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# Platform and Studio Workflow

Blings Platform and Blings Studio work on the same MP5 project from different angles. Studio controls the creative experience itself: scenes, timing, visual assets, connector behavior, data bindings, flow maps, draft previews, and publishing. Platform controls the operational project layer: project health, editable content, data schema, live controls, simulation, integration, player behavior, analytics, and optimization.

Use this page to decide where a task belongs before opening the detailed Platform or Studio guide.

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## Project Lifecycle

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### Build the Creative Experience

Create or update the scenes, timing, assets, connector behavior, and draft flow in Studio.

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[Editor Workspace](/apps/blings-studio/editor-workspace.md)
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### Connect Data to the Experience

Use Studio connectors to bind text, media, color, visibility, and logic to Dynamic Data or Live Control values.

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[Connectors](/apps/blings-studio/connectors.md)
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[Data in Studio](/apps/blings-studio/data.md)
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### Validate Data and Viewer States

Use Platform Dynamic Data, Live Control, and Simulate Personas to confirm that the same fields produce the expected viewer experience.

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[Data, Catalog, and Forms](/apps/blings-platform/data-catalog-and-forms.md)
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[Simulation](/apps/blings-platform/simulation.md)
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### Prepare Delivery

Use Platform Integration to configure landing-page delivery, CRM links, spreadsheet workflows, dynamic thumbnails, custom code, or SDK delivery.

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[Integration](/apps/blings-platform/integration.md)
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### Monitor and Improve

Use Platform Dashboard, Analytics, Settings, and Optimization to monitor usage, review conversion, tune the player, and improve variants.

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[Dashboard and Analytics](/apps/blings-platform/dashboard-and-analytics.md)
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## Common Questions

<details>

<summary>Where do I change copy that is already exposed for business editing?</summary>

Use Platform **Edit Content** when the connector was enabled for Platform editing. Use Studio when the copy, connector behavior, or layer structure itself needs to change.

</details>

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<summary>Where do I change data fields?</summary>

Use Platform **Dynamic Data** for project fields and defaults. Use Studio **Data** and **Connectors** to confirm how those fields drive scenes, media, text, colors, and visibility.

</details>

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<summary>Where do I test what a viewer will see?</summary>

Use Platform **Simulate Personas** for data-specific preview, and Studio **View Draft** for draft review after creative edits.

</details>

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<summary>Where do I publish?</summary>

Studio publishes creative and connector changes from the editor. Platform manages delivery settings, player behavior, integration, and post-launch measurement for the same project.

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