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Status Future consideration
Workspace watsonx.ai
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 12, 2022

More customizable environment types in CP4D

In addition to the option to customize exisiting python runtime environments in Watson Studio by defining a list of packages to be installed when starting a runtime environment, we would like to have this feature for every runtime environment where we might have to add new packages. This way, we wouldn't have to put install statements in the code or build custom images for every user request for a specific package.

Right now, users often are confused when they don't have the option to customize environments the way they are used to, e. g. while defining a runtime environment for a python script in WML.

We would like to be able to customize environments for:

  • Python scripts in WML

  • RStudio in Watson Studio

  • R scripts in Watson Studio and WML

  • Shiny apps in WML

It should be possible to customize the default images as well as existing custom images for the different runtime environment types.

Needed By Quarter