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title: PipelineInstance

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A **PipelineInstance** is the act or record of applying a pipeline template to a specific set of inputs; generally, a pipeline instance refers to a set of jobs that have been run to satisfy the pipeline components.

h2. Methods

See "pipeline_instances":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods/pipeline_instances.html

h2. Resource

Each PipelineInstance has, in addition to the usual "attributes of Arvados resources":{{site.baseurl}}/api/resources.html:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Attribute|_. Type|_. Description|_. Example|
|pipeline_template_uuid|string|||
|name|string|||
|components|hash|||
|success|boolean|||
|active|boolean|||
|properties|Hash|||