On Jan 31, 2011, at 10:29 PM, Florent Angly wrote:
In a workflow, the only part that is dynamic and configurable by the workflow user is the input files at the moment. I think it would be nice to allow setting parameters for some specific workflow steps. For example, say that my workflow involves running Megablast, as a workflow designer, I would be able to tick a box that makes the "word size" input be changed by the user when he runs the workflow.
What do you think? Does this feature already exist? Are there plans to implement it?
This feature does exist. Using your example, in the workflow editor select your megablast step and then click the downward facing triangle next to the word size parameter label. You will see a menu with an option, 'Set at runtime', that will allow you to do exactly what you're suggesting.
-Dannon