---
title: Inner Tree Evaluator node
description: Lets you nest authentication journeys as children within a parent. There is no limit to the depth of nesting.
component: auth-node-ref
version: 7.4
page_id: auth-node-ref::inner-tree-evaluator
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/inner-tree-evaluator.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
keywords: ["Nodes & Trees", "Journeys", "Authentication"]
page_aliases: ["auth-node-inner-tree-evaluator.adoc"]
superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/inner-tree-evaluator.html
section_ids:
  compatibility: Compatibility
  outcomes: Outcomes
  properties: Properties
---

# Inner Tree Evaluator node

Lets you nest authentication journeys as children within a parent. There is no limit to the depth of nesting.

Any information collected or set by the parent journey, such as a username or the authentication level, is available in the child journeys.

Shared node state data collected by child journeys is available to the parent when evaluation of the child is complete, but data stored in transient and secure state is not. For instance, if a child journey collects and stores the user's password in transient state, it cannot be retrieved by a node in the parent journey when evaluation continues.

Find more information on shared state data in [Access shared state data](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingam/7.4/am-scripting/scripting-api-node.html#scripting-api-node-nodeState).

## Compatibility

| Product                                    | Compatible?           |
| ------------------------------------------ | --------------------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud            | [icon: check, set=fa] |
| ForgeRock Access Management (self-managed) | [icon: check, set=fa] |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed)      | [icon: check, set=fa] |

## Outcomes

* `True`

* `False`

Evaluation continues along the `True` path if the child reached the `Success` exit point; otherwise, evaluation continues along the `False` path.

## Properties

| Property               | Usage                                                     |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Tree name *(required)* | Enter the name of the authentication journey to evaluate. |