I’ve been digging into this one for a while now and I think it might be impossible. Is there any way on a contact record to see what was the latest import it was part of? I’m thinking about something like Latest Source and Latest Source Drilldown, but that shows the last import name or ID of that contact.
Right now, nothing seems to update automatically on import, but I know you can overwrite Latest Source using a column for it in the import sheet. But the Drilldown options are read-only, so I have no way of even manually setting them in the import sheet.
(I know Import membership exists, but I am specifically looking for ways to access this data in Contact properties.)
Hi @Liz-Mac,
Since the latest source properties are web analytics properties, they don’t populate consistently for all contacts who were members of an import. So your assessment is correct, it’s currently not possible to see on the contact record what the last import was that a contact was a member of.
The best approximation would be including the date in the name of the import (e.g. YYYYMMDD) and creating a static list for each import – which would allow you to check the list memberships section to spot the most recent date.
Best regards!
Thanks for the response @karstenkoehler. My use case right now is more on being able to trigger a workflow enrollment / action based on latest source updates for imported contacts (e.g. event attendees). So while your idea would work for a pure analytics scenario, I don’t think it would be scalable for me. Appreciate it though!
@Liz-Mac in that case, your best option is including a column in your import file for the ‘Last import date’ or anything along the same lines. You could then trigger your workflow based on that.
Yeah figured it might end up requiring custom properties and a custom process, but wanted to see if anyone else had any luck with out-of-the-box data options. Thanks @karstenkoehler!