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title: "Adding a Segment to a Group"
slug: "add-a-segment-to-a-group"
updated: 2025-12-10T15:34:52Z
published: 2025-12-10T15:34:52Z
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# Adding a Segment to a Group

## Goal

Transfer contacts who match your segment criteria into an existing group. This helps validate complex segment logic, refresh an audience, or prepare groups for campaigns and automation.

## Background Information

You can use this process to confirm whether a segment returns the contacts you expect. For example, if you have created a segment with several behavioral and profile-based conditions, you can transfer the matching contacts to a temporary group and review individual profiles.

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## Procedure

There are two ways to transfer contacts. The best option depends on where you start:

- **Segmentation Builder** – Ideal when you want to validate or refine a segment you are currently working on.
- **Contact Management** – Ideal when you want to update an existing group and review its context before transferring contacts.

****Option 1: From Segmentation Builder****

1. Go to *Audience > Segmentation > Segmentation Builder*.
2. Click the segment plan you want to add to a group once. A bar with the options **More** and **Edit appears at the top**.
3. Click **More**and then click **Transfer**. The **Transfer Segment** window opens to the **Update Existing Group** tab.
4. In the **Transfer Segment** window: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/image(935).png)
  - Select **transfer mode**:
    - **Add** – Add contacts not yet in the group.
    - **Replace** – Replace all current members with matching segment contacts.
    - **Remove** – Remove matching contacts from the group.
  - Choose a **group**.
  - Choose the **amount** to transfer: **All**, **Percentage**, or **Number** (selected randomly by ID).
5. Click **Transfer**.

****Option 2: From Contact Management****

1. Go to *Audience​ >​ Contact Management > Group Members.*
2. From the **​Group**drop-down list, select a group.
3. Click the **​Add Segment**button.
4. Configure the transfer
  - Select **All**, **Percentage**, or **Number** of matching contacts.
  - Select **Add**, **Replace**, or **Remove**.
  - Enter a **Notification Address** if a system user should receive a message when the transfer is complete.
5. Click **​Transfer**.

Mapp Engage transfers the contacts who match the segment criteria into the group.