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title: Activating the Journey | PostGrid
description: Steps to schedule, validate, and activate a Salesforce Marketing Cloud Journey that uses the PostGrid Custom Activity.
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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](/_astro/01-image.COblPiaV_Z1p1sOz.webp)

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](/_astro/02-image.BtZiU1nW_1n3J0T.webp) ![Salesforce Marketing Cloud Contact Entry settings for the journey configuration](/_astro/03-image.C3nF8Sb0_sCQnA.webp)

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](/_astro/04-image.BaIXDWfm_Zox9sb.webp)

**Journey Validation Complete**.

![Salesforce Marketing Cloud Journey Validation Complete screen showing all checks passed](/_astro/05-image.Bl4aXwAX_H5IMD.webp)

Click on **Activate** button under Validation Results

![Salesforce Marketing Cloud Validation Results panel with the Activate button](/_astro/06-image.Du_wQoiW_Z1LJaeH.webp)

Click on **Activate** button for activating the journey.

![Salesforce Marketing Cloud journey activation confirmation dialog with the Activate button](/_astro/07-image.3dXgCGnp_16I7yk.webp)

Click on the **Return to Journey** button.

![Salesforce Marketing Cloud Return to Journey button after journey activation](/_astro/08-image.BbFmHLCj_qJOWA.webp)

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