Pipelines Inventory

One of four core inventories in IDA

The Pipelines Inventory captures all data flows and ETL processes that connect your systems. AI agents extract pipeline metadata from integration specs and data flow diagrams, building the foundation for automated lineage generation.

ETL BatchReal-time StreamingAPI IntegrationFile Transfer

Pipelines

2 of 4 Inventories

91

records

54

Approved

28

Pending

9

Manual

Data Flow

How Records Get Here

Pipelines are extracted from your documents by specialized AI agents, or added manually by your team

Pipeline Inventory Agent

AI-powered extraction

The agent reads integration documents and extracts pipeline definitions, source/target mappings, and scheduling information automatically.

Processes these document types:

Integration SpecificationsData Flow DiagramsETL RequirementsAPI Documentation

Auto-Detection

Automatically identifies system connections

Human in the Loop

Manual entry & review

Data engineers and stewards can add pipelines directly or review and validate agent-extracted records.

Human actions:

Add pipelines manually
Edit flow details
Approve connections
Remove invalid flows

Full Control

Every AI suggestion requires human approval

Quality Indicator

Trust Scores

Every record carries a trust score based on its source document maturity level. High-maturity documents (like approved Technical Specifications) produce higher-trust inventory records.

High Trust

From approved integration specs, signed-off requirements

Medium Trust

From draft data flows, work-in-progress specs

Low Trust

From informal docs, emails, early drafts

Trust Score Distribution

High
55%
Medium
30%
Low
15%
Approval Workflow

From Pending to Production

Records start as "pending" and must be approved before they are used in downstream processing like lineage generation

Pending

Awaiting review

Use

Ready for lineage

Lineage

Connected to pipelines

Setting a pipeline record to "Use" enables it for lineage generation — connecting systems to visualize complete data flows.

Interface Preview

The Pipelines Table

Track data flows with source/target mappings, frequencies, and full traceability

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Trust
ActionPipeline IDPipeline NameSource SystemTarget SystemFrequencySource Documentation
1
High
UseCRM-DWH-001CRM Customer SyncCRM SystemData WarehouseDailyCRM Integration Spec v2.pdf
2
High
UseERP-DWH-001ERP Financial ExtractERP PlatformData WarehouseDailyERP Data Pipeline Requirements.docx
3
Medium
UseDWH-RPT-001Reporting AggregationData WarehouseReporting EngineHourlyReporting Pipeline Tech Spec.pdf
4
Medium
PendingKYC-CRM-001KYC Customer UpdateKYC SystemCRM SystemReal-timeKYC Integration Business Req.docx
5
Low
PendingATM-DWH-001ATM Transaction FeedATM SystemData WarehouseReal-timeATM Data Flow Specification.pdf
6
Low
PendingDWH-ML-001ML Feature PipelineData WarehouseML PipelineDailyManual entry via UI

This is a preview — the real interface supports full CRUD operations

Complete Picture

Four Inventories, One Platform

Pipelines define the connections — explore all four inventories that form your complete data landscape

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