---
title: "Key Pipeline Stages | Recruiting SaaS | Manatal ATS Support"
slug: "key-pipeline-stages"
description: "Discover Manatal's ATS and its key pipeline stages feature. Customize at which stage guests can see candidates and when data can be shared with clients."
updated: 2025-03-12T04:32:52Z
published: 2025-03-12T04:32:52Z
canonical: "support.manatal.com/key-pipeline-stages"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Key Pipeline Stages

Redirects to https://support.manatal.com/docs/en/pipeline-stages

          Important

          

This can only be done by an Admin.

Key-stages are by default linked to Manatal's original job pipeline stages. Since Manatal allows for the customization of the job's stages, you also have the possibility to reassign key-stages to custom job pipeline stages. These key-stages are used to track events in each candidate "Match" and are vital for reports and analytics. Refer to [this article](https://support.manatal.com/docs/en/candidate-match) for more information about candidate matches.

Key pipeline stages are also used to define from which stage candidates become visible to Guests within a job pipeline.

## Customizing Key Pipeline Stages

1. Head to the [following page](https://app.manatal.com/administration/customization/jobs/key-stages). Alternatively, click on "Administration" from your side menu, open the "Customization" category and then the "Jobs" category then click on "Customize key pipeline stages".

![Administration 1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Administration%201.png)

![Customization.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Customization.png)

![Jobs.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Jobs%283%29.png)

![Customize key pipeline stages.png](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Customize%20key%20pipeline%20stages.png)

1. Click on the dropdown menu next to the key-stage you want to reassign and select a stage from the dropdown menu. ![Key Pipeline Stages 1](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Key%20Pipeline%20Stages%201.png)
2. Click "Save". ![Key Pipeline Stages 2](https://cdn.document360.io/39490836-1db1-4486-9bf0-9314bc46f971/Images/Documentation/Key%20Pipeline%20Stages%202.png)