> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zeotap.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Eloqua > Trigger pre-built Oracle Eloqua email assets in real time from a Zeotap journey. Maps a Zeotap profile attribute (holding the Eloqua contactId) to Eloqua's Email Deployment API for transactional, event-driven, and journey-based email sends. ## Overview Oracle Eloqua is a B2B marketing automation platform that enables marketers to create, manage, and execute sophisticated cross-channel campaigns including email, display advertising, and landing pages. It provides advanced tools for lead management, campaign orchestration, and real-time email triggering, helping marketers deliver personalised experiences at scale. The platform offers an **Email Deployment API** to trigger individual email sends to specific contacts in real time, making it well suited for event-driven, transactional, and journey-based communication. Integrated with Zeotap, it helps marketers deliver contextually relevant email experiences driven by unified first-party customer data. ## Available Actions and Supported Features The following table lists the available action types for the integration and the supported features for each action type: | Action Name | [ID EXTENSION](/articles/segment-customer/extend-your-audience#id-extension) | [DELETE](https://docs.zeotap.com/articles/#!integrate-customer/delta-upload-and-delete-functions) | [DELTA UPLOAD](https://docs.zeotap.com/articles/#!integrate-customer/delta-upload-and-delete-functions) | | ------------------------ | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | | Trigger Emails in Eloqua | — | — | — | ## Prerequisites Before pushing data to Eloqua, ensure that you have completed the setup as mentioned below. * Create an Eloqua account with **REST API access** enabled and obtain your **Company Name**, **Username**, and **Password**. * Identify the **POD** your Eloqua instance is hosted on (e.g., `p03`) from the login URL, or use `GET https://login.eloqua.com/id` to resolve it programmatically. * Pre-build the email asset you want to trigger inside Eloqua and note down its **Email Asset ID**. * Ensure the Eloqua internal `contactId` is available on the Zeotap customer profile. ## Create a Destination for Eloqua Once you have obtained the prerequisites mentioned above, perform the following steps to create a destination for Eloqua: Log in to the Zeotap CDP app and go to the **Destinations** application. On the Destinations landing page, click **+ Create Destination** in the top right. Destinations module listing existing destinations with the Create Destination button highlighted. Under **All Destinations**, search for **Eloqua** and select the **Eloqua** card. Destination catalogue showing the search field for finding destinations. On the **Enter Destination Details** screen, fill in the required fields: * **Destination Name** — a descriptive label (e.g., `Eloqua — Production`). * **Username** — the Eloqua username, prefixed with your **Company Name** separated by a backslash. * **Password** — the password for your Eloqua account. * **Region** — select the **POD** your Eloqua instance is hosted on. The **Username** field must be entered as your **Company Name** and **Username** separated by a single backslash. For example, if your company is `Acme` and your username is `jdoe`, enter: ``` Acme\jdoe ``` Eloqua destination details form with the Destination Name, Username, Password, and Region fields. Review the values you have entered and click **Next** to proceed to mapping. On the **Action and Mapping** screen: 1. Under **Choose your Action**, select **Trigger Emails in Eloqua** — this is the only action available for this destination. 2. Under **Map the Fields**, the **Contact Id** destination field is pre-populated. Against it, select the Zeotap profile attribute that holds the Eloqua internal `contactId`. Action and Mapping screen with Trigger Emails in Eloqua selected and the Contact Id destination field shown. Once the mapping is complete, click **Save Mapping**, then **Create Destination**. The created destination now appears in the **Journeys** application and can be linked from a Journey node. ## Activate the Destination on Journeys After creating the destination, link it inside the **Send to Destinations** node of a Journey workflow. In the Journey workflow, click **+** at the point where the email should fire and choose **Send to Destinations**. Journey Choose an action menu showing options including Send to Destinations. Use the search field to locate the Eloqua destination you just created, then select its card. Send to Destinations search panel showing destination cards with IDs. On the **Destination Details** tab, the connection fields populate automatically from the values you saved when creating the destination. Fill in the journey-specific email fields: * **Email ID** — the **Email Asset ID** of the pre-built email in Eloqua. This is the unique numeric identifier of the email template you want to trigger; you can find it inside your Eloqua instance. * **Email Name** — the email asset name as it appears in Eloqua. This is used for reference only and does not affect the delivery of the email. * **Name** — a label for this deployment instance. This is an internal tracking identifier inside Eloqua and does not impact the email content or delivery. Destination Settings panel for Eloqua inside a journey showing the Email ID, Email Name, and Name fields. Click **Save Destination**. The Eloqua destination is now attached to the Journey node and ready to fire emails on the journey's schedule. Send to Destinations node showing the attached Eloqua destination card and mapping label.