Create a Selection Strategy

6 min

Each code-based Experience Decision delivery is defined by a Selection Strategy. A Selection Strategy defines what eligibility criteria to use and which Item Collection to apply it to.

Request

Request Type: POST

Endpoint: https://platform.adobe.io/data/core/dps/selection-strategies/

Headers

Key	Value
Authorization	Bearer <VARIES>
x-api-key	<VARIES> (e.g. 1234b8e8cd0a48918412d22dd9b01234)
x-gw-ims-org-id	59C7440F5DE147EA0A495EB3@AdobeOrg
accept	application/json
Content-Type	application/json
x-sandbox-name	<VARIES> (e.g. lab612-01)
x-schema-id	<VARIES> (e.g. https://ns.adobe.com/adobedemoamericas275/schemas/dc5b593541543883856ef0f29f35923ad24a963d5ff35646)

Request Parameters

Parameter	Example	Type	Description	Required
name	Credit Card Offer Strategy	string	the description of the selection strategy	YES
rank		object	object containing rank of the strategy; only relevant when used in a group of selection strategies	YES
priority	1	integer	rank within a selection strategy grouping	YES
order		object	method of ranking individual decision items against other items if combined with a selection strategy group	YES
orderEvaluationType	static	string	order/ranking method	YES
profileConstraint		object	method by which to contrain which profiles qualify for the strategy	NO
profileConstraintType	eligibilityRule	string	selection of a rule or ranking method
eligibilityRule	dps:eligibility-rule:1a4c3c6495f373f2	string	the ID of the rule or ranking method being applied
optionSelection			contains the item collection that the strategy applies to
filter	dps:item-collection:1a4e5a3813ef66e5	string	the ID of the item collection

Request Body

{
    "name": "Test Strategy3",
    "rank": {
        "priority": 1,
        "order": {
            "orderEvaluationType": "static"
        }
    },
    "profileConstraint": {
        "profileConstraintType": "eligibilityRule",
        "eligibilityRule": "dps:eligibility-rule:1a4c3c6495f373f2"
    },
    "optionSelection": {
        "filter": "dps:item-collection:1a4e5a3813ef66e5"
    }
}

Relevant Response Parameters

Attribute	Example	Description
id	dps:selection-strategy:1a5341818cb4a8b6	the ID of the selection strategy
sandboxId	71795633-d212-4495-b956-33d212849517	the ID of the sandbox in which the selection strategy was created

Response Body

{
    "id": "dps:selection-strategy:1a5341818cb4a8b6",
    "sandboxId": "71795633-d212-4495-b956-33d212849517",
    "etag": 1,
    "createdDate": "2025-03-04T14:33:01.171Z",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2025-03-04T14:33:01.171Z",
    "createdBy": "[email protected]",
    "lastModifiedBy": "[email protected]",
    "createdByClientId": "c4a0b8e8cd0a48918412d22dd9b0c7f5",
    "lastModifiedByClientId": "c4a0b8e8cd0a48918412d22dd9b0c7f5"
}