--- title: Inputs description: An 'Input' is anything submitted to your 'Crowd'. --- [Skip to content](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/inputs#main-content) [Contact Support](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/kb-tickets/new) [![triaster-logo-hex.svg\]](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/hubfs/TRIASTER/img/triaster-logo-hex.svg)](https://www.triaster.co.uk/) - [Knowledge Base Home](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Knowledge Base Home](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/) - [Contact Support](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/kb-tickets/new) Welcome. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Triaster Knowledge Base](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/) 2. [Process Execution Pack - Ask The Crowd](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/process-execution-pack-ask-the-crowd) 3. [Glossary](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/process-execution-pack-ask-the-crowd#glossary) # Inputs ## An 'Input' is anything submitted to your 'Crowd'. In process terms, an input is the start of the process and completing that process transforms the input into an output. For more on this read: [What is a Process? And who Cares Anyway?](https://blog.triaster.co.uk/blog/what-is-process-who-cares) In the ATC platform, inputs are also the start of - or the trigger for - the process. Inputs can be submitted to your [Crowd](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/what-is-a-crowd) by both your Users and anyone who has made an [external submission](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/external-submissions). (This just means an input submitted by a non-user.) ![Screenshot 2021-07-19 at 14.51.30](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/TRIASTER/img/Knowledge%20Base/Screenshot%202021-07-19%20at%2014.51.30.png?width=488&name=Screenshot%202021-07-19%20at%2014.51.30.png) If you are using the ATC Platform for **process execution**, each input submitted will be the trigger for the execution of a specific process as captured in ATC as a [Lifecycle](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/about-lifecycles) and [Lifecycle Stages](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/what-is-a-stage). With **change management** your inputs will be change or improvement ideas, for submission to your change roadmap. In both cases the Moderator should review the input and allocate it to the correct [Topic](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/what-is-a-topic) and Process Owner. In the [Board View](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/input-board-view) inputs are summarised as [Input Tiles](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/input-board-view#one). In the [List View](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/input-list) inputs are summarised as Input Slates. The full input view is called the [Input Detail screen.](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/about-inputs) ### ![Screenshot 2022-01-06 at 11.18.01](https://knowledge.triaster.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202022-01-06%20at%2011.18.01.png?width=688&name=Screenshot%202022-01-06%20at%2011.18.01.png) Inputs can be either a **Stand-alone input**, **Parent input** or **Child input**: A **stand-alone input** is an input which is independent of all other inputs, it does not require the completion of other inputs to be completed and it is not part of a larger process or project.  A **parent input** is an input which has a child input or inputs. It is dependent on its child inputs being completed before it can be completed and can be broken down into sub-processes or sub-projects.  A **child input** is an input which represents a sub-process or sub-task which must be completed before it's parent input.  An input can be both a parent and a child input. 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