A Volume Constraint limits the number of actions that are delivered to customers.

You can define the following constraint types:

• Per channel - Limits the number of actions delivered on a specific channel. For example, you can set a constraint that limits the number of emails sent per day.
• Per action - Limits the number of times a specific action is offered to customers. For example, you can set a constraint that limits the number of times that a specific Credit Card offer is presented to customers.
• Per action property - Limits the number of times a group of actions is offered to customers. The actions are grouped based on a specific property or properties. For example, you can limit the number of actions which belong to a specific business issue.

Channel constraints can be combined with action or action property constraints. For example, you can specify that no more than 1000 Credit Card offer emails can be sent in a given time period.

You can configure the constraint to require a minimum as well as a maximum number of actions. For example, you can specify that the campaign requires at least 50000 call center interactions.

To apply these constraints, the Volume Constraint rule should be associated with a Campaign or with an outbound run in the Next-Best-Action Designer. For Campaigns, when a Campaign runs, it first executes the Strategy to determine the potential set of actions that should be processed. Next, if a Volume Constraint has been associated with the Campaign, any enabled action and channel constraints are applied to the action set to determine the final list of actions which needs to be processed.

Volume Constraints are primarily accessed from and created in the context of Campaigns. The Constraint setting of a Campaign references a Volume Constraint rule. When configuring this setting, users can use the Configure Constraint selector to review existing Volume Constraints and create a new one if needed.

In addition to Campaigns, you can apply Volume Constraints in the Next-Best-Action Designer. For more information, see Setting constraints, outbound limits, and controls.

To view all Volume Constraint rules configured in your system, in the Pega Customer Decision Hub portal, click IntelligenceVolume Constraints.

• Creating a volume constraint

  Specify whether volume constraints should be applied to actions as a group, or whether each action should be evaluated separately in situations where a customer is eligible for multiple actions.

• Configuring volume constraint for an outbound run

  To limit the volume of actions delivered to your customers, associate a volume constraints rule with an outbound run in Next-Best-Action Designer.

• Using volume constraints with action bundles

  You can use Volume Constraints together with action bundles. If the parent action of a bundle passes the Volume Constraint, all child actions for the bundle are also passed to the action processing stage. If the parent action does not pass the Volume Constraint, all child actions for the bundle are also rejected.

• Frequently asked questions about volume constraints

  See the following topics for additional information, tips and tricks, and best practices.