The User added tasks feature in Partek^® Flow^® allows administrators to add their own executables and scripts to the set of analysis tools available on a given installation.  These These tasks can then be run individually through the Partek Flow graphical user interface and can be included as part of analysis pipelines. 

The process of adding or wrapping a task through User added tasks feature is a task is only available to users with admin administrative privileges. However, once the task has been added to an instance of Partek Flow, all other users, including regular users, can use the task.

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Creation

Prior to beginning, all source code and executable(s) for the analysis tool need to be downloaded and installed in a directory Partek Flow has access to.(Need to ask Adam on preferred location - .partekflow/user_tasks? /opt? anywhere under home/flow? The executable (or a symbolic link to it) must be installed in this directory: FLOWhome/user_tasks

To create a new user added task, go to Settings > Task management. Select the Add task button and choose Create new task in the pop-up dialog (Figure 2).

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