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# Create a Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Data Stream

To begin the flow of data, create a data stream and then configure the connector in Marketing Cloud Account Engagement.

Before you start, [connect Account Engagement to Data Cloud](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=mktg.mcae_data_cloud_add_business_units.htm&language=en_US).

1. In Data 360, go to the Data Streams tab and click **New**.
2. Select the Account Engagement data source, and click **Next**.
3. Select a business unit.
4. Select the type of data that you want to ingest.
5. Click **Deploy**.
6. In Marketing Cloud Account Engagement, configure the Data Cloud connector. To learn more, see [Configure the Data Cloud Connector in Account Engagement](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=mktg.mcae_data_cloud_configure_connector.htm&language=en_US).

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Using Account Engagement Data with Data 360](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mcae_data_cloud_use_cases.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [_Salesforce Developer_: Email Activity Mappings to Data 360](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.c360a_api.meta/c360a_api/c360dm_mcae_email_activity.htm)