Audience lifecycle

Understand audience lifecycle statuses, approval outcomes, and next steps.

Audience status sequence

Audience requests move through a simple lifecycle from creation to approval, with a possible rejection path if the audience does not pass review.

Step 1

Draft

The audience has been created but has not yet been submitted for approval.

Step 2

Pending approval

The audience is under review and waiting for approval.

Ready to use

Approved

The audience passed review and can be used in supported workflows.

Action required

Rejected

The audience did not pass review. Update the audience and resubmit it for approval.

Status quick reference

StatusMeaningNext action
DraftItem set exists but has not been processedSubmit or update the item set
PendingWaiting to begin processingContinue monitoring
BuildingItem set is being generatedContinue monitoring
BuiltItem set is ready for useUse for measurement, targeting, or associations
Failed / InvalidBuild process did not complete successfullyCorrect the definition and rebuild

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