Data Viewer

Whenever you browse data in Adestra, you will be working with the data viewer. The data viewer allows you to view and modify sets of contacts and edit individual contacts.

Tip: many actions in the data viewer only appear when you select an item, e.g. check the box next to a contact in a list to see data viewer actions for that contact.

Screen capture of the browse tab showing before and after selecting a contact.

On this page:

Overview

By default, the data viewer displays the contact email addresses and the contact ID numbers, which are automatically allocated by Adestra. Clicking on an address or ID will take you to the Contact Data screen, where you can see and manage the individual contact information. For help with managing contacts, refer to the Contact Profile topic.

In the data viewer you can search for particular email addresses in your current data selection by using the 'Search email' box above the function buttons.

Note: You can search only for full email addresses.

List Management

There are two types of actions that you can take in the data viewer. List actions—which will affect all contacts within a list, and Specific actions— that affect only the contacts selected.

Note: the checkbox in the field header will apply to all records on all pages of the current selection, not just the records you can see checked.

Screen capture showing the header checkbox ticked and the bulk select notification prompt.

Downloading Data

If you have Data Admin rights you can download a list's data by clicking the download button at the bottom of the data viewer.

Note: This button is only visible if you have Data Admin rights.

Available Actions

Button Text List Action Bulk Action
Button Text List Action Bulk Action
Select Fields Allows you to choose which data fields are displayed Not Available
Add to New List All contacts will be added to a new list Contacts selected will be added to new list
Add to Existing List1 All contacts will be added to an existing list Contacts selected will be added to an existing list
Remove from List All contacts that appear in the selected list will be removed Contacts that are specified will be removed from the selected list
Add to Unsub List All contacts will be added to the selected Unsub List If specified contacts appears in selected Unsub List they will be removed
Remove from Unsub List All contacts appearing in the selected Unsub List will be removed Specified contacts will be removed if it appears in selected Unsub List
Add to Program All contacts will be added to the selected Program Specified contacts will be added to the selected Program
Filter Contacts Filter through all contacts using desired rules Not Available

1 To add data to an existing list, the two lists must share the same core table

Select Fields

You can display additional core table or data table fields in the data viewer by using the 'Select Fields' button. Clicking this button will prompt you to select fields from the relevant core table and the available data tables will be listed for you to choose from.

Note: If a field is protected, it will be visible only for admin users to select and view.

Click 'Okay' and the selected fields will be displayed.

Filter Contacts

It is possible to apply a filter to your current data selection, using the 'Filter Contacts' button. The page will expand to display the filter section, where you can refine which contacts are displayed.

This can be useful, for example, if you wish to create a new list based on particular criteria; you can set filter rules to segment the data, which can then be added to a new or existing list.

To use a saved filter, click the 'Load Filter' button in the top right and you will be able to select from the available filters.

For more information about creating and applying filters, refer to the Filters topic.