About strategic segments

A strategic segment is a globally persistent list of IDs.

Strategic segments are segments that are created by Campaign administrators, using the Create Seg process in a session flowchart. Strategic segments are available for use globally, in all campaigns.

Campaign supports multiple strategic segments; the ID list that is created for each strategic segment and audience level is stored in the Campaign system tables. You can associate an unlimited number of strategic segments with a campaign.

Strategic segments are often used in cubes. A cube can be created from any list of IDs, but it is more powerful if it is based on a strategic segment, because cubes that are based on strategic segments are global and can be analyzed by the various segment reports.

Strategic segments can be used as global suppression segments. A global suppression segment defines the list of IDs that are automatically excluded from cells in flowcharts for a particular audience level.

Strategic segments can optionally specify one or more IBM® data sources in which that strategic segment will be cached (that is, stored in the database so that uploading the strategic segment IDs is not required for each flowchart using the strategic segment). This can provide significant performance improvements in using strategic segments.

Cached strategic segments are stored in temp tables, which are assigned the SegmentTempTablePrefix configuration parameter.

Working with stratetic segments requires the appropriate permissions. For information on permissions, see the Campaign Administrator's Guide.

Improving performance of strategic segments

Prerequisites for creating strategic segments

To create a strategic segment

To view a segment from the All Segments page

To view a strategic segment from the Campaign summary page

To edit a segment's Summary details

To edit a strategic segment's source flowchart

All Segments page icons

Running strategic segments

Organizing strategic segments

Deleting strategic segments