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Though that works to set `PREFECT__FLOWS__CHECKPOINTING=true`, what is actually happening regarding `target`, `checkpoint=True`, and `result=LocalTarget()` ? or are those just ignored?

`target` uses checkpointing, so if a result already exists at that filepath, the task will be skipped and the data will only be read when needed downstream. If you replace `target` with `location` it will _always_ be overwritten each run.

I tried replacing `target` with `location` but i am getting an error. I don’t see `location` as a part of the Task API (<https://docs.prefect.io/api/latest/core/task.html#task-2>)

<https://docs.prefect.io/api/latest/engine/result.html#result>

so you could drop `target` on the task but add `location` to the result params

ok, great, yes, this worked great. I am past the toy examples in the docs but not quite ready for the advanced stuff, so the donut I am in is a bit confusing. Thanks for your help