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TargetGroup Method

Composes a Tapestry segmentation target group by an array of targets.

Availability: Business Analyst Server.

string TargetGroup ( 
    TargetGroupParameters  Parameters, 
    esriFolderItem         OutputItem 
);

Parameter Description
Parameters Configuration options. Type TargetGroupParameters.
OutputItem (Optional parameter — can be null).
Configuration options for storing the output segmentation target group in the repository. This will enable viewing and working with the output result in subsequent tasks. Type esriFolderItem.

Returns

Variable of type String containing XML serialized segmentation target group

Examples

The example below generates a Target Group list which is often used as input to other Business Analyst Server analysis tasks.

NOTE: Target group values are associated with market Tapestry segment codes. See GetSegments lookup operation to query available Tapestry segments.

C# 
// Instantiate the BAServerHelper class to access analysis methods
BAServerHelper baServerHelper = new BAServerHelper();
baServerHelper.ActiveDatasetID = "USA_ESRI"; // Optional parameter
 
Target[] targets = new Target[2];
 
targets[0] = new Target();
targets[0].Name = "Group 1";
targets[0].Values = "1,2,3";
 
targets[1] = new Target();
targets[1].Name = "Group 2";
targets[1].Values = "4,5";
 
TargetGroupParameters parameters = new TargetGroupParameters();
parameters.Targets = targets;
 
esriFolderItem outputItem = null;
 
string result = baServerHelper.TargetGroup(parameters, outputItem);
 
TargetGroupData targetGroup = new TargetGroupData();
targetGroup.Description = result;

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