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Managing Value Streams
A value stream represents the objects and activities that you employ to deliver customer value, from initial concept to final delivered project.
External YAML configuration
You can create a minimal value realization of different DevOps tools into HCL™ Accelerate quickly using external YAML configuration file.
Importing YAML configuration file to HCL™ Accelerate
The YAML configuration file must be imported into HCL™ Accelerate before you can apply the configurations defined in the YAML file.
Importing YAML configuration file using GitHub plug-in integration
You can import the YAML configuration file into HCL™ Accelerate by integrating GitHub repository that contains the ucv.yaml file.

Managing Value Streams
A value stream represents the objects and activities that you employ to deliver customer value, from initial concept to final delivered project.
- Creating value streams
  Create a value stream and then customize it by defining phases and stages that reflect your typical workflow.
- Viewing value streams
  Viewing value streams using list and card view layouts.
- Value stream metrics
  Assess project quality, progress, and performance with the HCL™ Accelerate metric data tools.
- Navigating value streams
  Manage a value stream's displayed data by applying filters and queries.
- DevOps query language
  Use the DevOps query language to filter the information displayed in your value stream.
- External YAML configuration
  You can create a minimal value realization of different DevOps tools into HCL™ Accelerate quickly using external YAML configuration file.
  - Creating YAML configuration file in GitHub repository
    You can create YAML configuration with the properties of required DevOps tools.
  - Importing YAML configuration file to HCL™ Accelerate
    The YAML configuration file must be imported into HCL™ Accelerate before you can apply the configurations defined in the YAML file.
    - Importing YAML configuration file using GitHub plug-in integration
      You can import the YAML configuration file into HCL™ Accelerate by integrating GitHub repository that contains the ucv.yaml file.
    - Importing YAML configuration file using user interface
      You can import the YAML configuration file into HCL™ Accelerate using user interface if it is not hosted in a GitHub repository.
  - Applying the YAML configuration file to HCL™ Accelerate
    You must apply the YAML configuration file to HCL™ Accelerate for viewing the configuration defined in YAML file.
- Pipelines
  Pipelines provide a streamlined method to manage the applications in your development lifecycle. With pipelines, you can auto-generate deployment plans and deploy applications versions to all environments.

Importing YAML configuration file using GitHub plug-in integration

You can import the YAML configuration file into HCL™ Accelerate by integrating GitHub repository that contains the ucv.yaml file.

Procedure

Log in to HCL™ Accelerate.
Click Settings > Integrations.
In the Installed tab, click Add Integration for the installed GitHub plug-in.
Note:
- If the GitHub plug-in is not installed, go to Available tab and click Install for the GitHub plug-in.
- Ensure that you add integration with GitHub plugin version 1.4.5 or later to sync the YAML configuration file.
Enter the details in the required fields to add the GitHub integration.
Click Add to save the details and enable the integration.
After integration, the YAML configuration file from the GitHub repository is automatically synced to HCL™ Accelerate and displayed under Settings > External config pipeline.
Note: If you want to make changes to YAML configuration file, you can update the file in GitHub repository and it is automatically synced to HCL™ Accelerate.

Results

You have successfully imported the YAML configuration file from the GitHub repository into HCL™ Accelerate.