# Downstream In-App Experiences in Journeys

Support for downstream In-App Automations, Scenes, and Surveys gives you more options for customizing Journeys.

A *journey* is a continuous user experience of connected [Sequences](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#sequence), [Scenes](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#scene), [Surveys](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#survey), and/or [In-App Automations](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#iaa).

**Previously** we had two ways for you to connect journey components:

   * **In-app experience to sequence** — Route users to a sequence when an in-app automation, scene, or survey displays on a device or when they click a button in an in-app automation.
   * **Sequence to sequence** — Route users to another sequence when Airship sends the last message in the current sequence or a specific event occurs.

**Today's release** gives you a third:

   * **Sequence to in-app experience** — Route users to an in-app experience when Airship sends the last message in the current sequence or a specific event occurs. If the downstream in-app automation, scene, or survey does not display on a user's device within the default period of 31 days, they will exit the journey. This period starts after any configured delay period elapses. As an alternative to exiting, you can route to a fallback sequence. You can also set a shorter expiration period.

## How to set it up

Configure continuation from a sequence to an in-app experience in the [Journey Map](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#journey_map):

1. Select **Journeys**, then select a sequence.
1. Click 
 to the right of the sequence or a previously configured exit event. A configuration drawer will open.
1. Select *Continuation*. (This step is eliminated if configuration is for an exit event.)
1. Select *Create new* or *Insert existing*.
1. Set a delay period in minutes, hours or days. This is the time Airship should wait before triggering the in-app experience. The delay period starts when the last message in the current sequence is sent.
1. Select *Scene*, *Survey*, or *In-App Automation*, then enter a name for the draft or search for an existing message.
1. (Optional) Edit the expiration period and/or set a fallback sequence.
   * **Expiration** — Enter a number of days.
   * **Fallback sequence** — Search for an existing sequence or enter a name for a draft and click **Create new sequence: [draft name]**.
1. Click **Save**.

The map will now show the downstream in-app experience with a connection to the upstream sequence or exit event.

## Requirements and documentation

Minimum SDKs required: iOS and Android 17.0. Surveys and scenes are [AXP](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/feature-packages/) features.

* [About sequence outcomes](https://www.airship.com/docs/guides/messaging/messages/sequences/create/outcomes/)
* [Configuring sequence outcomes in the journey map](https://www.airship.com/docs/guides/messaging/messages/sequences/create/outcomes/)
* [About Journeys](https://www.airship.com/docs/guides/features/orchestration-experimentation/journeys/)
* [Create a journey](https://www.airship.com/docs/guides/features/orchestration-experimentation/journeys/)