# Connecting the Route components

Available in...

* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Data Fabric
* Data Services Platform
* ESB
* MDM Platform
* Qlik Cloud Enterprise Edition
* Qlik Talend Cloud Enterprise Edition
* Qlik Talend Cloud Premium Edition
* Real-Time Big Data Platform

Now that the components have been added on the workspace, they have to be connected together.

In this example, as the cSetBody and cLog components are already connected, you only need to connect the cTimer to the cSetBody component.

To connect the components together, use either of the following methods:

You can also drop components in the middle of a Row link. For more information, see [Adding a component between two connected components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0/adding-component-between-two-connected-components).

For more information on using various types of connections, see [Using connections in a Route](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0/using-connections-in-route).

### In this section

* [Route link by right-click and click](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-07/route-link-by-right-click-and-click)
* [Drag and drop to create the Route link](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-07/drag-and-drop-to-create-route)