# Overview of Pipelines

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Pipelines in Flosum allow you to automate the process of moving changes between environments. A pipeline connects a branch to one or more organizations and defines the steps for validation, testing, and deployment.

The Pipelines page provides a searchable list of all available pipelines along with their metadata, making it easy to track activity and manage automation.

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#### Best Practices

* **Name pipelines by purpose** (e.g., Release-Branch-Pipeline, QA Team Pipeline).
* **Connect only required orgs** to reduce unnecessary runs.
* **Use branches strategically** – tie pipelines to stable integration or release branches.
* **Review activity logs** regularly to track deployment health.
* **Run pipelines after PR approvals** to ensure code quality and conflict resolution before promotion.
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## Pipelines Page <a href="#best-practices" id="best-practices"></a>

When viewing the **Pipelines** page, the following details are displayed:

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="179.99993896484375"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Pipeline Name</strong></td><td>The name assigned to the pipeline.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Created By</strong></td><td>The user who created the pipeline.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Last Activity</strong></td><td>The time since the last execution or update of the pipeline.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Branch</strong></td><td>Specifies the branch that triggers the pipeline automatically. If <strong>Automatic Launch</strong> is off, this field will be blank.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Organizations</strong></td><td>The number of different organizations assigned to steps in the pipeline.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Actions</strong> (⋮)</td><td>Pipeline options: <strong>Edit pipeline name</strong> and <strong>Delete</strong>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Searching, Sorting, and Filtering

The Pipelines page can be searched, filtered, and sorted:

* **Search** – Find pipelines by name.
* **Branches** – Filter by associated branches.
* **Latest Activity** – Sort pipelines by:
  * Sort by name A–Z – alphabetical order.
  * Sort by name Z–A – reverse alphabetical order.
  * Latest activity – most recent updates first.
  * Oldest activity – oldest updates first.

## Pipeline Actions <a href="#creating-a-pipeline" id="creating-a-pipeline"></a>

The following pipeline actions are all accessible from the Pipelines page:

1. Click **Pipelines** from the left sidebar menu.

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### Creating a Pipeline

1. Click **Create pipeline**.

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2. Enter a name for the pipeline in the **Pipeline name** textbox.
3. Click **Create pipeline**.

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Once a pipeline is created, you can configure it by adding steps. See the following article for more instructions.

* [adding-a-pipeline-step](https://docs.flosum.com/devops/pipeline/configuring-pipeline-steps/adding-a-pipeline-step "mention")
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### Running a Pipeline

1. Click **Run pipeline**.

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2. Click the **Branch** dropdown menu.
3. Select the branch to run the pipeline from.

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4. Click the **Pipeline** dropdown menu.
5. Select the pipeline to run.

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6. Click **Run**.

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7. After clicking **Run**, the pipeline job starts, and a **Pipeline ran successfully** message is displayed.

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The **Pipeline ran successfully** message only means that the pipeline job was successfully started. This message does not indicate that the pipeline completed all of its operations successfully. To view the pipeline results, check the branch's activity.
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#### Pipeline Results

Viewing a pipeline's progress and results is done from the branch on which the pipeline was run. See the following article for instructions on viewing a pipeline's results.

* [viewing-pipeline-results](https://docs.flosum.com/devops/pipeline/pipeline-actions/viewing-pipeline-results "mention")
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### Deleting a Pipeline

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#### Warning

Make sure the pipeline is no longer required before deleting it, as this action cannot be undone.
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A pipeline can also be deleted when in the pipeline editor, by selecting **Delete** in the upper-right menu.
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1. Click the **Three Dot** menu for the pipeline to delete.
2. Click **Delete**.

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3. Click **Yes** in the Delete Pipeline confirmation dialog box.

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## Pipeline Editor <a href="#deleting-a-pipeline" id="deleting-a-pipeline"></a>

When you click a pipeline, the pipeline editor opens. This tool lets you set up the steps in your pipeline and configure Automatic Launch options. For further details on pipeline configuration, refer to these articles.

* [adding-a-pipeline-step](https://docs.flosum.com/devops/pipeline/configuring-pipeline-steps/adding-a-pipeline-step "mention")
* [editing-a-pipeline-step](https://docs.flosum.com/devops/pipeline/configuring-pipeline-steps/editing-a-pipeline-step "mention")

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