> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://thehyperstack.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Pathways

> Map the credentials that lead to a bigger one, and award it automatically when a learner completes the steps.

A **pathway** shows the steps to a goal credential. Each step needs one or more credential groups. When a recipient earns what a step needs, Hyperstack can issue that step's credential automatically. Recipients see their progress in their wallet and on their credential pages.

For example: earn *Data Analytics Foundations* and *Cyber Security Essentials*, then get *Cloud Architecture Professional*.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Pathways are on the Enterprise plan. Only administrators can manage them.

## Turn on pathways

**1. Go to Add integration**

It is in the **Integrations** part of the sidebar.

**2. Open Credential Pathways and install it**

![The Credential Pathways extension page](https://mintcdn.com/hyperstack/BRB0JNPJFl2Fq7-q/images/ext-pathways.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=BRB0JNPJFl2Fq7-q\&q=85\&s=227f59d14a31ddab5ac507aabe01592e)

**Pathways** now shows in the **Credentialing** part of the sidebar.

## Build a pathway

You build a pathway from the goal back.

**1. Go to Pathways and click Create pathway**

**2. Pick the goal**

Click the goal block, then **Select credential**, and pick the credential group earned at the end.

![The pathway editor with the goal block](https://mintcdn.com/hyperstack/BRB0JNPJFl2Fq7-q/images/pathway-goal.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=BRB0JNPJFl2Fq7-q\&q=85\&s=7be6a4e43d382922a51a80eb6afaf7eb)

**3. Add a step**

Click **+** on a block, or **Add a step before this**. Click the new step to set it up:

* **Block name**, for example *Foundations*.
* **Required groups**: the recipient must complete all of them.
* **Optional groups**: the recipient must complete the number you set.
* **On completion**: the credential issued when the step is complete, if any.

![A step with two required groups](https://mintcdn.com/hyperstack/BRB0JNPJFl2Fq7-q/images/pathway-step.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=BRB0JNPJFl2Fq7-q\&q=85\&s=9d4060fed2d879ac93b4ece4d509f151)

**4. Name the pathway and click Save**

Click **Untitled pathway** at the top to name it.

![A saved pathway: Foundations leads to Cloud Architecture Professional](https://mintcdn.com/hyperstack/BRB0JNPJFl2Fq7-q/images/pathway-editor.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=BRB0JNPJFl2Fq7-q\&q=85\&s=b7653f10fd6d79d06b35ad5547e20ba0)

## Manage pathways

Go to **Pathways** to see your pathways, with their number of blocks. Click a pathway to change it. Use the menu on a row to delete it. Deleting a pathway doesn't change the credentials already issued.

![The Pathways list](https://mintcdn.com/hyperstack/BRB0JNPJFl2Fq7-q/images/pathways-list.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=BRB0JNPJFl2Fq7-q\&q=85\&s=ce229fde6a632ff27d437a0eb412b4ea)


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