Symptom
Subscriptions with communication category and relevant interaction can be found on contact profile. However, subscriptions are not displayed in the "Permission Marketing" tab
Environment
- SAP Marketing Cloud
Reproducing the Issue
- Import subscriptions with relevant communication category
- Check subscriptions under tab "Permission Marketing" on contact profile app
Cause
Subscriptions are supported exclusively for the Email Newsletter scenario, meaning only the EMAIL communication medium is relevant. Although subscriptions can technically be imported with different communication media and ID origins, only EMAIL-based subscriptions are considered during processing and are displayed in the contact UI.
Resolution
Subscription-enabled communication categories only work with the communication medium Email, where the origin is EMAIL. Other origins, such as SMS or custom-defined origins, are not supported.
See Also
This design is documented in the online help as well:
- Permissions and Subscriptions
Subscriptions are a special form of permissions, which are only valid for a certain marketing context, for example, a newsletter or event. In contrast to permissions, there are no default subscriptions. Subscriptions are only available for the email communication medium. They can be overridden by opting out of general email permissions. - Communication Categories and Limits
Keywords
opt in, opt out, permission, subscription. , KBA , CEC-MKT-DM-PER , Marketing permissions , Problem
SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public