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When creating re-usable flows, how do you name them uniquely? For example, if I have a flow that connects to an SFTP, Downloads those files, and then writes them to cloud storage based off passed parameters - how does the flow name align with the parameters being passed?

I realize there are some easy solutions such as copying/pasting the flow and changing the name... but then whats the point of reusability?

<@U02FWTCMS76> you can use a state handler to set a custom flow run name based on Parameter values. Currently, you can only do it by renaming an automatically assigned flow run name, but it will have the effect you want.
```from prefect import Flow, task
from prefect.tasks.prefect import RenameFlowRun
import prefect

def rename_handler(obj, new_state, old_state):
    if new_state.is_running():
        param = prefect.context.parameters.get("your_parameter_name")
        RenameFlowRun().run(flow_run_name=f"new_name_{param}")
    return

@task
def first_task():
    return 1

with Flow("test-flow", state_handlers=[rename_handler]) as flow:
    first_task()```


does this only work with individual flow runs, not registered flows?

Flow run names are assigned at runtime, you can then rename those names after they have been created. To set a name for a flow, you need to set it on the Flow constructor:
```with Flow("your-flow-name") as flow:```

okay i got it. was making it too difficult. register the flow as its generic-self and then create flow runs with unique names if desired