# Display step configuration in timeline for the step

**URL:** <https://forum.buildkite.community/t/display-step-configuration-in-timeline-for-the-step/2441>\
**Category:** Features Requests\
**Created:** [December 6, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/display-step-configuration-in-timeline-for-the-step/2441 "2022-12-06T20:56:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![amukherjee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@amukherjee](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/amukherjee)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/display-step-configuration-in-timeline-for-the-step/2441/1 "2022-12-06T20:56:00Z")

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You can view the “pipeline” that was uploaded in a step that executes `buildkite-agent pipeline upload`. This is awesome when I just want to see what was rendered via environment variables or otherwise. But sometimes, it can be difficult to track back “what step uploaded the pipeline for this job”.

That entire question can be subverted if on a step _itself_ I could view the configuration of what had triggered the step. For example, if, on a Build’s Step, I could hit Timeline and just view the JSON/YAML as had been uploaded to Buildkite to cause that step to be in the pipeline. It would even be useful if it wasn’t _exactly_ what was uploaded (i.e. scrubbing comments, reordering keys), just effectively what Buildkite sees.

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**Author:** ![lizette](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/lizette/32/1161_2.png) [@lizette](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/lizette)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/display-step-configuration-in-timeline-for-the-step/2441/2 "2022-12-06T22:36:38Z")

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hi @amukherjee ,

Currently this is not possible. The closest information you can find about the steps are in the environment variables like BUILDKITE\_COMMAND. Otherwise, you can directly cross-reference to the GitHub project’s pipelines YAML file to view the step details.

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**Author:** ![amukherjee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@amukherjee](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/amukherjee)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/display-step-configuration-in-timeline-for-the-step/2441/3 "2022-12-07T18:30:11Z")

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Hey! Got that, I guess I was hoping to lodge a feature request for this. Unless you’re saying the step cannot be re-serialized for the UI from the backend. In which case, 'kay, nevermind 😄

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**Author:** ![lizette](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/lizette/32/1161_2.png) [@lizette](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/lizette)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/display-step-configuration-in-timeline-for-the-step/2441/4 "2022-12-07T21:34:37Z")

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Hi @amukherjee,

Thanks for this feedback! I’ll forward your input to our Product Manager to analyse this as a possible feature request.

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**Author:** ![paula](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/paula/32/954_2.png) [@paula](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/paula)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/display-step-configuration-in-timeline-for-the-step/2441/5 "2023-08-29T05:39:29Z")

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