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title: "Trigger Campaigns"
url: "https://books.automatevalue.com/2/spotler-connector/30/trigger-campaigns"
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# Trigger Campaigns

Spotler has the [Automations module](https://helpcenter.spotler.nl/hc/en-us/articles/4403836193938-Introduction-Automations) and the older [Campaign module](https://helpcenter.spotler.nl/hc/en-us/articles/360034938254-Introduction-getting-started-with-campaigns). With these modules it is possible to send 1-on-1 mails based on certain changes, fully automated. In this way you can create full customer journeys.

With SpotlerAutomate you can also trigger these Campaigns (and [Automations](../23/trigger-automations)) from within Dynamics 365. Consider, for example, a welcome process for new customers, an e-mail with a brochure or an automatic _'customer lifecycle campaign'_ that is relevant to the recipient.

> ⚠️**Warning!** Campaigns is deprecated in Spotler. Use the more powerful [Automations](../23/trigger-automations).

* [New Campaign](#new-campaign)
* [Start Campaign](#start-campaign)
* [Stop Campaign](#stop-campaign)

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## New Campaign

A **Campaign** needs to be created in Spotler. Add an External Trigger and give it a good name (this name will be visible in Dynamics 365). This will generate automatically a Campagne Code.

![campaign-external-trigger.png](/u/campaign-external-trigger-ZNfLeW.png)

>❗Don't forget to change the status of the Campagne to _Active_.

Twice a day, Campaigns will be synchronized to Dynamics 365.

>💡Tip: You can also refresh this yourself by creating a _[Spotler Job](../25/spotler-jobs)_ with the operation **Refresh Automations**.

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## Start Campaign

To start a Campaign from Dynamics 365, we create a _[Spotler Job](../25/spotler-jobs)_ with the operation **Start Automation**.

Select the Customer (=Account/Contact) or a Lead for which you want to start the Automation.

Select the desired Campaign you want to trigger. Keep in mind that the list contains both [Automations](../23/trigger-automations) (🚀) and Campaigns (📢)!

Now press **Save** to create the _Spotler Job_. This will trigger the Campaign to start.

![automation-form-fill.png](/u/automation-form-fill-YuvLdn.png)

In Spotler, under _Campaigns > Overview_, you can see then number of the times the Campaign is triggered.

![campaign-number-triggered.png](/u/campaign-number-triggered-AwtqlN.png)

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## Stop Campaign

Sometimes we want to stop an already long-running Campaign. For example, when a _'New Customer Journey'_-Campaign is started, but the customer canceled the purchase.

We can stop Campaign the same way we started a Campaign, by creating a _[Spotler Job](../25/spotler-jobs)_.

Create a _Spotler Job_ with the operation **Stop Automation**.

We select the Customer or Lead and the Campaign we want to stop. Press **Save** to create the _Spotler Job_. This will trigger the Campaign to stop.