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Run, pin and manage export steps in a pipeline

Export and action steps, such as Send to Dataset or a database export, send the View's data out when the pipeline runs. They stay pinned at the end of the pipeline by default, and their More options menu has Run now and Delete instead of the usual task actions, plus an Auto-sync toggle at the top where the step supports it.

Keep export steps at the end of the pipeline

By default, export and action steps stay below a divider labelled Tasks pinned to the end. A new transformation goes above that divider, so the export still sends the fully transformed data.

To change this for one step:

  1. Edit the step.
  2. In its panel, Task Position shows End of Pipeline or Not at end of Pipeline.
  3. Clear Keep at the end of the Pipeline to let the step stay where it is as you add tasks after it.

Run an export or action step now

To run a step on demand, open its More options (three-dot) menu and select Run now. A "Running action" message appears, then "Action ran successfully" when it finishes.

Run now is disabled when:

  • the pipeline has an error;
  • the step is suspended;
  • Draft mode has changes that aren't applied yet;
  • the step's destination dataset has been deleted;
  • a Live Link step has no link yet;
  • the workspace is View-only.

For Auto-sync on one destination step, see Views: create, rename and delete.

Show or regenerate managed database credentials

A step that publishes the View to a Mammoth-managed database has two more items in its More options menu:

  • Show credentials shows the connection details for the database, to use in a BI tool or other application.
  • Regenerate credentials creates new credentials after a confirmation. The dialog warns: "All views are published to the same database. You will need to update the credentials on any third party applications that use this data." On success you see "New credentials generated".

See which Views read from this one

When other Views read this View's data through a Join or Lookup task, a Dependent Views (n) link appears at the bottom of the Pipeline panel, next to Display Changes. The number is how many such links there are, for example Dependent Views (2).

  1. Click the link. The Dependent Views dialog opens: "This View is sending data via JOIN or LOOKUP to the following destinations:".
  2. Each row shows the destination View and its Auto-sync state. Tick the rows you want.
  3. Select Enable auto-sync or Disable auto-sync.
  4. Select Apply changes.

This controls whether those Views update automatically when this View changes. In a View-only workspace the link shows but doesn't open.

If the View feeds dashboards or exports with Auto-sync on, Mammoth asks before a change sends new data to them. You can pause them while you edit. See Pause sends while you edit.

Troubleshooting export steps

SymptomCauseFix
Run now is greyed outOne of the conditions listed under Run an export or action step nowClear that condition, for example apply pending Draft mode changes.
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