289a883559b.jpg?b=1523387046000
%%[ELSEIF @random == "12" THEN ]%%
http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/89942a50-e82d-41e2-8ef0-feb49712adb2.jpg?b=1523387047000
%%[ENDIF]%%">
What do i have to post in the img src"????"
Use this code in your email.
%%[ VAR @random, @num1, @num2, @image
SET @num1 = 1
SET @num2 = 12
SET @random = random(@num1, @num2)
IF @random == "1" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/bc9aaf9b-7d0f-4ef1-a0d5-74189b5ff6ea.jpg?b=1523387048000"
ELSEIF @random =="2" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/e52ececf-c3c3-4483-98d4-f92069121d20.jpg?b=1523387050000"
ELSEIF @random =="3" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/c2d3d79a-dffb-4203-a41f-a02d4441a856.jpg?b=1523387050000"
ELSEIF @random =="4" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/6c76fc15-1891-4d12-95c7-1dff7f7ff4db.jpg?b=1523387049000"
ELSEIF @random =="5" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/21d67682-0127-4d3e-957f-aad8d9a2c382.jpg?b=1523387050000"
ELSEIF @random =="6" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/f8cbacea-73e3-412e-aba9-6963633d9f69.jpg?b=1523387047000"
ELSEIF @random =="7" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/f9ab44e3-a74a-4681-91fa-f81a62734234.jpg?b=1523387046000"
ELSEIF @random =="8" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/1b488ad1-3cde-4bfb-a131-9658233b19ff.jpg?b=1523387048000"
ELSEIF @random =="9" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/c92e8b4a-7784-4984-bd3f-0ee8d0755dcf.jpg?b=1523387049000"
ELSEIF @random =="10" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/b9a31b5a-02c8-40e0-a23d-f488a8b188d3.jpg?b=1523387051000"
ELSEIF @random == "11" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/530dba15-ec0c-4da7-a996-3289a883559b.jpg?b=1523387046000"
ELSEIF @random == "12" THEN
SET @image = "http://image.mailing.atlasprofessionals.com/lib/fe8413727c610d7f7c/m/1/89942a50-e82d-41e2-8ef0-feb49712adb2.jpg?b=1523387047000"
ENDIF]%%
<img src="%%=v(@image)=%%">
