Connection Central is a centralized hub where you can find information about the connections associated with your Quickbase app including pipelines and connected tables. This helps gather usage patterns and understand the data flow within an app.
App admins use Connection Central for information like:
- Pipelines that use the app
- Connected tables that use tables in the app as their source
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Open Connection Central
To access Connection Central, go to your app settings, and then select Connection central, under Advanced Features.
Pipelines
The pipelines tab has a table of all the pipelines that use this app. Use this tab to access pipelines, view information about resources, and quickly view details about run and status information for a pipeline.
If the table of an app that is referenced in a pipeline is moved or removed the pipeline still displays in Connection Central until the pipeline is edited.
The table of pipelines is interactive and you can select different values to access more information. For example, you can do things like:
- Select a value in the Resources column to open a panel with more information
- Select the download icon in the last column to download a YAML of that resource
- Select a tag or channel to apply it as a filter
- Hover over a Running status to display the number of running and delayed pipeline instances
- Hover over an icon in the Resources column to get a count of fields, tables, and apps
- Sort and filter the table
- Search for specific pipelines
The data in the Pipelines table loads any new data on refresh. The data in the Resources table, which opens in a panel, refreshes every hour.
Each column lists information about the pipelines and provides a way to access more details. The columns include:
- Name—The name of the pipeline and information about the owner of the pipeline. If you are the owner of the pipeline, click the name to open the pipeline. This column also has an icon to indicate the type of pipeline, which can be triggered, manual, or scheduled.
- Last triggered—The date and time of the last pipeline run.
- Status—Displays the pipeline status, which can be On, Off, or Running. This information is refreshed every few minutes. Hover over a status of running to display the number of running and delayed pipeline instances.
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Last 24h activity—Displays the number of failed and successful runs of the pipeline for the last 24 hours. Selecting one of these values opens the Pipelines activity page, filtered for the last 24 hours. The 24-hour period is rounded down to the nearest full hour.
A failed pipeline run is defined as a pipeline containing a step that failed, and the pipeline did not execute subsequent steps. A successful run is defined as a pipeline that finishes all steps successfully, without any errors.
- Resources—Displays information for the number of apps, tables, and fields used in the pipeline. This can include all the Quickbase fields that this pipeline uses, including from other apps and tables. Selecting one of these values opens a panel with more information.
- Channels—Displays icons for the channels the pipeline uses.
- Tags—Displays tags added to the pipeline.
This part of Connection Central shows connections based on a selected table within the pipeline steps. It does not support table/appIDs provided through the Quickbase Make Request steps or from any other channel that could call Quickbase through an API, such as the Webhooks or JSON Handler channels.
Export to YAML permissions
When someone exports a YAML file of a pipeline from Connection Central, their permission to the pipeline changes what is included in the YAML. When someone is the owner of the pipeline, the full YAML is exported including inputs and values. When someone is not the owner of the pipeline, a redacted YAML is exported.
CSV export
Use the Export CSV button to download a CSV of the pipelines table. Any filters and sorting applied to the table apply to the CSV. Hover over the button to view a count of the pipelines included in the CSV. For example, export 1 out of 6 connections as CSV.
Connected tables
The Connected tables tab has a table of all the connected tables for the app.
This includes:
- Which tables in the app are being used as the source of a connected table
- Where the connected table resides
- Who owns the connection
- When the connected table was last refreshed
Conditions
- Connected tables are listed in Connection Central, even if the connection owner has been denied, deactivated, or removed from the source and/or destination app.
- Connected tables within a sandbox are listed in Connection Central, regardless of whether changes have been published to the live app.
- A connected table that has been deleted or disconnected is not listed in Connection Central.
- Connected tables that belong to an inactive Quickbase account are not listed in Connection Central. Learn more about how to find information about connected tables in your app.