SAP Marketing Cloud – Email content not available in “Show valid only” list in campaign

You maintain the communication category in email content and want to select it during campaign creation process. Then you find this email content is not available in the list when choose “Show valid only” option.

For example:

1.  Create an email content with communication category.
2.  Create a campaign and navigate to select email part.
3.  Click the help pop-up and choose “Show Valid Only” option.
4.  The expected email is not available in the list.

Resolution

Please maintain the same communication category in the Campaign.

SAP Marketing Cloud – Email content not available in select list when choose “Show valid only” in campaign

Symptom

You maintain the communication category in email content and want to select it during campaign creation process. Then you find this email content is not available in the list when choose “Show valid only” option.

Environment

•  SAP Marketing Cloud Edition
•  SAP Marketing On-Premise from Release 1709 SP01

Reproducing the Issue

1.  Create an email content with communication category.
2.  Create a campaign and navigate to select email part.
3.  Click the help pop-up and choose “Show Valid Only” option.
4.  The expected email is not available in the list.

Cause

When the campaign is executed, a subscription check will run. If the campaign is not assigned to the same communication category as the email content, the email content will not be shown in the valid list.

Resolution

Please maintain the same communication category in the Campaign as defined in the email content settings.

See Also

For further details regarding Communication Categories and Limits, please check help document: Communication Categories and Limits.