Feature of the Month: Suppress Channel Flags

Does your campaign or PAC have a long list of flags to suppress when you run a People search in Crimson? If you struggle to always remember to suppress flags like “do not mail” or “deceased,” Crimson has a new feature that will make your searches easier.A new button under the Suppression section of the People Search will automatically exclude flags that you have identified as a Channel Suppression Flag. This makes running list selects much faster and ensures that you remember to suppress everything that is needed.Here’s how to use this new feature.Set up the Channel Suppression Flags.1. From the Crimson dashboard, select the People menu and then click on Settings.2. Select the Flag tab at the top of the page.3. Either add a new flag or click on the green  button to edit an existing flag.4. Check the box next to Check the box next to “This is a Channel Suppression Flag” and check at least one of the Target Channels to be suppressed. The channels include email, SMS, phone and direct mail.5. Save your changes.Now that your Channel Suppression Flags are set up, you can add them to your People Search query.6. Go to People Search and enter your criteria.7. Under the Suppression section, toggle the switch on next to “Apply Channel Suppression Flags.”Note: You can also add the Channel Suppression Flags to Best Efforts and Thank You Searches.8. Select Search and finishing running your query.