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Visualizing Pipelines

You can visualize your pipelines as graphs to better understand how the components are connected.

Haystack pipelines have draw() and show() methods that enable you to visualize the pipeline as a graph using Mermaid graphs.

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Data Privacy Notice

Exercise caution with sensitive data when using pipeline visualization.

This feature is based on Mermaid graphs web service that doesn't have clear terms of data retention or privacy policy.

Prerequisites

To use Mermaid graphs, you must have an internet connection to reach the Mermaid graph renderer at https://mermaid.ink.

Displaying a Graph

Use the Pipeline's show() method to display the diagram in Jupyter notebooks.

my_pipeline.show()

Saving a Graph

Use the Pipeline's draw() method passing the path where you want to save the diagram and the diagram format. Possible formats are: mermaid-text and mermaid-image (default).

my_pipeline.draw(path=local_path)

Example

This is an example of what a pipeline graph may look like:

Visual Mermaid graph of a Full RAG Pipeline