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[GuybrushThreepwood]

In the attached scenario image, or in general, why can’t I connect two tools to the same router to retrieve and manipulate or evaluate data from earlier in the scenario?

[Michaela]

Hello @GuybrushThreepwood

Thanks for stepping into the community and bringing up your question.

To answer your question: You can use the router to send your data into as many routes as you need. It does not really matter whether the modules you’re connecting after the router are apps or tools.

Could you maybe share a bit more context so that we understand the desired behavior vs the behavior you’re getting?

Just FYI: Bjorn created a great guide on filters and routes in Make. Maybe it could help clarify some things

How to filter data? (Routes & Filters)

Filter data by using routes and filters There have been some repetitive questions in the community about how you can filter data that comes out of a module, so I will use this topic to combine some Q&A into a small tutorial. Filtering data allows you to only do specific actions based on a rule you make. For example you can: Only continue if an item exists Only continue if some text contains a certain string Use multiple AND & OR logic to combine multiple statements etc. To start with this, …

[Soxial_Leads]

I think @GuybrushThreepwood is referring to something like this

two apps before the router. that is, the data that enters the router can come from two sources.
This is modified image. Currently I also want to know why routers can’t do that

[Michaela]

Hello @Soxial_Leads welcome to the community

I see! If that’s the case, there is an article in the Make Help Center that presents workarounds for this specific functionality.

Converger Workarounds in Help Center