Step 6. Add an aggregator
Imagine your marketing team adds multiple US prospects in a single day, your Sales Manager could quickly become overwhelmed with a flood of individual mobile notifications. By adding an aggregator to your scenario, you can combine all those prospects into a single notification - making the information more manageable while still ensuring timely alerts.
To add an aggregator:
Right-click on the dots between the filter and the Apple iOS module and select Add a module. This will open a window with the list of apps and modules that you can add to your scenario.
Search for "Tools" in the search bar and then choose "Text Aggregator" from the available modules.
Alternatively, you can enter "Text Aggregator" in the search bar to find it faster.
In the Tools settings, select "Google Sheets - Watch New Rows (1)" from the dropdown list under the Source Module field.
Switch on the Show advanced settings toggle at the bottom of the window to open additional options.
In the Row separator field, select "New row" from the dropdown.
In the Text field, drag and drop or click on (First Name) and (Last Name) values from the Google Sheets module.
Click Save to save the aggregator settings.
Next, you need to update the Apple iOS "Send a push notification" module to use the aggregated text. Click on the Apple iOS module to open its settings.
In the Body field, remove any existing mapped values and instead drag and drop or click on the (text) value.
Click Save to save the changes and make sure to save your entire scenario by clicking the Save icon in the Scenario Builder toolbar.
Your scenario now has an aggregator that combines new US prospects that arrive into a single notification. In the next step, you'll test this entire scenario.
Understanding aggregators
Aggregators combine multiple bundles of data into a single bundle. Without an aggregator, each prospect would trigger a separate notification. With an aggregator:
- Multiple prospects are combined into one notification
- The Sales Manager receives one comprehensive alert instead of many
- The scenario uses fewer operations
Make offers different types of aggregators:
- Text aggregator: Combines text with separators (the one we used in this scenario)
- Numeric aggregator: Performs calculations (sum, average, count)
- Array aggregator: Groups data into structured arrays
In our scenario, the text aggregator helps prevent notification overload by sending one organized list of all US prospects.