@Marvin is it possible to set the flow name at the deployment?

It appears that each deployment in Prefect 2.x is associated with a single flow, and deployments are uniquely identified by a combination of

flow_name

and

deployment_name

. You can reference a given flow with multiple deployments but apparently, the explicit setting of the flow name during the creation of a deployment isn't directly mentioned in the excerpts I found. For detailed instructions and clarifications, you might want to consult the Block-based Deployments documentation, as it could provide more insights into the configuration at deployment.

@Marvin it's not possible to set the flow name with a variable?

The ability to set a flow name with a variable in Prefect is not explicitly detailed in the provided documentation excerpts. However, Prefect does offer Variables which enable you to store and reuse non-sensitive pieces of data, much like environment variables. Though it's not clearly stated whether you can directly use these variables to dynamically set the flow name during deployment, you could potentially use variables to store certain configurations that can be referenced in your flow code before deployment, effectively achieving a dynamic naming pattern. For actual implementation details, you may need to experiment with the code or wait for Prefect to provide more specific capabilities in their documentation or release notes. It's also possible that the GitHub community or further updates to the Prefect documentation will provide clearer guidance on this topic in the future.

@Marvin by variable, I mean a Python variable, not a Prefect variable. I would to parametrize the flow name

While the code example provided does not specifically show how to parameterize the flow name using a Python variable, you can typically achieve this by setting a variable in your Python code and then using that variable when defining your flow. Here’s an illustrative example:

python
from prefect import flow

flow_name_variable = "dynamic_flow_name"  # Set your flow name here

@flow(name=flow_name_variable)
def my_dynamic_flow():
    print("This flow has a dynamic name based on a Python variable")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    my_dynamic_flow()

In this code,

flow_name_variable

is a Python variable containing the name you want to assign to your flow. When you decorate your flow function with

@flow(name=flow_name_variable)

, Prefect will use the value of that variable as the flow name. For more details on Prefect flow API and its configuration, the Prefect documentation should provide additional information: - Prefect Flows - Prefect API Reference Please note that how you deploy this flow might vary, and you might need to check if there are any additional steps or configurations required for the deployment with a dynamic flow name.