In addition to Bjoern’s response, tools written to take a single input like this:

<command> <![CDATA[ python $__tool_directory__/my_tool.py --input "$input” … ]]> </command>

will automatically accept a dataset collection, both in workflows and in the tool form UI.

On Jul 5, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Björn Grüning bjoern.gruening@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

Am 05.07.2016 um 23:18 schrieb D K:

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Sorry for the crosspost to Biostars, but I didn't get a response, so I thought I'd post here:

I just noticed that Galaxy allows creation of lists of datasets by clicking on the "Operations on multiple datasets" in the history panel. How does one use this with a custom tool (e.g. what does one put between the <input> </input> tags). Is the list treated as a text file with a list of each file? I couldn't find any examples or documentation online. I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction.

You can not use this feature in a tool, it's pure UI. But you can use multiple="True"

https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/blob/180a403421967d36f995941b1a45...

maybe this helps? Cheers, Bjoern

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Thanks!

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