Enter a name. The name is used to refer to the pipe in other model elements

. Pipe names default to in.

The name:

• must start with a letter
• must not be an Attribute Function name.
• must not include special characters, except underscore _

Select:

• Pull: pull pipes are the most common type in PhixFlow - they "pull" data from the input to the output. Pull pipes are shown as solid arrows on models.
• Look-up: look-up pipes are used to enrich data. Typically, you will have one of more pull pipes to supply the base data for an output, and if needed one or more look-up pipes to enrich the base data with values from additional inputs. Look-up pipes are shown as dashed lines on models.
• Push: data is "pushed" rather than "pulled" into the output stream. Push pipes are most commonly used when sending data from streams to exporters (File Exporters, Database Exporters, HTTP Exporters). Push pipes are shown as dotted lines on models.

Select the type of input data to use.

• Latest: supply data from the current run (the latest stream set). This is the mostly commonly used option.
• Previous: supply data from the previous run (the previous stream set). This is used when you are comparing data for the current run with data from the previous run, for example, today's data with yesterday's.
• All: supply data from all runs (all stream sets). 
• All Previous: supply data from all runs except the current run (all stream sets except the latest stream set).
• Same Run: this option should only be used where the input and output streams are set to Period: Transactional. The pipe will only collect data from inputs in the same analysis run. This configuration support several analysis runs going on at the same time without interfering with each other. 
• Custom: select this option to display additional settings, described in Advanced Pipe Configuration, below. We recommend that you only use the custom settings when directed to by PhixFlow consultants or support.