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Activating the Journey

Activating the Journey

Steps to schedule, validate, and activate a Salesforce Marketing Cloud Journey that uses the PostGrid Custom Activity.

After setting up the Data Extension as the entry source and adding the PostGrid Custom Activity as the message step in your Journey, it’s time to activate your Journey.

Click on Schedule to Schedule the Journey.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Journey Builder with the Schedule button to schedule the journey

Then, configure Journey Settings by clicking on Gear Icon and then choose the Contact Entry.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Journey Settings panel opened via the Gear Icon Salesforce Marketing Cloud Contact Entry settings for the journey configuration

Click on Validate to validate the Journey. Below screen shows Custom Activity Journey Validation is in progress.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Journey validation in progress screen

Journey Validation Complete.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Journey Validation Complete screen showing all checks passed

Click on Activate button under Validation Results

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Validation Results panel with the Activate button

Click on Activate button for activating the journey.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud journey activation confirmation dialog with the Activate button

Click on the Return to Journey button.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Return to Journey button after journey activation

Now the Journey is activated and the orders will start to be created as you have defined in your Journey.