Create a deployment pipeline

  • 5 minutes

Provided you meet the prerequisites, a deployment pipeline can be created using two different methods:

  • From the Deployment pipelines tab (on the left navigation panel)
  • From a workspace

Note

If you don’t have the Deployment pipelines tab in the left navigation panel, or a button for creating Deployment pipelines in your workspace, it’s most likely that you don’t meet the prerequisites.

After the pipeline is created, you can share it with other users or delete it. When you share a pipeline with others, the users you share the pipeline with will be given access to the pipeline. Pipeline access enables users to view, share, edit, and delete the pipeline.

Create a pipeline from the Deployment pipelines tab

Follow these steps to create your first pipeline from the Deployment pipelines tab:

  1. Go to the navigation panel on the left side, select Deployment pipelines and then select Create pipeline.

    Screenshot highlighting Deployment pipelines option in Power BI and how to create a pipeline step by step.

  2. A dialog box will appear. Enter the pipeline name. The description section is optional, but may be helpful, log purpose and other notes.

    Screenshot highlighting dialog box to enter pipeline name and description(optional). This pipeline will be used to manage deployment of your workspace.

Once you have selected Create, a new dialog box will appear asking you to assign a workspace to a pipeline stage. We’ll cover that in our next unit.

Create a pipeline from a workspace

You can create a pipeline from an existing workspace.

  1. From the workspace, select Create a pipeline.

    Screenshot highlighting how to Create a pipeline from the workspace.

  2. In the Create a deployment pipeline dialog box (See step #2 in the section Create a pipeline from the Deployment pipelines tab above), enter a name and description for the pipeline, and select Create.

In both cases, once a pipeline is created, it will navigate to a page where you can assign a workspace. We’ll look at that in more detail in the next unit.