{"id":1607,"date":"2020-04-17T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T10:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clonedesk.com\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=1607"},"modified":"2020-04-17T12:05:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T10:05:19","slug":"how-does-blueprint-element-connections-work","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/clonedesk.com\/en\/faq-items\/how-does-blueprint-element-connections-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Blueprint Element Connections work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The system needs to know how each task is connected with the other tasks in the blueprint. On the example below, there are 4 tasks in the blueprint.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27335%27%20height%3D%27216%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20335%20216%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27335%27%20height%3D%27216%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/clonedesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Blueprint-Elements.png\" data-filename=\"image.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The connections are defined as it relates to the current task being edited as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Follow-up<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; the connected task can start after current task is completed<\/li>\n<li><b>Required<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; the current task is required to be completed before connected task can start.<\/li>\n<li><b>None \/ No Connection<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; the current task does not have a connection with the connected task<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example of a Follow Up Connection:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Task 1 &#8220;Provide text to post&#8221; must be completed before Tasks 2,3,4 can start. Therefore\u00a0Tasks 2,3,4 is connected to Task 1 as a &#8220;follow-up&#8221; task.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27335%27%20height%3D%27216%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20335%20216%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27335%27%20height%3D%27216%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/clonedesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Blueprint-Elements.png\" data-filename=\"image.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Example of a Required Connection:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Now, when editing Task 3 &#8220;Review &amp; approve&#8221;, the connection to the other tasks are different. Task 1 &amp; 2 is required for Task 3 to start. 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