Creating Segmented Pipelines

Follow these steps to create a pipeline for segmented data. To use the External Segmentation pipeline, the attributes must already be imported with defined segments. See Defining Project Segments for more information.

  1. From the Pipelines tab, click the Add new pipeline icon to create a new pipeline.

    This opens the New Pipeline window.

  2. For Name, enter a meaningful name or accept the default.
  3. Click the drop-down menu for Template and select Browse templates.
  4. In the template list, select the type of segmentation template to use. Choose either External Segmentation or Demand Classification and click OK.
  5. Click Save on the New Pipeline window.

The segmented pipeline is added to the Pipelines tab.

Examine the structure of the segmented pipeline. Instead of modeling nodes and Model Comparison, segmented pipelines have the following nodes.

Profile nodes

The profile node for the External Segmentation pipeline is named External Segmentation Profile. The profile node for the Demand Classification pipeline is named Demand Classification Profile.

Modeling nodes

The modeling node for the External Segmentation pipeline is named External Segmentation Modeling. The modeling node for the Demand Classification pipeline is named Demand Classification Modeling.

Merge Segments

This node is different from Model Comparison. In a segmented pipeline, you can view model comparisons only for each segment. Merge Segments collects the results from all of the segments. To view this information, right-click Merge Segments and select Results. The view is similar to the results of a modeling node or Model Comparison. The only difference is no champion model or OUTMODELINFO table is provided.

For a description of the results, see Viewing the Results for a Modeling Node.

Segmented pipelines cannot be modified by adding or removing nodes. You can open these nodes to customize the segments. Each segment has its own nested pipeline. For more information, see Customizing Each Segment.

Segmented pipeline
Last updated: March 16, 2026