# Trigger connections for a Route

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

Trigger connections define specific channels to route messages in according to specific conditions.

Messages will be filtered and routed to specific Routes according to defined conditions.

### In this section

* [when](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-09/when)
* [otherwise](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-09/otherwise)