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Checked for Constant Contact on 26 Oct 2026
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- https://v3.developer.constantcontact.com/api_guide/segments/segments-overview
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- 26 Oct 2026, 16:15 UTC
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Segments purpose Report an error
“Use segments to identify and target a subset of your contacts that meet your specified criteria.”
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Segments dynamic Report an error
“Unlike contact lists, segments are dynamic. A segment's contact results can differ over time based on changes to contact interaction with campaigns (tracked activities), contact details, and contact list assignment.”
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Segment data sources Report an error
“You specify contact-related data as segment criteria from the following data sources:”
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Segment endpoints Report an error
“POST /segments To create a new segment, use the POST /segments endpoint”
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Segments tracking limit Report an error
“The default maximum number of email campaign activities to evaluate is 500. To avoid returning a 400 error response, when specifying the segment_criteria do not request more than 500 email campaigns or a date range greater than 1825 days (5 years) be evaluated.”
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Segments UI max campaigns Report an error
“The maximum number of campaigns that Constant Contact UI evaluates for tracking data is 5.”
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Segments tracking fields Report an error
“sent Contacts that were sent an email campaign activity. not_sent Contacts that were not sent an email campaign activity. opened Contacts that opened an email campaign activity. not_opened Contacts that did not open an email campaign activity. clicked Contacts that clicked an email campaign activity. not_clicked Contacts that did not click an email campaign activity.”
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Segments contact data types Report an error
“Standard contact fields: Property fields from the contact's profile information such as birthday month. Custom contact fields: Property fields that you named and defined (must already exist). System defined fields: Property fields such as the date the contact was added, date updated, and the source of the contact.”
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Segments grouping rules Report an error
“Different data source groups Must be combined using and. For example, you cannot use or to combine tracking or contact groups.”
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Segments update requirements Report an error
“You must specify both name and segment_criteria, even if you are only updating one.”
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Segments soft delete Report an error
“To delete (soft-delete) a segment and the segment's criteria, use the DELETE /segments/{segment_id} endpoint. After deleting a segment, the name remains available for reporting purposes. To view a deleted segment, use the GET /segments/{segment_id}.”
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Segments email campaign limit Report an error
“You can only include one segment_id. You cannot specify both a segment_id and a list_id.”
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Segments contact results Report an error
“To get a segment's contact results, use the GET contacts/ endpoint and specify the segment_id to use as the query parameter (contacts/?{segment_id}).”
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Segments export import Report an error
“You can also chose to export the contact results to a file using the bulk activities POST /activities/contact_exports endpoint. To import previously exported segment contact results into an existing contact list, use the POST /activities/contacts_json_import or POST /activities/contacts_file_import.”
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Segments operators Report an error
“Equals (eq) - is case-insensitive.”
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Segments authorization Report an error
“To use the segment feature, you must have the Account Owner or Account Manager user role.”
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Segments sort order Report an error
“You can sort by name (sort_by=name) in ascending order, or sort by date (sort_by=date) in descending order. By default, the results are sorted by date with the most recently updated segments listed first.”
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Segments list membership default Report an error
“If no contact lists are specified in the segment criteria, all contacts in your account are evaluated and processed.”
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