Building Workflows

Documentation In Progress

This page is a stub. Full documentation for building workflows inside the Project editor is tracked in LAY-89.

For a hands-on tutorial, see Your First Workflow in the Quickstart.

What is a Workflow?

A Workflow is the core unit of a data pipeline in layline.io. It defines how data flows from an input source, through one or more processing steps, to an output destination.

Workflows live inside a Project and are assembled from three types of Assets:

Asset Type	Role
Input Processors	Receive data from a Source (file, queue, stream, etc.)
Flow Processors	Transform, route, enrich, or filter data in transit
Output Processors	Send processed data to a Sink

How Workflows Are Built

Inside a Project, you use the visual editor to:

1. Add Processors — drag Input, Flow, and Output Processors onto the canvas
2. Connect them — define the data flow between processors
3. Configure each processor — set Source/Sink connections, Formats, Services, and processing logic
4. Assign a Workflow Asset — wrap the pipeline in a Workflow Asset for deployment

Relationship to Other Concepts

• Assets — the individual components (processors, services, formats) that make up a workflow
• Deployment — once a Workflow is defined, you deploy it to a Reactive Cluster via a Deployment Asset
• Project — the container that holds all your Workflows and their supporting Assets

See Also

• Your First Workflow — step-by-step tutorial
• Workflow Asset — reference documentation for the Workflow asset type
• Assets Reference — complete reference for all asset types
• Deployment Assets — how to deploy a Workflow to a cluster