# WLOC Administration Console Online Help

# Define action pipelines

Before you begin

Review Define and assign policies.

To define an action pipeline, you first need to define the actions that run in the pipeline, as described in Define actions.

To define an action pipeline:

1. Access the Actions page in one of the following ways:
   - Click the Policies tab in the WLOC navigation bar, click the Definitions tab, and click the Pipelines tab.
   - Click the Home tab in the WLOC navigation bar and click Pipelines under Manage Policies.

   The list of currently defined pipelines is displayed in the Pipelines table.

2. Click Add Pipeline.
3. Modify the fields, as required.

   Field | Description
   --- | ---
   Name | Name of the pipeline.
   Description | Description of the pipeline. This field is optional.
   Approval | Flag that specifies whether or not this action pipeline requires approval. See Approve or deny actions.
   Actions | Select the actions that should appear in the action pipeline. To add an action to the pipeline, select the action in the left pane and click > to move it to the right pane. To remove an action from the pipeline, select the action in the right pane and click < to move it to the left pane. To move an action up or down on the list, click the action in the right pane and click the up or down arrow, respectively.

4. Click Finish

   The new action pipeline is added and the following confirmation message is displayed:

       New pipeline created successfully

After you finish

Perform one or more of the following tasks, as required:

- Assign a policy that runs an action pipeline when a service or process performs outside of its policy constraints, as described in Assign policies to services.

- Run an action pipeline manually, as described in Run action pipelines.

- Modify action pipelines.

- Modify action pipelines.