Use Journey Data or Contact Data in a Journey Builder Update Contact Activity

Journey Data

{{Event.EventKey.FieldName}}

For API Events, the Event Key is specified on the Entry Event's Overview page.

Sample/Example Binding Expression for API Event Journey:

"{{Event.APIEvent-645f4e45-e4b7-379d-8ccc-e44551c315f4."Email"}}"

For any other event, you will need to find the Event Key using other means.

NOTE: Data Binding Expressions are case-sensitive. Be mindful of space in the field of the Data extension, as Data Binding may fail due to the presence of space. 

Obtain Event Key

One of the two methods to obtain the Event Key below are required in order to configure the Update Contact Activity with Journey Data values.

Journey Settings UI Method

1. Configure an Entry Event within a Journey to Completion
2. Save the Journey
3. Navigate to the Journey Settings page (gear icon)
4. If the Default Email Address or Default Mobile Number populates with a value, meaning your entry source Data Extension contains a proper field type, right-click on the value and "Inspect"
5. In your browser's developer tools, you should see an unordered list, abbreviated "ul"
6. Open this list and you should see an entry that contains something similar to "{{Event.DEAudience-645f4e45-e4b7-379d-8ccc-e44551c315f4."Email"}}". Use Ctrl + F to search for "Event.DE" if you have issues finding the relevant details.
7. Copy this value, this is the EventKey you will use for the Update Contact Activity Configuration.

Journey Builder API Method

1. Configure an Entry Event within a Journey to Completion
2. Give the Journey a Unique Name
3. Save the Journey
4. Make a GET call to the /interaction/v1/eventDefinitions route with a query string parameter for "name"
5. E.G GET  /interaction/v1/eventDefinitions?name=JourneyBuilderTest
6. In the results, look for the specific Journey you created
7. Find the eventDefinitionKey value and note it for later use for the Update Contact Activity Configuration.

Now that you have obtained the Event Key for the Journey in question, follow the steps below to use it within an Update Contact Activity. 

Configure Update Contact Activity

1. Drag Update Contact Activity onto the canvas
2. Select the Data Extension you want to log the data to
3. Select the Attribute you want to update
4. In the Value field enter the Data Binding Expression, e.g. {{Event.DEAudience-645f4e45-e4b7-379d-8ccc-e44551c315f4."Email"}}
5. Click Summary, Done
6. Configure the rest of the Journey and Activate it. When a contact reaches this activity, the data extension should be updated with the value from the entry event data extension.

Contact Data

{{Contact.Attribute.DataExtension.FieldName}}

1. Drag Update Contact Activity onto the canvas
2. Select the Data Extension you want to log the data to
3. Select the Attribute you want to update
4. In the value field, enter {{Contact.Attribute.ContactInfo.FavoriteColor}}
5. Click Summary, Done
6. Configure the rest of the Journey and Activate it. When a contact reaches this activity, the target data extension should be updated with the value from the Data Extension at the time the contact reached this activity.