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TillaSennane
Active Member II
2 months ago

Ignore hour of timestamp custom attribute in segment filters

Hello, I'm using a "time" formatted custom attribute which has as value for each user a timestamp (precise date AND hour). I'm using this custom attribute in segments, using the filter "more than" o...
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Segmentation
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Stuart
Practitioner III
30 days ago

Hey TillaSennane,

I think the best solution to this is to change that custom attribute to a custom event.

Why? Because it appears you need to message users based on when this 'event' last occurred, rather than date value.  Braze records, within a users profile, when a Custom Event first occurred, when it last occurred and it's total count. You can then use the extensive event filters within segmentation, which would be used to qualify your audience in your daily 11:30 canvas send.