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Can I connect a child BU and leave the parent BU disconnected?
If you truly want the DE to be "in the Child BU" (note the quotation marks*), indeed you would need multi-org. Then the synchronized DEs show up in the Child BU / Synchronized Data Extension ...
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MC Connector and Business Units- Should a test BU that is going to be connected to SF CRM SIT be the child BU of the BU that is MCC with SF CRM Prod?
I have a suspicion this might be closed as opinion-based.
...is it even "best practice" to use multiple BUs for sandboxing? Who is to say. In order to keep opinions out and stick to ...
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Utilize the same user for both MC Connect integration and admin/dev activities
This is not the full answer - generally, there are things that I would be cautious of, like risking too many open sessions which could invalidate the one for the connector, but I have never been able ...
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Clarification on Marketing Cloud Connect and Contact Count
There are various other ways how Contacts are created.
MC Connect synchronization is likely the most basic one to describe, because it is completely standardized. Still, the logics around it can get ...
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How to make current parent Business unit to child BU without breaking existing functionality and integrations?
What you want to achieve is not possible. EID is the only Business Unit which can't have it's hierarchy changed. It will always be the root of the BU tree structure. This is exactly why I always ...
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AMP Script - lookup if data extension exists in Salesforce SFDC
There’s a much easier way to do this directly from the form.
You can use the code below to create a form on a CloudPgae that will capture basic info of the visitor, and upon submission, it will check ...
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SFMC ampscript update salesforce object limit
General advice that I would give is not to use the AMPScript "xySalesforceObject" methods at send time in a bulk sendout (judging from your numbers, that is what you do).
These methods ...
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"Disconnect Account" button not working in Google Chrome
Salesforce functionality impacted in Chrome 92 after recent change to cross-origin iframe JavaScript dialogs.
As of Chrome version 92, customers may experience issues when working
across the ...
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Which API version is supported by Marketing Cloud Connect?
Currently, as per this document, the API version supported since the June 2021 release, is v51. Below is copied from the release notes:
Marketing Cloud Connect API v51 Upgrade
Journey Builder ...
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Email Opt Out in SFSC and "Marketing Cloud Unsubscribe" impact different fields -- possible to reflect the same outcome?
hasOptedOutOfEmail is a field that is created from the Marketing Cloud Connect Managed Package and has effects on the integrated sends with Marketing Cloud, e.g. if you choose to send to campaigns / ...
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Why "User" Synchronized data extension is sendable ? as it is consuming unnecessary Marking cloud contacts licenses can we make non-sendable?
Why "User" Synchronized data extension is sendable?
That's because it has email addresses and the User is considered as one of the sendable objects, along with Contact and Lead.
https://help....
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Deleted Contacts are being added back into Marketing Cloud
The sync uses the replication API and syncs based on the settings you configured. If you don't want to sync certain contacts/leads you need to configure your sync settings in this way, using a boolean ...
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Email thumbnail could not be retrieved under Individual Email results
The problem was that the remote site was not configured for cloud marketing.
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Multi-org integration steps: do I need multiple integration users?
Definitely!
We had 1 Salesforce instance connecting to a Multi-Org Marketing Cloud instances.
After a lot of tests and asking support, the only way to get stable sync was having 1 integration user in ...
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Is it possible to connect the same marketing cloud environment to 2 different orgs?
You can have the following setups:
https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.mc_co_multi_org_account_and_user_configuration.htm&type=5
Picture one, right hand side:
Connecting one BU to two ...
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SFMC account linked to Service Cloud org
Inside Marketing Cloud, go to Setup. In Setup’s Quick find box, type Salesforce Integration.
There, you will find information about the Salesforce Org ID which your Business Unit is connected to and ...
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Removing values from multiple fields with a single UpdateSingleSalesforceObject() function call
You can combine multiple fields into one call if you conform to their respective data types' quirks:
IF EMPTY(@feld) THEN
SET @empty = " "
ENDIF
UpdateSingleSalesforceObject("...
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Sending an Email to Old Emails and New Emails
If it's an option, then you could inject the same key into two transactional journeys, using different emails addresses.
There are multiple nice touches to this, low cost, fast sendout speed and each ...
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Marketing Cloud Unsubscribe on CRM
That article is correct, you must have your CRM user integrated with your Marketing Cloud user to be able to use that Unsubscribe link, along with those other two links. The following doc will also ...
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Multiorg using a Corporate License
Multi-org does not depend on the type of license in Marketing Cloud:
As you can see above, all available editions support Marketing Cloud Connect.
If your client's edition only supports a single ...
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Billable Contacts Count in SFMC
Applying filters to synchronized objects does not remove contacts that were already synchronized from MC, so you need to find those that are not longer synchronized and perform a deletion yourself.
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Using alternative ID as contact key with MC Connect
Using any other IDs than Lead/Contact/User in context of Marketing Cloud connect will only get you in trouble. There is a a number of issues you will be facing, such as:
You will not be able to use ...
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Disable automatic update of Email Opt Out SF field while using LogUnsubEvent Execute Call in MC
The behavior you observe comes with Marketing Cloud Connect, which is a managed package, meaning you cannot alter its behavior.
What MC Connect does is not controllable in the SOAP call either, at ...
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What is Salesforce Integration Tab and Salesforce.com Status in Email Studio?
The first example that you are providing is showing that the Marketing Cloud account is successfully integrated with a Salesforce Org via Marketing Cloud Connect.
The second example is showing that ...
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What is IndividualId and MasterRecordId?
Adrian's answer goes into what they are, but I'll address the rest.
I can only add Invididual in the Lead page layout but not MasterRecord?
The MasterRecordId field is really only useful when you ...
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What is IndividualId and MasterRecordId?
From the documentation on IndividualId:
Description
ID of the data privacy record associated with this lead. This field is available if you enabled Data Protection and Privacy in Setup.)
And ...
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Salesforce Entry Event Campaign Does Not Pull in Contacts on Activation
You need to Activate your Journey first, then drop your Contacts/Lead within the Campaigns.
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Unable to Import a Report into Marketing Cloud from Service Cloud
At this point, you would want to reach out to Support. There could be a lot of different issues that could be causing this.
As a best practice, please ensure that the Salesforce System User is ...
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Synchronized Data Sources fields not available in Marketing Cloud
If this field is required in CRM, then it is visually checked but not synced.
To start working with it:
Select a needed object in Synchronised Data Sources in Contact Builder
Click the "Edit ...
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