Campaign codes
Every campaign gets a short code when you create it. It exists so that a request arriving through a link in that campaign can be attributed back to it.
Where to find it
The code is shown on the campaign’s row in the list, with a copy link beside it that puts it on your clipboard.
The code is generated for you and cannot be edited. There is no Campaign code field on the composer, and no way to choose your own. This page previously said otherwise.
What it is for
When you use + Request link in the body (see Insert helpers), CartonCrew builds a link to your public request form with the campaign code attached. Someone who follows it lands on the form with the campaign already identified, and the request they submit is tagged with it.
That is the mechanism in full: a link that carries the code, and a request that remembers where it came from.
What it is not
- There is no uses counter. Nothing in the product shows a running count of how many records came in with a given code. This page used to claim a uses column on the campaign row; there is no such column.
- It is not a general-purpose tracking parameter. It is resolved by the public request form. Pasting it onto an unrelated URL does nothing.
- It is not unique across organizations. Two organizations can hold the same code. If a code is ambiguous it resolves to nothing at all rather than guessing — deliberately, so a link can never attribute a request to the wrong organization.
Measuring a campaign
To see what a campaign brought in, look at the requests themselves and the campaign each carries, rather than for a number on the campaign row. If you need attribution for donations rather than requests, that is the Campaign Manager extension’s job and a separate feature.
Last updated: 2026-09-15 · Applies to: CartonCrew v1.563+