Built-in Tasks¶

The Platform SDK ships ~80 tasks ready to use in your spec.yaml. This page helps you find the right one by use case. Each entry links to the full API reference.

Loading data¶

I need to...	Task
Load events from EarthRanger	`get_events`
Load events with combined params	`get_events_from_combined_params`
Load patrol events	`get_patrol_events`
Load patrols	`get_patrols`
Load patrol observations	`get_patrol_observations`
Load subject group GPS data	`get_subjectgroup_observations`
Load events from SMART	`get_events_from_smart`
Load patrol observations from SMART	`get_patrol_observations_from_smart`
Download a region from Earth Engine	`download_roi`
Calculate NDVI range	`calculate_ndvi_range`
Get event type display names	`get_event_type_display_names_from_events`
Get spatial feature groups	`get_spatial_features_group`

Connections¶

I need to...	Task
Set up an EarthRanger connection	`set_er_connection`
Set up a SMART connection	`set_smart_connection`
Set up an Earth Engine connection	`set_gee_connection`

Filtering¶

I need to...	Task
Set a time range	`set_time_range`
Get timezone from a time range	`get_timezone_from_time_range`
Filter rows by a condition	`filter_df`
Drop rows with NaN in a column	`drop_nan_values_by_column`
Drop rows with null geometry	`drop_null_geometry`
Apply a relocation coordinate filter	`apply_reloc_coord_filter`

Preprocessing¶

I need to...	Task
Process relocations from GPS fixes	`process_relocations`
Convert relocations to trajectories	`relocations_to_trajectory`

Transformation¶

I need to...	Task
Apply a colormap to a column	`apply_color_map`
Classify day vs. night	`classify_is_night`
Classify by season	`classify_seasons`
Apply a custom classification	`apply_classification`
Add a temporal index column	`add_temporal_index`
Add a spatial index column	`add_spatial_index`
Convert column values to numeric	`convert_column_values_to_numeric`
Convert column values to string	`convert_column_values_to_string`
Convert values to a timezone	`convert_values_to_timezone`
Extract a column as a specific type	`extract_column_as_type`
Extract values from a JSON column	`extract_value_from_json_column`
Normalize a JSON column	`normalize_json_column`
Normalize a numeric column	`normalize_numeric_column`
Rename columns	`map_columns`
Map values in a column	`map_values`
Sort rows	`sort_values`
Transpose a DataFrame	`transpose`
Explode a list column	`explode`
Fill NaN values	`fill_na`
Assign a fixed value to a column	`assign_value`
Assign subject colors	`assign_subject_colors`

Grouping¶

I need to...	Task
Set grouper definitions	`set_groupers`
Split data into groups	`split_groups`
Combine keyed iterables	`groupbykey`
Merge grouped DataFrames	`merge_df`

Analysis¶

I need to...	Task
Count rows	`dataframe_count`
Sum a column	`dataframe_column_sum`
Average a column	`dataframe_column_mean`
Find the max of a column	`dataframe_column_max`
Find the min of a column	`dataframe_column_min`
Count unique values	`dataframe_column_nunique`
Get the first unique value	`dataframe_column_first_unique`
Calculate a percentile	`dataframe_column_percentile`
Apply arithmetic operations	`apply_arithmetic_operation`
Summarize a DataFrame	`summarize_df`
Aggregate over rows	`aggregate_over_rows`
Calculate night/day ratio	`get_night_day_ratio`
Calculate feature density	`calculate_feature_density`
Calculate elliptical time density	`calculate_elliptical_time_density`
Calculate linear time density	`calculate_linear_time_density`
Create a meshgrid	`create_meshgrid`

Visualization¶

I need to...	Task
Draw an interactive map	`draw_ecomap`
Create a point layer	`create_point_layer`
Create a polyline layer	`create_polyline_layer`
Create a polygon layer	`create_polygon_layer`
Create a text layer	`create_text_layer`
Set base maps	`set_base_maps`
Draw a time-series bar chart	`draw_time_series_bar_chart`
Draw a bar chart	`draw_bar_chart`
Draw a pie chart	`draw_pie_chart`
Draw a line chart	`draw_line_chart`
Draw an EcoPlot	`draw_ecoplot`
Draw a historic timeseries	`draw_historic_timeseries`
Draw an HTML table	`draw_table`

Dashboard and Widgets¶

I need to...	Task
Create a map widget	`create_map_widget_single_view`
Create a plot widget	`create_plot_widget_single_view`
Create a table widget	`create_table_widget_single_view`
Create a single-value widget	`create_single_value_widget_single_view`
Create a text widget	`create_text_widget_single_view`
Merge grouped widget views	`merge_widget_views`
Assemble the final dashboard	`gather_dashboard`
Gather output files	`gather_output_files`

Persistence¶

I need to...	Task
Persist an string value (e.g. an HTML blob)	`persist_text`
Persist a DataFrame	`persist_df`

Workflow Utilities¶

I need to...	Task
Set workflow name and description	`set_workflow_details`
Set a string variable	`set_string_var`
Set a boolean variable	`set_bool_var`
Concatenate strings	`concat_string_vars`
Title-case a string	`title_case_var`
Get column names from a DataFrame	`get_column_names_from_dataframe`

Skip Conditions¶

I need to...	Condition
Skip if any DataFrame input is empty	`any_is_empty_df`
Skip if any dependency was skipped	`any_dependency_skipped`
Skip if all geometries are null	`all_geometry_are_none`
Skip if any dependency is None	`any_dependency_is_none`
Never skip (used to override workflow-level defaults)	`never`
Fall back GeoDataFrame to None on skip	`skip_gdf_fallback_to_none`