Workflows Based on XM Directory Segments

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Customer Experience Strategy & Research
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Qualtrics
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About Workflows Based on XM Directory Segments

You can set up different conditions for your workflows based on segments your organization has added to XM Directory. In particular, you can target the segments that have responded to a given survey.

Example: Your company is running a feedback survey. Your team checks the responses every week, but your manager wants to know if a customer from a key segment responds so they can look at it right away.
Example: Your company has a survey where customers submit support requests. For certain customer segments, if they report a high priority issue, you’d like to flag it to a specialized triage team who knows this segment’s program inside and out.

Before Setting Up a Workflow

In order to use this functionality, you need to have access to segments in XM Directory. Get to know the segments you have access to in order to decide which you’d like to target. If you are a directory administrator, you will also be able to create segments as needed.

Before you can use segments in workflows, you also need to make sure you plan to distribute your survey using XM Directory. This can mean using segments themselves, but you can also distribute through any method that involves a mailing list. Such methods include email, SMS, WhatsApp, personal links, authenticators, and more. So long as you did not distribute through an anonymous link (without a contact list authenticator attached), you will be able to use this feature.

Qtip: If you do not currently have access to segments in XM Directory and are interested in learning more, reach out to Account Services.

Setting Up Workflows Based on XM Directory Segments

Qtip: You can also set up workflows like these in the stand-alone Workflows page, but given that these kinds of workflows are always linked to a specific survey, it’s usually easier to use the Workflows tab in a project.
Navigate to the Workflows tab in your project.
In the workflows tab, clicking "create a workflows" and then "started when an event is received"
In the workflows tab, clicking "create a workflows" and then "started when an event is received"
Click Create a workflow.
Choose Started when an event is received.
Select Survey response.
Picture of new window with lists of events, survey event at the top
Picture of new window with lists of events, survey event at the top
Determine when you want the workflow to be triggered.
Another new window where you select "newly created responses" and/or "responses updated via the Qualtrics API"
Another new window where you select "newly created responses" and/or "responses updated via the Qualtrics API"
Qtip: Most often, you will select Newly created responses, especially if you have automatically tagged topics.
Click Finish.
Click the plus sign ( + ) and then Add a condition.
Image of action with a survey repsonse event in it. Below the event, the plus sign is clicked, revealing an option for "Add a condition"
Image of action with a survey repsonse event in it. Below the event, the plus sign is clicked, revealing an option for "Add a condition"
In the first dropdown, select Respondent.
Image of conditions in editing mode; these appear beneath the survey response event, and start with "any of the following are true" before showing a series of dropdowns that allow you to configure the condition
Image of conditions in editing mode; these appear beneath the survey response event, and start with "any of the following are true" before showing a series of dropdowns that allow you to configure the condition

Choose whether your condition will be based on the fact the respondent Is a member of or Is not a member of a given segment.
Choose the directory where your segment is located.
Qtip: This option is here for those who have access to multiple directories, which would house completely separate sets of segments.
Select the segment you want to target in this condition.
Click the 3 horizontal dots and add additional conditions or condition sets as needed. See Creating Conditions for more guidance.
Add the desired task to your workflow.
Showing how clicking the plus sign after a condition gives the option for "task"
Showing how clicking the plus sign after a condition gives the option for "task"
Example: When a customer from a high value segment reports that they are extremely dissatisfied, we create a high priority ticket with our Customer Satisfaction team.
Image of a ticket task
Image of a ticket task

Qtip: Once your workflow is configured, make sure it is enabled.

The same notification as the above, but the warning text is gone, and the "turn on/ off" column is set to on
The same notification as the above, but the warning text is gone, and the "turn on/ off" column is set to on

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