In summary report, allow breakdowns by sub-workflow for processes · nextflow-io/nextflow#4751

(2 comments) (0 reactions) (0 assignees)Groovy (3,382 stars) (784 forks)batch import

good first issuestale

Description

New feature

I would like to request a (static) config option, or perhaps a (dynamic) toggle in the interactive plotly figures to allow me to de-aggregate process resource reports based on which sub-workflows they were executed under.

Usage scenario

I re-use the same process definitions in different sub-workflows in my main nextflow workflow (see https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/discussions/4750 for more on this). When I look at the resulting "Nextflow Workflow Report" all the processes are aggregated together in the figures.

Suggest implementation

It appears this information is available inside the existing report data, as in the table at the end, processes are labelled <NAMED_SUB_WORKFLOW>:<DEEPER_NAMED_SUBWORKFLOW>:<PROCESS>. Breaking down the data using the subworkflow labels should thus be fairly easy.

Contributor guide

Tech stack: None
Domain: analytics
Issue type: feature
Difficulty: 3
Estimated time: 1-3 hours
Activity status: fresh
Clarity: clear
Prerequisites: Nextflow workflow conceptsReport generation basics
Newbie friendliness: 65
Research direction: Investigate the report generation code in the Nextflow repository, particularly the part that creates the resource report figures. Look for where process data is aggregated and how the sub workflow labels are already present in the table data. Consider adding a config option or toggle to split the aggregation by sub workflow.