# Document pipelines and their lineage

Publish / describe

A variant of [Describe a dataset](https://meridian.online/operations/describe-a-dataset).

Generate documentation of pipelines, or rows of lineage saying which tables and assets each pipeline reads and writes.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/describe-a-dataset/document-pipelines-and-their-lineage>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#describe-a-dataset)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- Bruin: [`Dashboard assets (family)`](https://getbruin.com/docs/bruin/assets/dashboard.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Bruin: [`Source assets (family)`](https://getbruin.com/docs/bruin/platforms/bigquery.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Bruin: [`quicksight.dashboard`](https://getbruin.com/docs/bruin/assets/quicksight-refresh.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Bruin: [`tableau.dashboard`](https://getbruin.com/docs/bruin/assets/tableau-refresh.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Bruin: [`tableau.worksheet`](https://getbruin.com/docs/bruin/assets/tableau-refresh.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`Build documentation`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/workflow/actions/documentation.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`Database impact input`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/dbimpactinput.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Pentaho Data Integration: [`Automatic Documentation Output`](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Scan Processes`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/extensions/Operator%20Toolbox/utility/scan_processes.html) (read 2026-09-27)
