Hi, Quick Question: How i can use the parameter input as a string outside a task. When i try it , i get a parameter object <Parameter: example>

with Flow("example-flow") as flow:
	example_param = Parameter('example')

	print(example_param)

Thanks for your help!!

Hi! The short answer is that you can’t. The Parameter is intended to be resolved at flow runtime and anything that’s outside a task is executed at flow definition time.

I Understand. So i intend to do is change the run_flow_name with the parameter input like this:

with Flow("example-flow") as flow:
	example_param = Parameter('example')
	current_time = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")
	run_name = f"{example_param} - {current_time}"

	rename_flow = RenameFlowRun(flow_run_name=run_name)

I try it inside a task, but doesn't work. (Any suggest?) I will try with the

run

method. Thanks

You’ll need to generate the name in a task, here you’re both getting the current time and formatting a string at flow definition time rather than runtime.

Sounds like a good idea! Thanks @Zanie 👏

So

@task
def generate_new_name(param):
    current_time = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")
  	return f"{param} - {current_time}"

with Flow(...):
   ...
   rename_flow = RenameFlowRun()(flow_run_name=generate_new_name(example_param))