What's new and changed in Orchestration Pipelines

Orchestration Pipelines updates can include new features and bug fixes. Releases are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

watsonx.ai and watsonx.governance Version 2.0.3

A new version of Orchestration Pipelines was released in September 2024 with watsonx.ai and watsonx.governance 2.0.3.

Version 2.0.3 is installed on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.3 with the service operand version 5.0.3.

This release includes the following changes:

Updates
The following updates were introduced in this release:
  • Add HTML annotations to the canvas and edit styling options with the built-in toolbar.
  • Disabling autosave is updated to not automatically save configuration changes. You must save the changes manually if autosave is disabled.
  • An option is added for pipelines to change run status to "Completed with errors" if one or more nodes finish with error.
  • Additional input and output values are added regarding loops to improve control of loop flow:
    • For Terminate loop nodes, you can now optionally change the status of the loop to either Complete or Failure when the node executes. This ensures that you can complete the loop and still meet the conditions of the loop node failing and choose to either continue with the pipeline or do other actions.
    • An output parameter Control Break Node ID is added for both Loop in parallel and Loop in sequence nodes. The parameter contains the ID of the terminator node if the loop terminates using a terminator node, and is empty if the loop completes by itself.

watsonx.ai and watsonx.governance Version 2.0.2

A new version of Orchestration Pipelines was released in August 2024 with watsonx.ai and watsonx.governance 2.0.2.

Version 2.0.2 is installed on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.2 with the service operand version 5.0.2.

This release includes various fixes.

watsonx.ai and watsonx.governance Version 2.0.1

A new version of Orchestration Pipelines was released in July 2024 with watsonx.ai and watsonx.governance 2.0.1.

Version 2.0.1 is installed on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.1 with the service operand version 5.0.1.

This release includes the following changes:

New features
This release of Orchestration Pipelines includes the following features:
Undo five steps with one click

You can click the new drop-down button next to the undo button to view your canvas editing history actions and undo or redo multiple actions with one click.

Organize parameters how you want to see them

By default, newer parameters show at the bottom of the parameter list and older parameters remain at the top. Now you can change the order that the parameters are shown in the parameters list. For example, you can move newer parameters to the top of the table.

watsonx.ai and watsonx.governance Version 2.0.0

A new version of Orchestration Pipelines was released in June 2024 with watsonx.ai and watsonx.governance 2.0.0.

Version 2.0.0 is installed on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.0 with the service operand version 5.0.0.

This release includes the following changes:

New features
This release of Orchestration Pipelines includes the following features:
IBM Watson Pipelines is now IBM Orchestration Pipelines

The new service name reflects the capabilities for orchestrating parts of the AI lifecycle into repeatable flows.

Migrate DataStage dependencies

With one click in the toolbar, you can now download or upload projects that contain DataStage dependencies. See Running and saving pipelines.

Expanded toolkit for annotation styling
You can now apply more style and formatting options to your pipeline comments and annotations. You can specify font, text color, formatting, and more with HTML or CSS styling. You can also use more Markdown attributes such as marked text. HTML or CSS styled annotations in Orchestration Pipelines flows are preserved when exported, imported, or migrated from a DataStage flow. See Getting started with Orchestration Pipelines for more details.
Recognize text as file paths
You can now enter a valid line of text as a file path for pipeline parameter for increased versatility. See Configuring global objects for Orchestration Pipelines.
Create visual impact by resizing nodes
You can now increase or decrease heights or widths of Orchestration Pipelines nodes by dragging the corners with your mouse. See Getting started with Orchestration Pipelines for more details.
Better visualization of conditions with color-coded links

Links now support custom color-coding to view all nodes' status with improved visual organization. See Creating a pipeline.

Easily merge links between nodes
When you delete a node, its previous or sequential links to other nodes are automatically merged or deleted. See Creating a pipeline.
Pipeline assets available to add to folders
Orchestration Pipelines flows are now available as assets that can be added to folders in a Watson Studio project for better organization and access. Folders are in beta and are not yet supported for use in production environments. For more information, see Organizing assets with folders (beta).
Updates
The following updates were introduced in this release:
  • Node output panel now shows data for loop iterations and sub-pipeline runs.
  • As part of the pipelines migration feature, a new download button is available to in the canvas toolbar to download a generic pipeline flow that can be imported into a new project.