CreateObject

CreateObject

This function instantiates the specified Marketing Cloud API Object.

NOTE: Instantiated objects do not persist after the first subsequent Invoke function call (for example, InvokeRetrieve(), InvokeUpdate(), etc.).

Argument

CreateObject(1)

Example

The following example retrieves all of the DataExtenion objects in a specific DataFolder (CategoryID). The CreateObject() line specifies the object to instantiate.

%%[

var @rr, @CategoryID, @Name, @CustomerKey
set @rr = CreateObject("RetrieveRequest")
SetObjectProperty(@rr, "ObjectType", "DataExtension")
AddObjectArrayItem(@rr, "Properties", "CategoryID")
AddObjectArrayItem(@rr, "Properties", "Name")
AddObjectArrayItem(@rr, "Properties", "CustomerKey")

set @sfp = CreateObject("SimpleFilterPart")
SetObjectProperty(@sfp, "Property", "CategoryID")
SetObjectProperty(@sfp, "SimpleOperator", "equals")
AddObjectArrayItem(@sfp, "Value", "13755")

SetObjectProperty(@rr,"Filter", @sfp)

set @rows = InvokeRetrieve(@rr, @rrStatus, @rrRequestID)

output(concat("rrStatus: ", @rrStatus))
output(concat("<br>rrRequestID: ", @rrRequestID))

for @i = 1 to RowCount(@rows) do

  set @row = Row(@rows, @i)
  set @CategoryID = Field(@row, "CategoryID")
  set @Name = Field(@row,"Name")
  set @CustomerKey = Field(@row, "CustomerKey")

  output(concat("<br>CategoryID: ", @CategoryID, ", Name: ", @Name, ", CustomerKey: ", @CustomerKey))

next @i

]%%

Output

rrStatus: OK
rrRequestID: 677010b6-69d4-4839-bf59-b342d3440ca5
CategoryID: 13755, Name: LoyaltyMembers, CustomerKey: LoyaltyMembers
CategoryID: 13755, Name: CouponCodes, CustomerKey: CouponCodes