- [Home page](https://www.brimit.com/) - [Blog](https://www.brimit.com/blog) # Dive into Sitecore CDP - How to use Destination connections (Triggered experience webhook) [#How-to](https://www.brimit.com/blog?categories=#How-to) [DXP](https://www.brimit.com/blog?platforms=DXP) [Sergey Baranov](https://www.brimit.com/blog/author?authors=Sergey%20Baranov) on November 19, 2021 There are 3 types of connections in **Sitecore CDP**: 1. ***Data System*** - can be used in Decision models as external source of data. 2. ***AI*** - can be used in Decision models as a logic block that performs any calculations on external service side. 3. ***Destination*** - can be used in Full stack experiences to send data to external services. ![Sitecore CDP - Destination connections](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/types_of_connections.jpg) In this article I`ll show how to create **Destination**connection to **Facebook Conversions API** and use it in triggered experiense to forward events to **Facebook Ads**. #### How to create connection to Facebook Conversions API? First of all, you need to have installed [Facebook Pixel](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-pixel) on your website. In your facebook account navigate to **Events Manager -> Pixel app -> Settings** and generate token for Conversions API: ![Sitecore CDP - Facebook Conversation API token](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/access_token.jpg) The second key that you need is **Pixel ID**: ![Sitecore CDP - Facebook Ads Pixel ID](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/pixel_id.jpg) Once you have **Pixel ID** and **token** it is time to test connection. In your facebook account navigate to **Events Manager -> Pixel app -> Test Events,** copy test event code *(TEST37153 in my case)* for future testing in Sitecore CDP and open **Graph API Explorer**: ![Sitecore CDP - Test Facebook Events](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/facebook_test_events_2.jpg) Insert your token in **Access Token** input and click submit button: ![Sitecore CDP - Facebook developer console](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/facebook_console_2.jpg) If you see response like on screenshot above, your connection is OK. If you return to **Test Events** tab you will see that your event is successfully tracked: ![Sitecore CDP - Facebook events tracking](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/facebook_test_success.jpg) #### How to setup Facebook Conversions API connection in Sitecore CDP? Login to your Sitecore CDP application account, **Connections -> Add Connection-> Destination**. Enter *Name* and *Description* of your connection, choose *None* on Athentification tab and configure request parameters: - **Method**: POST - **URI**: [https://graph.facebook.com/v12.0/{pixel\_id}/events?access\_token=](https://your_CH_endpoint/api/entities/query?query=Definition.Name=='M.PCM.Product'&members=ProductName,ProductPrice){token} Replace {pixel\_id} and {token} with your real values. To test your connection copy resuest body from recently tested facebook Graph API explorer: ![Sitecore CDP - Destination connection to Facebook](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/cdp_test.jpg) If you testing request is successfull,  you will see recieved event in facebook **Test Events** tab. Save your connection with default mappings, don`t worry about testing Request body: it will be overwritten in triggered experience webhook in the future. #### How to configure triggered experience? In Sitecore CDP navigate to **Experiences -> Full Stack -> Create Experience -> Triggered Experience**. In **Choose Connection** popup select your recently created Facebook destination connection: ![Sitecore CDP - Triggered Experience](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/triggered_experience.jpg) For this demo I`ll show you how to forward *VIEW* event from your website to **Facebook Conversions API** *(for your real solution you can add more events as a trigger)*. Navigate to **Trigger** section and add custom trigger as shown on image below: ![Sitecore CDP - Add event trigger](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/view_trigger.jpg) Go to **Webhook Composer** section and click on *Edit* button. Paste this Freemarker code into **API** tab: ``` <#assign pageUrl = "https://" + entity.pointOfSale + entity.arbitraryData.page> <#assign timestamp = (.now?long / 1000)?floor?c> <#assign guestUnique = guest.ref?replace("-","") + guest.ref?replace("-","")> { "data": [ { "event_name": "ViewContent", "event_time": ${timestamp}, "event_source_url": "${pageUrl}", "action_source": "website", "user_data": { "em": "${guestUnique}", "client_user_agent": "Sitecore CDP" } } ], "test_event_code" : "TEST37153" } ``` Parameters explanation: - ``` event_time - timestamp of triggered event in unix format (in seconds), ``` - ``` user_data.em - any unique identifier of user in sha256 format. Unfortunatelly, I didn`t find how to caclulate sha256 in Freemarker, so for this demo example I just concatenate 2 times guest.ref value that is unique user identitier and looks like sha256; for real solution I store already sha256-hashed value of user email in extended guest profile properties. ``` Start your experience, navigate to your website and [generate some *VIEW* events](https://www.brimit.com/blog/cdp-1-how-to-connect-to-website). Go to **your experience -> Operations -> Execution Repost** where you will see statuses of youe triggered *VIEW* events. If all is OK you will see *SUCCESS* status: ![Sitecore CDP - Triggered Experience Execution Report](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/trigger_success.jpg?w=768&hash=D32878CDA43FB2BBD1CFE1A076F563FB) Because of we also passed **test\_event\_code** parameter, we can see that our events successfully hit facebook: ![Sitecore CDP - Success trigger](https://www.brimit.com/-/media/project/brimit/blog/2021/x3mxray/6/facebook_success.jpg) *NOTE: Remove **test\_event\_code** parameter for production events.* In the next article I`ll show you how to setup **Facebook Ads** with triggered experience more flexible by using decision modeling. Stay updated! 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