Adding Stages to Pipelines

Before you begin

These instructions assume you are already editing a message flow in the Edit Message Flow page, as explained in Creating, Editing, and Viewing Message Flows.

To add a stage to a Pipeline

  1. If necessary, click the plus sign to the left of the  Pipeline Pair Node icon to expand it. A pipeline pair contains a  Request Pipeline and a  Response Pipeline.
  2. Click the pipeline to which you want to add the stage, then click Add Stage.
  3. To change the default name and add a description for the stage, do the following:
    1. Click the  Stage icon, then click Edit Name and Annotation.
    2. Change the name and description, as desired.
    3. Click Save.
  4. To add actions to the stage, click the  Stage icon, then click Edit Stage. See Adding and Editing Actions in Message Flows.
  5. To add error handling to the stage, click the  Stage icon, then click Add Stage Error Handler. See Adding Stage Error Handlers. The Edit Message Flow page is displayed.
  6. Continue to construct the message flow, as described in Creating, Editing, and Viewing Message Flows.
  7. Click Save to commit the updates in the current session.
  8. To end the session and deploy the configuration to the run time, click Activate under Change Center.