Sometime it is very useful to see task specific information in ecflowview.
and that can be updated using the child command ecflow_client –label
# Definition of the suite test.
suite test
 edit ECF_INCLUDE "$HOME/course"
 edit ECF_HOME    "$HOME/course"
 family f1
     edit SLEEP 20
     task t1
         meter progress 1 100 90
     task t2
         trigger t1 eq complete
         event a
         event b
     task t3
         trigger t2:a
     task t4
         trigger t2 eq complete
         complete t2:b
     task t5
         trigger t1:progress ge 30
     task t6
         trigger t1:progress ge 60
     task t7
         trigger t1:progress ge 90
 endfamily
 family f2
     edit SLEEP 20
     task t1
         time 00:30 23:30 00:30
     task t2
         day  sunday
     task t3
         date 01.*.*
         time 12:00
     task t4
         time +00:02
     task t5
         time 00:02
 endfamily
 family f3
     task t1
         label info ""
 endfamily
endsuite
The following section shows how to add a ecflow.Label in python:
#!/usr/bin/env python2.5
import os
import ecflow 
 
def create_family_f3():
    f3 = ecflow.Family("f3")
    t1 = f3.add_task("t1")
    t1.add_label("info","");
    return f3
   
defs = ecflow.Defs()
suite = defs.add_suite("test")
suite.add_variable("ECF_INCLUDE",os.getenv("HOME") + "/course")
suite.add_variable("ECF_HOME   ",os.getenv("HOME") + "/course")
suite.add_family( create_family_f3() )    
We now need to edit the ecf script file $HOME/course/test/f3/t1.ecf:
%include <head.h>
n=1
while [[ $n -le 5 ]]                # Loop 5 times
do
   msg="The date is now $(date)"
   ecflow_client --label=info "$msg"  # Set the label
   sleep 60                        # Wait a one minute
   (( n = $n + 1 ))
done
ecflow_client --label info "I have now finished my work."
%include <tail.h>
What to do:
- Modify the suite definition file or python script
- Edit the new ecf script
- Load the suite definition file and begin the suite
- Watch in ecflowview
