diff --git a/csst_common/pipeline.py b/csst_common/pipeline.py
index 2812a352e24ac7a6c0fba9db3ca587c24d9523c6..4f75f3555467654a926c9fb04a507741f9f61032 100644
--- a/csst_common/pipeline.py
+++ b/csst_common/pipeline.py
@@ -242,6 +242,14 @@ class Pipeline:
     def retry(*args, **kwargs):
         return retry(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    @property
+    def pmapname(self):
+        """CCDS `.pmap` name (operational context)."""
+        if self.ccds is not None:
+            return self.ccds.operational_context
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("CCDS client not initialized!")
+
 
 # class ErrorTrace:
 #     """Write error trace to file."""