Tired of seeing incorrect connections in your team's technical diagrams? In this walkthrough, we explore how to use conditional formatting and formulas to create a self-policing diagram that alerts users when a connection violates your architectural standards.
What’s covered:
- Intelligent formulas: Using the
containsandconnected logic to identify specific relationships between shapes. - Error detection: Setting up a rule that automatically flags unauthorized paths—for example, preventing a firewall from connecting directly to a server.
- Visual coaching: How to automatically restyle "incorrect" lines (like turning them bright red and dashed) to guide users toward the correct configuration.
- Validating paths: Ensuring your rules stay flexible enough to allow approved connections, like firewall-to-router.
⚙️ A note on the UI
This video was produced around 2024. While the Lucidchart interface has been updated since then, the formula logic and conditional formatting tools remain as powerful as ever.
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