Initiate a Project Connection

Objective

To initiate a connection between two projects from two different Procore company accounts.

Background

Only the users at the downstream company account can initiate a connection. Upstream company accounts can choose to automatically approve connections, or require review to manually accept or reject a downstream project's request to connect. See Configure Connection Approval Settings. Projects can be disconnected by the upstream or downstream account at any time.

Things to Consider

• Required User Permissions
• Projects can only be connected if they are in two different company accounts.
• Projects with more than 100,000 drawing revisions cannot be connected.
• Currently, a downstream project can only connect to one upstream project.
• For both upstream and downstream accounts, users on the Connection Manager tool email distribution list are notified of new connections and connection requests (if review is required). See Connection Manager: Configure Advanced Settings.

Steps

1. Navigate to the project's Connection Manager tool.
2. Click Connect Upstream.
3. Select the upstream company and project, then click Next.
4. Review the considerations, then click Next.
5. Click Connect to initiate the project connection.

If the upstream company has chosen to automatically approve connections, the connection will be approved and your projects will be automatically connected. If the upstream company has chosen to require review to manually accept or reject connections, a request will be sent to the upstream company for review.

See Also

• Configure Connection Approval Settings
• About Connectability for Drawings