User tasks is a much more powerful means of adding functionalities to K-A. Unlike functions, user tasks require software development knowledge but can use any available information from K-A and can create not only output channels but take a variety of actions like compiling custom plots, creating files, loading data to the files etc.

The principle of working with the User Tasks like with Functions is to first define a user task in the Automation mode and then create as many user tasks instances as necessary for any well or group of wells in PDG mode.

User Tasks fall under the two categories: