DataView in AMPScript - dataview

Question

Is it possible to access SendLog and DataView data i.e. _Click via AMPScript to populate email content? Something like:
%%[SET EmailContent = _Click(linkName);]%%
I know how to run SQL query and save this as a Data Extension but I'd like to use it on the fly. Does anyone know how this can be done?
Thanks
Dan

Answer 1

Yes, it's possible using one of the AMPScript lookup functions. Here's a simple example:
%%[
var #DEColumn1, #lookupValue
set #lookupValue = "whee"
set #DEColumn1 = Lookup("DataExtensionName", "ReturnColumn", "LookupColumn", #lookupValue)
]%%
DEColumn1 is %%=v(#DEColumn1)=%%
I have a few more examples of the different lookup types are here on my blog.
UPDATE: Example retrieving _Click data:
%%[
var #rows, #row, #rowCount, #numRowsToReturn, #lookupValue, #i
set #lookupValue = "aspriggs#degdigital.com"
set #numRowsToReturn = 0 /* 0 means all */
set #rows = LookupOrderedRows("_Click",#numRowsToReturn,"EventDate desc","SubscriberKey", #lookupValue)
set #rowCount = rowcount(#rows)
if #rowCount > 0 then
for #i = 1 to #rowCount do
var #jobID, #batchID
set #row = row(#rows,#i) /*get row based on loop counter */
set #jobID= field(#row,"jobID")
set #batchID= field(#row,"batchID")
]%%
Row %%=v(#i)=%%, jobID: %%=v(#jobID)=%%, batchID: %%=v(#batchID)=%%<br>
%%[
next #i ]%%
%%[ else ]%%
No rows found
%%[ endif ]%%
Reference: System data views