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Engagement - Tracking Rate differences between Marketing Cloud and Salesforce

Fecha de publicación: Jul 7, 2026
Descripción

The Tracking rates for Click Rate, Open Rate, and Unsubscribe Rate report differently in Marketing Cloud Engagement than Salesforce due to a difference in the rate calculation.
 

Differences between Marketing Cloud Engagement and Salesforce calculation

  • Marketing Cloud Engagement Tracking in Marketing Cloud Engagement - divides the unique number by the total delivered.
  • Marketing Cloud Engagement Connect Tracking in Salesforce - divides the unique number by the total sent, which doesn't account for bounces.

Click Rate example scenario:

If there were 100 sent, 10 clicked, and 10 bounces:
 

  • Marketing Cloud Engagement calculation - Number of Unique Clicks (10) divided by Total Delivered (90) = 11.1% Click Rate
  • Salesforce calculation - Number of Unique Clicks (10) divided by Total Sent (100) = 10% Click Rate
Solución

Adjust how the Click Rate is calculated for a single Organization or User


You will need to create your own custom field and apply a formula on that field "Number_of_Unique_Clicks__c / Number_Delivered__c" to get the desired results.

Part A- Create custom fields Number_of_Unique_Clicks__c and Number_Delivered__c by following the below steps:

  1. Open Go to email send object page from setup
  2. Create New Custom field
  3. Select Field Type -Number and click Next
  4. Fill the necessary fields like Field label, Length and Decimal Places
  5. Save the field

Part B- Create Formula field Click_Through_ Rate _c by following below steps:

  1. Open Go to email send object page from setup
  2. Create New Custom field
  3. Select Field Type Formula and click Next
  4. In Field Label, type Label for the formula field. (The Field Name will get populate automatically)
  5. Select the type of data ‘Percent’ the formula should return.
  6. Click Next. (Formula Editor will get open.)
  7. Add below formula: Number_of_Unique_Clicks__c / Number_Delivered__c
  8. Save

The denominator is the part that makes the rates match. Make the same edit to change the denominator to Number Delivered for 'Open Rate' and 'Unsubscribe Rate' in order for the rates match.

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