Improve the navigation between parent-child pipelines
Problem to solve
There is no simple way to navigate between the parent and child pipelines on the Pipelines page. Currently, to go to a child pipeline page from the parent pipeline page, a user has to
- Click on the downstream pipeline box to expand the child pipeline inline
- Click on a job in the child pipeline to go to the job page
- Click on the pipeline ID for the job to go to the pipeline page
| Navigating to the child pipeline page from the parent pipeline page |
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Besides providing users with a broken navigation experience, it also disrupts the context.
Intended user
User Experience Goal
To provide users with a simple navigation path between parent/child pipelines without breaking the context.
Proposed Solution
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For starters, the link between the trigger jobs and the child pipelines should be well represented in the pipelines visualization. And users should be provided with a trigger to directly navigate to the child pipeline page without going through the unnecessary intermediate stages.
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Allow click interaction for bridge job referencing other pipelines, and add an element of visual distinction
| Trigger | Destination |
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- If the pipeline uses
needs(DAG pipelines)show the logical relationship between jobs across stages and across parent/child pipelines
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