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The rollback option is only available for the deployment stage, So you can only be able to see in the deployment stage.

#### Is there a way to view compiled yaml so templated steps/stages are viewable inline with the pipeline before the execution?

The user can only able to view yaml of templated steps/stages as inline after the execution.

#### Is user can disable the pipeline from running just like the trigger?

No, user can use the freeze deployment to restrict the pipeline from running.

#### Can user able to use the command step with type bash script in the WinRM type pipeline?

No, The WinrRM deployment type pipeline only support PowerShell script command step.

#### Can user able to change the deployment type of pipeline?

Yes, user can able to change the deployment type of pipeline but they need to configure the execution steps again.

#### Can user able to change the service type?

No, once the service is created the user can’t able to change the type.

#### How can user configure the step scaling policy with ECS deployment?

User can implement this via Cloudformation and Terraform.

#### Is it possible to not trigger the pipeline in case certain files are changed?

Yes, you can use the changed file condition and event payload expression to exclude the multiple files.

#### Is it possible to hide resource constraint step in the execution?

No, the resource constraint step can’t made to be hidden.

#### Is organisation variable can be configured with more than one values?
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"Can Organisation Variable be configured with more than one value?"


No, the organisation variable can be configured with only a single value.

#### Is user can call one pipeline from another pipeline?
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"Can user call one pipeline from another pipeline?"


Yes, you can achieve this with pipeline chaining or custom trigger.

#### Is user can change the pipeline name?
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"Can user change the pipeline name?"


Yes, If name is updated via Harness as part of yaml change, then it shall be updated in DB as well, but if only yaml on GIT is changed, then name value in DB remains unchanged resulting into such scenarios.
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Yes, if the name is updated via Harness as part of the UI or API/Terraform, the value is updated in the Harness DB as well and displays. However, if the name is changed in Git (for remote pipelines), this new name is not picked up and displayed in the pipeline list page. It is displayed in the pipeline detail page, only when that specific branch is selected for display.

Also, this only changes the Name of the Pipeline, and not the ID, which is immutable.


#### Is user can configure the Cloudwatch Alarms to scaling policies?
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"Can user configure the Cloudwatch Alarms for scaling policies?"


Yes, you can it through he Harness as suggested here: https://developer.harness.io/docs/continuous-delivery/deploy-srv-diff-platforms/aws/ecs/ecs-deployment-tutorial/#attaching-cloudwatch-alarms-to-scaling-policies

#### Is user can configure the pipeline template within a pipeline template?

No, instead of this you can do the pipeline chaining.

#### When configuring trigger, the repo name text field can support expressions?

No, As per the current design only fixed/static value is supported.

#### Can user provide the user group in the Approval step as expression?

Yes, user can give the expression at the place of user group filed in Approval step.

#### If user re-run the execution from failed stage and the failed stage is configured with the chained pipeline, so the whole child pipeline will re-run or only the specific step inside the child pieline will re-run?

So if you are re-running the pipeline from the failed stage. So the whole child pipeline will considered as the stage and it will re-run the entire child pipeline.

#### Which encoding in the copy command step in Harness?

Harness uses UTF-8 encoding in the copy config command step.

#### How long are deployment instances tracked in dashboard?

On the dashboard is limited to active instances from the past 30 days.

#### Can user use the `\*.tgz` file to do the helm template cli?

If your tar file is also getting cloned you can uncompress it using service hook and then use it in the helm template. Doc for reference: https://developer.harness.io/docs/continuous-delivery/deploy-srv-diff-platforms/helm/deploy-helm-charts/#service-hooks

#### Can user invoke API from OPA policy and apply the rules based on the output of the API?

OPA does not support dynamic execution so API cannot be invoke.

### Infrastructure provisioning FAQs

For frequently asked questions about Harness infrastructure provisioning, go to [Infrastructure provisioning FAQs](/docs/continuous-delivery/cd-infrastructure/provisioning-faqs).
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