Skipped tasks in graphs

Cylc Cylc Support
1

Can skipped tasks be omitted or marked as skipped when generating graphs?
Cheers
Gaby

2

Tasks can now be configured to skip (8.4.0+).

This can be done at runtime, but it can also be configured in the workflow config, e.g:

[scheduling]
  [[graph]]
    R1 = one => two

[runtime]
  # this task will skip
  [[one]]
    run mode = skip

  # this task will run
  [[two]]
3

With cylc graph or the Graph view in the GUI?

At the moment, no. In the not too distant future we want to have an indication in the gui that a task is set to run mode=skip.

4

I don’t think we’d want to omit skipped tasks in graphs.

The reason that we “skip” tasks (i.e., simulate their running) rather than omit them, at runtime, is that the graph remains connected and the flow can continue naturally after the skip tasks are done. The same goes for graph connectivity at least, for static visualization and the live graph in the GUI.

Marking them as skipped is desirable though, as @wxtim noted.

5

Yes, marking them as skipped would be ideal… Looking forward to that, thanx!