Distributed Marketing operates as part of the IBM® Marketing Software suite of products. Distributed Marketing version 11.1 requires IBM Marketing Platform 11.1 and IBM Campaign 11.1Short reference description.

This section lists known issues in Distributed Marketing 11.1.

This section lists known limitations in Distributed Marketing 11.1.

An installation of Distributed Marketing is complete when you install, configure, and deployinstall and configure Distributed Marketing. The Distributed Marketing Installation Guide provides detailed information about installing, configuring, and deployinginstalling and configuring Distributed Marketing.

When you plan your Distributed Marketing installation, ensure that you have set up your system correctly, and that you have configured your environment to deal with any failures.

You can use the Distributed Marketing worksheet to enter the information that is required when you install Distributed Marketing.

You must run the IBM® Marketing Software installer to start the installation of Distributed Marketing. The IBM Marketing Software installer starts the Distributed Marketing installer during the installation process. Make sure that the IBM Marketing Software installer and the product installer are saved at the same location.

Complete the configuration tasks before you deploy the web application.

You can deploy the web application by either including Distributed Marketing in an EAR file or by deploying the Distributed Marketing WAR file.

After you deploy Distributed Marketing, configure the Distributed Marketing environment. Configuring environments completes the basic installation of Distributed Marketing.

You can create a clustered environment in the IBM WebSphere Application Server to use within IBM Distributed Marketing.

Run the Distributed Marketing and Attribution Modeler uninstallers to uninstall Distributed Marketing. When you run the Distributed Marketing uninstaller, the files that were created during the installation process are removed. For example, files such as configuration files, installer registry information, and user data are removed from the computer.

The properties and values on the Configuration page are stored in the Marketing Platform system tables. You can use the configTool utility to import and export configuration settings to and from the system tables.

An upgrade of Distributed Marketing is complete when you upgrade, configure, and deployupgrade and configure Distributed Marketing. The Distributed Marketing Upgrade Guide provides detailed information about upgrading, configuring, and deployingupgrading and configuring Distributed Marketing.

Examine upgrade scenarios when you upgrade Distributed Marketing. Upgrade scenarios provide guidelines for upgrading Distributed Marketing to the specific version.

Before you upgrade from any version of Distributed Marketing, be sure that you understand all the steps about how to upgrade Distributed Marketing to the new version.

You can deploy the web application by either including Distributed Marketing in an EAR file or by deploying the Distributed Marketing WAR file.

Run the Distributed Marketing and Attribution Modeler uninstallers to uninstall Distributed Marketing. When you run the Distributed Marketing uninstaller, the files that were created during the installation process are removed. For example, files such as configuration files, installer registry information, and user data are removed from the computer.

The properties and values on the Configuration page are stored in the Marketing Platform system tables. You can use the configTool utility to import and export configuration settings to and from the system tables.

IBM® Distributed Marketing provides marketing organizations with the ability to distribute the execution of centrally managed marketing campaigns throughout the enterprise.

You can customize the Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing interface to meet your needs. Customization settings are available in Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing when you click Settings or Settings > Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing Settings.

When you select Settings > Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing Settings, the Administrative Settings page appears.

You configure security policies that grant users permission to access specific objects and features through assigned access roles.

Templates are definitions of a List, On-demand Campaign, or Corporate Campaign that corporate and field marketers use to create new objects.

To create and manage templates and template components, you use the Template Configuration page. Select Settings > Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing Settings. Then, click Template Configuration.

The Form Editor creates and edits template components. Forms capture information about the List, On-demand Campaign, or Corporate Campaign.

To help you complete different workflow-related efforts, the Workflow tab offers different view modes and an edit mode.

This section describes the Distributed Marketing configuration properties on the configuration page.

Custom validation procedures provide a way for you to extend Distributed Marketing in-built validation.

IBM® Distributed Marketing provides marketing organizations with the ability to distribute the execution of centrally managed marketing campaigns throughout the enterprise.

You can customize the Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing interface to meet your needs. Customization settings are available in Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing when you click Settings or Settings > Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing Settings.

Corporate Campaigns are marketing campaigns that are planned, scheduled, and executed by a centralized marketing team.

The goal of a Corporate Campaign is to target customers that local field marketers approved.

When a corporate marketer uses the Subscription task in the workflow for a Corporate Campaign, invited field marketers choose whether to subscribe to the Corporate Campaign.

A subscription is the invitation to a field marketer to include their territory in a Corporate Campaign, or a wave of a multi-wave Corporate Campaign.

To help you complete different workflow-related efforts, the Workflow tab offers different view modes and an edit mode.

For a Corporate Campaign, two flowcharts are typically run by corporate marketing through Campaign.

This section contains common information about working with Lists, On-demand Campaigns, and Corporate Campaigns.

Templates are definitions of a List, On-demand Campaign, or Corporate Campaign that corporate and field marketers use to create new objects.

To create and manage templates and template components, you use the Template Configuration page. Select Settings > Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing Settings. Then, click Template Configuration.

The Form Editor creates and edits template components. Forms capture information about the List, On-demand Campaign, or Corporate Campaign.

IBM® Campaign flowcharts define the campaign logic. Each flowchart in a campaign performs a sequence of actions on data that is stored in your customer databases or flat files.

Campaign supports user variables, which can be used during process configuration when creating queries and expressions.

IBM® Distributed Marketing provides marketing organizations with the ability to distribute the execution of centrally managed marketing campaigns throughout the enterprise.

You can customize the Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing interface to meet your needs. Customization settings are available in Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing when you click Settings or Settings > Marketing OperationsDistributed Marketing Settings.

A List is a group of contacts, and a field marketer can define criteria to include or exclude contacts from a List.

An On-demand Campaign is a marketing campaign that field marketers create and run on an as-needed basis.

Corporate Campaigns are marketing campaigns that are planned, scheduled, and executed by a centralized marketing team.

To help you complete different workflow-related efforts, the Workflow tab offers different view modes and an edit mode.

This section contains common information about working with Lists, On-demand Campaigns, and Corporate Campaigns.

Use the IBM® Distributed Marketing REST API to manipulate templates, folders, forms, Lists, and On-demand Campaigns.