# otherwise

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

The otherwise link can only be used with a cMessageRouter component and if at least one when link has already been used to filter and route messages.

So, the otherwise link retrieves all messages that are not matching the conditions defined in the several when links.

Information noteNote:

It is recommended not to put any message handling after the when or the otherwise link. Always use a Mock/Direct endpoint to replace them and make a new Route to handle the messages.