Blueprint in Zoho Projects is a workflow automation tool that defines how task statuses can transition and what actions are required at each transition. It ensures that tasks follow a defined process rather than being moved randomly between statuses, enforcing quality gates and handoff procedures.
You configure Blueprint by defining states (task statuses), transitions (the allowed paths between states), before-actions (mandatory fields or conditions checked before a transition), and after-actions (notifications, webhooks, or field updates triggered when a transition completes).
A code review Blueprint might require that a developer moves a task from In Progress to In Review (triggering a notification to the reviewer), then the reviewer can move it to either Approved (triggering a deployment task) or Rework Needed (returning it to In Progress with a comment field mandatory).
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