R
CertifiedTasks that run R scripts.
Provide R code or script files with package installs and arguments to execute via R, capturing stdout/stderr and outputs (including plots/files) for workflows.
R
Tasks that run R scripts.
Provide R code or script files with package installs and arguments to execute via R, capturing stdout/stderr and outputs (including plots/files) for workflows.
tasks
How to use the R plugin
Run R scripts for statistical computing and data analysis inside a container as flow steps.
Common properties
containerImage defaults to an R image (e.g., r-base). For data science workflows, consider images from the Rocker project (e.g., rocker/tidyverse) which include common packages pre-installed. taskRunner defaults to Docker and can be overridden for other execution environments.
Tasks
Script runs inline R code defined in the script property — best for short, flow-specific logic. Commands runs shell commands (e.g., Rscript main.R) against script files; use it when your code lives in namespace files shared across flows, or is cloned from a Git repository with a preceding Clone task.
Install CRAN packages in beforeCommands with Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("dplyr", "ggplot2"), repos="https://cloud.r-project.org")'. For reproducible environments, use a renv.lock file via namespace files and restore with Rscript -e 'renv: : restore()' — or build a custom containerImage with packages pre-installed to avoid per-run install time.
