Management

Synopsis

The Pipelines interface is where pipelines are created and managed from the web dashboard: the My Pipelines list, the create flow, the pipeline detail view (metadata plus a YAML editor for processor logic), and the review of updates for pipelines installed from the Content Hub. The pipeline YAML syntax itself is documented in Overview.

Accessing Pipelines

From the sidebar, select Content Management > Pipelines. The page opens on My Pipelines.

My Pipelines

My Pipelines lists every pipeline in your organization. A toolbar provides a Search pipelines field, a device-type filter, and a Create new pipeline button. A view switcher toggles between a card view and a table view.

The table view shows these columns:

Column	Description
Title	Pipeline display name
Device Type	Associated device type
Device Vendor	Associated vendor
Target	Associated device family
Last updated	Time of the most recent change
Created	Creation time

An In use tag marks pipelines applied on routes, devices, or targets. A renewal icon with an Update available tooltip marks pipelines that have a pending Content Hub update.

The row action menu provides:

• Manage pipeline — opens the pipeline detail view
• Delete pipeline — deletes the pipeline after confirmation

Creating a Pipeline

Click Create new pipeline to open a two-step wizard.

Step 1 — Pipeline Details. Provide the general information, then click Create Pipeline:

Field	Required	Notes
Title	Yes	Display name, up to 150 characters
Description	Yes	Up to 100 characters
Name	Yes	Identifier; lowercase letters, digits, and underscores only, up to 150 characters
Device type	No	Optional device association
Device vendor	No	Optional device association
Target	No	Optional device family association

Step 2 — Review and Complete Setup. Review the entered values and click Complete setup, or Back to make changes.

After creation, you land on the new pipeline's Pipeline Overview tab, where you define its processor logic.

Pipeline Detail

The detail view has two tabs:

• General Overview — shows the pipeline's Title, Description, and Device Information (device type, vendor, and target), alongside a Pipeline Information panel listing the created and last-updated times. Click Manage pipeline details to edit, then Save changes.
• Pipeline Overview — a YAML editor for the pipeline's processor configuration. A tree on the left lists the main pipeline and any child pipelines; select a node to edit it, use Add new child pipeline to add one, and click Save changes on selected pipeline to save. Processor syntax is covered in Overview.

The detail header provides a Pipeline Editor button and an Actions menu.

Click Pipeline Editor to open the pipeline in the full-page Pipeline Editor.

The Actions menu provides:

• Review update — shown when a Content Hub update is available (see Reviewing Content Hub Updates)
• Add child pipeline — adds a child pipeline
• Open pipeline debugger — opens the pipeline in the debugger
• Delete entire pipeline — deletes the pipeline

A pipeline that is applied on routes, devices, or targets cannot be deleted until it is removed from those components.

Editing, Debugging, and Testing

Three companion pages cover working on a pipeline's processor logic:

• Editing — the full-page Pipeline Editor for editing the main pipeline and its child pipelines as YAML tabs, opened with the Pipeline Editor button.
• Debugging — the interactive debugger for running test data through the pipeline, opened from Actions > Open pipeline debugger.
• Testing — VirtualMetric's hosted MCP server that lets an AI coding agent validate and author pipelines outside the web interface.

Reviewing Content Hub Updates

When a pipeline installed from the Content Hub has updates, a Pipeline update available alert appears in the detail view and Review update becomes available in the Actions menu.

The Review Update view presents the main pipeline and its child pipelines in a tree, with a side-by-side diff of the current and updated configuration for the selected pipeline. Click Accept Changes to apply the update to the selected pipeline, or Accept All Changes to apply every pipeline that has updates. Pipelines can be updated individually, so partial updates are possible.