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Add an external source

At this point you have an external program sending data into Quix, and it is writing into a Quix topic. However, you can't see this external program in the Pipeline view. To help you visualize what you've created, you can add an external source component, to provide a visual entity in the pipeline view. To do this, log into Quix Cloud:

1. Go to the pipeline view.
2. Click + New in the top right corner of the view.
3. Select External source.
4. In Output select the topic you are going to publish to, or add a new topic with + Add new. In this case select the cpu-load topic.
5. In Name type any suitable name, such as "Laptop CPU Load".
6. Click Add external source.

This now appears in the pipeline view as a reminder (visual cue) as to the nature of the source generating the data for this topic, and you can easily add further pipeline services on the output of this source.

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