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Hi team! I have a parent flow that calls different subflows. I'd like the graph displayed on the UI to be as meaningful as possible, allowing to identify flow/task runs in this diagram instead of having autogenerated names like `noisy-capuchin`

Is this possible? if so, how would you recommend proceeding?

Thanks a lot in advance! :bow:

I've tried setting the `flow_run_name` but it does not change the names displayed on the graph FYI (not sure what these correspond to TBH)

`my_flow.with_options(flow_run_name="meaningful name")(*params)`

The `get_file_subflow` flow run name was changed but I suppose what's being reflected on the timeline diagram is something else :thinking_face:

Would have to look into the UI code to determine what's being displayed on the graph. If `Flow.with_options` isn't working then create an Issue on the GitHub repository

It'd be nice to know what these values are intended to correspond to before flagging this as an issue IMHO

it is not working for me, I'll try upgrading my Prefect Orion version to the latest, what version are you using?

I'm upgrading to `2.8.7` will keep you posted

Version:             2.8.7
API version:         0.8.4
Python version:      3.9.12

great, I think it might be related to versioning. I'm having <https://prefect-community.slack.com/archives/C048ZH6BYDQ/p1680106596550049|other issues> with the upgrade for my agent though so I cannot test this just yet

<@U04F5T1M6NQ> should it be this way?

```import_file_uri = get_import_file.with_options(
   flow_run_name=f"get_file_{exc_date}")()```

I'm getting
```Finished in state Failed("Flow run encountered an exception. TypeError: with_options() got an unexpected keyword argument 'flow_run_name'\n")```

it's a flow
```@flow(
    name="get_file_subflow",
)
def get_import_file(
) -&gt; list:```

```import_file_uri = get_import_file.with_options(
   name=f"get_file_{exc_date}")()```
does not make it break but I need `flow_run_name` I'm now using Orion v 2.8.7 and the Agent and _runner_ are also using this version

I can't speak to why `flow_run_name` isn't working.

<https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/blob/main/tests/test_flows.py>
Here are the unit tests for flows. Try mimicking some inside of your flow. For example

```get_import_file_with_options = get_import_file.with_options(
   flow_run_name=f"get_file_{exc_date}")

print(get_import_file.flow_run_name, get_import_file_with_options.flow_run_name)```
In the toughest situations I might go into the `prefect` library installed in my virtual environment and add print statements down the expected chain of events, looking for where things deviate from expected.

thanks for your assistance <@U04F5T1M6NQ>, this is not critical for now, I'll come back to it at some point, I guess.

it's working now in my Prefect Cloud deployment FYI