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title: "Activate Datasource Bookmark"
slug: "activate-datasource-bookmark"
description: "How the Activate Datasource Bookmark task applies a bookmark to a datasource, so subsequent steps run against that selection state."
updated: 2026-11-10T08:48:26Z
published: 2026-11-10T08:48:26Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/activate-datasource-bookmark"
---

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# Activate Datasource Bookmark

### General

This type of action can be used to activate a bookmark in a [Datasource](/release36/docs/introduction-2).

NOTE

This type of action can only be used with datasources that support bookmarks.

### Properties

This type of action has the following properties:

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Description | The [Datasource](/release36/docs/introduction-2) in which a bookmark shall be activated. |
| Bookmark Name | An [Expression](/release36/docs/introduction-28) that evaluates to a string that contains the name of the bookmark to activate. |

Known issue

The filters are not enforced when using the action Activate Datasource Bookmark, which apply filters, and Filter Datasource Field. To enforce the filters, use only the action Filter Datasource Field.