Sitecore Contact Send Email using EXM

Question

I have one Sitecore Register Form (not with WFFM). When user Register, I am trying to send confirmation email. However, somehow this is not working for the first time. My contact is not receiving verification email.

This is what briefly I am doing

• Identify contact using identify method
• Set preferred email address by setting up Facet on contact if not already set
• and then use EXM send standard message passing message id and current contact.

I suspect this is because there is no Facet is stored in Mongo contact for the first time. At least I did not see using Robo Mongo. After Session End Contact data will be flushed to Mongo. When visitor does registration again, this time contact has Email Facet and able to receive registration email.

Appreciate any help on this

Answer 1

You can force the contact email into xDB so it will be available during the session.

Contact contact = Tracker.Current.Session.Contact;

//update email in xDB
var recipientRepository = RecipientRepository.GetDefaultInstance();
RecipientId recipientId = new XdbContactId(contact.ContactId);
recipientRepository.UpdateRecipientEmail(recipientId, emailAddress);

Contact Repository Example:

public class ContactRepository
{
    private readonly RecipientRepository _recipientRepository;

    public ContactRepository()
    {
        _recipientRepository = RecipientRepository.GetDefaultInstance();
    }

    protected Sitecore.Analytics.Tracking.Contact CurrentContact
    {
        get { return Tracker.Current != null && Tracker.Current.Session != null ? Tracker.Current.Session.Contact : null; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Identifies the current contact using the provided email string
    /// and forces that email into xDB
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="email">identifier string</param>
    public void SetIdentifier(string email)
    {
        Tracker.Current.Session.Identify(email);

        var recipientId = new XdbContactId(CurrentContact.ContactId);
        _recipientRepository.UpdateRecipientEmail(recipientId, email);
    }
}

The ContactRepository is a dependency of any component or other fixture that needs to use or interact with contact information.

The RecipientRepository can be a dependency of the ContactRepository, instantiated in its constructor.

This class can also be used to manage existing or custom contact facets such as PersonalInfo, EmailInfo, etc.