Helping Hand Questions for MCE-Dev-201

To configure a data extension to store data for six months, you should update the data extension configuration to include data retention settings.

Data Retention Settings: You can configure data retention directly within the data extension settings in Email Studio to specify how long data should be retained. This ensures that data older than the specified period is automatically deleted.

Go to Email Studio -> Subscribers -> Data Extensions.

Select the data extension you want to configure.

Click on "Properties".

Under "Data Retention", set the retention period to six months and define the retention settings accordingly.

Salesforce Data Extension Retention Settings

To create a JavaScript Web Token (JWT) using a key from Key Management in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, the GetJWTByKeyName function should be used. This function generates a JWT using the specified key from Key Management.

Salesforce JWT Documentation

The Contact Delete process in Marketing Cloud removes contact data from the contact model but does not remove records from the data extensions themselves.

Contact Delete Process: When you perform a Contact Delete in Contact Builder, it removes the contact data from the contact model but leaves the actual rows in the data extensions intact.

Salesforce Contact Deletion Process

After using the messageDefinitionSends REST API endpoint to send a triggered send email, and receiving a 202 (success) response code, the developer can validate if the email was successfully sent by using the messageDefinitionSend/key:(key)/deliveryRecords REST endpoint with the GET method. This endpoint provides delivery records and allows verification of the email's delivery status.