Create Actionable Lists From List Definitions
Create an actionable list by using an actionable list definition. You can specify list filtering criteria when creating a list. Before creating a list, ensure that your Salesforce admin has already created and activated the actionable list definition that you plan to use.
Required Editions
| Available in: Lightning Experience |
| Available in: Clouds that have Industry Sales Excellence and Query for Datapipelines User licenses |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To create actionable lists: | Actionable Segmentation AND Query for Datapipelines User AND View Setup and Configuration permission |
Important To enable users to create an actionable list, your product license must
contain the Query for Datapipelines User license and permission set. This permission retrieves
records from the dataset through API calls. However, the permission has a monthly limit of 2,500
API calls.
- From the App Launcher, find and select Actionable Lists, and then click New.
- Enter a name and description for the list.
- From the Actionable List Definition dropdown menu, select the list definition that you plan to use to create this list.
- Click Next.
- To customize column preferences, click Edit Columns.
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You
can either add filters and filter logic or apply a saved filter template to
filter dataset records.
- To apply a saved filter template, click any of the saved filter templates, and click Apply.
- Add filters and filter logic, click Apply. To save these filters and filter logic, click Save as Template. Learn how to create filters, filter logic, and save them as a template in Salesforce Help.
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Select the records that you want to add to your actionable list, and click
Review & Save.
Note You can manually select up to 200 records to add to an actionable list. Using the bulk select option, you can select up to 10,000 records at a time to add to an actionable list. - Select the default member status on the review selection page.
- Click Confirm & Save.
- To view the newly created actionable list, from the App Launcher, find and select Actionable Lists, and click the newly created list.
Note You can also use the audience segments generated in Data Cloud to create actionable lists.
Learn how to create actionable lists using Data Cloud Segments in Salesforce Help.
- Customize Column Preferences for Actionable Lists
List creators can customize the column preferences for their actionable lists according to business needs. When creating actionable lists in List Builder, list creators can choose what columns to show and their display order. - Create Custom Filter Logic and Save as a Template
Create a custom filter logic to filter dataset records efficiently. Custom filter logic helps you to filter a large dataset of records when creating actionable lists. Save the filters and filter logic as a template to reuse. - Select Dataset Records for Actionable Lists
You can manually select up to 200 records to add to an actionable list. Using the bulk select option, you can select up to 10,000 records at a time to add to an actionable list. - Sort Dataset Records in Actionable List Builder
The list builder page displays the dataset records associated with the list definition, which is used to create an actionable list. Sort these dataset records for better visualization. It’s easier to filter and select record items from a sorted list.
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