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title: "Import YAML to create a pipeline"
slug: "import-yaml-to-create-a-pipeline"
updated: 2026-05-15T21:25:31Z
published: 2026-05-15T21:25:31Z
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# Import YAML to create a pipeline

Follow these steps to import an existing YAML to create a pipeline:

1. Find/Update your user token to include the app you're accessing [https://REALM.quickbase.com/db/main?a=GenUserTokenList](https://realm.quickbase.com/db/main?a=GenUserTokenList)
2. Generate/Find your Channel Slug(s) [https://REALM.pipelines.quickbase.com/settings/accounts](https://realm.pipelines.quickbase.com/settings/accounts)
3. Update the YAML code shared to use your slug(s)
4. From the **My Pipelines** page, select the down arrow on the **Create pipelines** button: ![The My Pipelines page showing the Create pipelines button with a dropdown arrow](https://cdn.document360.io/dd260e4e-10bb-4b66-8fb3-5504c272b904/Images/Documentation/10012963884820.png)
5. Select **Import pipeline**
6. Update the YAML code with your account slugs
7. Paste updated YAML into the YAML window (Replace only blue text starting at ---, through ...)
8. Select **Import pipeline** ![The Import pipeline button](https://cdn.document360.io/dd260e4e-10bb-4b66-8fb3-5504c272b904/Images/Documentation/10013163422612.png)
9. Pipeline populates with the steps in the YAML