improve CLI, include allow_external_references

src/jobflow_remote/cli/admin.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def reset(
             "--max-limit",
             "-max",
             help=(
-                "The database will be reset only if the number of Jobs is lower than the specified limit. 0 means no limit"
+                "The database will be reset only if the number of Flows is lower than the specified limit. 0 means no limit"
             ),
         ),
     ] = 25,
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ def reset(
     Reset the jobflow database.
     WARNING: deletes all the data. These could not be retrieved anymore.
     """
+    from jobflow_remote import SETTINGS
+
     dm = DaemonManager()
 
     try:
@@ -78,7 +80,8 @@ def reset(
         cm = ConfigManager()
         project_name = cm.get_project_data().project.name
         text = Text.from_markup(
-            f"[red]This operation will [bold]delete all the Jobs data[/bold] for project [bold]{project_name}[/bold]. Proceed anyway?[/red]"
+            "[red]This operation will [bold]delete all the Jobs data[/bold] "
+            f"for project [bold]{project_name}[/bold]. Proceed anyway?[/red]"
         )
 
         confirmed = Confirm.ask(text, default=False)
@@ -88,7 +91,13 @@ def reset(
         progress.add_task(description="Resetting the DB...", total=None)
         jc = JobController()
         done = jc.reset(reset_output=reset_output, max_limit=max_limit)
-    out_console.print(f"The database was {'' if done else 'NOT '}reset")
+    not_text = "" if done else "[bold]NOT [/bold]"
+    out_console.print(f"The database was {not_text}reset")
+    if not done and SETTINGS.cli_suggestions:
+        out_console.print(
+            "Check the amount of Flows and change --max-limit if this is the correct project to reset",
+            style="yellow",
+        )
 
 
 @app_admin.command()

src/jobflow_remote/fireworks/convert.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def flow_to_workflow(
     exec_config: str | ExecutionConfig = None,
     resources: dict | QResources | None = None,
     metadata: dict | None = None,
+    allow_external_references: bool = False,
     **kwargs,
 ) -> Workflow:
     """
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ def flow_to_workflow(
     metadata: Dict
         metadata passed to the workflow. The flow uuid will be added with the key
         "flow_id".
+    allow_external_references
+        If False all the references to other outputs should be from other Jobs
+        of the Flow.
     **kwargs
         Keyword arguments passed to Workflow init method.
 
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ def flow_to_workflow(
     if not worker:
         raise ConfigError("Worker name must be set.")
 
-    flow = get_flow(flow)
+    flow = get_flow(flow, allow_external_references=allow_external_references)
 
     for job, parents in flow.iterflow():
         fw = job_to_firework(

src/jobflow_remote/jobs/submit.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def submit_flow(
     project: str | None = None,
     exec_config: str | ExecutionConfig | None = None,
     resources: dict | QResources | None = None,
+    allow_external_references: bool = False,
 ):
     """
     Submit a flow for calculation to the selected Worker.
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ def submit_flow(
     resources: Dict or QResources
         information passed to qtoolkit to require the resources for the submission
         to the queue.
+    allow_external_references
+        If False all the references to other outputs should be from other Jobs
+        of the Flow.
     """
     config_manager = ConfigManager()
 
@@ -60,7 +64,12 @@ def submit_flow(
         )
 
     wf = flow_to_workflow(
-        flow, worker=worker, store=store, exec_config=exec_config, resources=resources
+        flow,
+        worker=worker,
+        store=store,
+        exec_config=exec_config,
+        resources=resources,
+        allow_external_references=allow_external_references,
     )
 
     rlpad = proj_obj.get_launchpad()