Hi Is there a way to get the result of a specific merge task

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Hi Is there a way to get the result of a specific merge task after running a flow Similar to this `flow state result ifelse return result`

Nancy · Answer

Hi < itay livni> we ve got an example here does this help

itay livni · Answer

`merge`

Nancy · Answer

```with Flow My Flow true branch = ActionIfTrue false branch = ActionIfFalse ifelse CheckCondition true branch false branch merged result = merge true branch false branch ```

itay livni · Answer

I need to rephrase the question How do I access merged result after running My Flow `merged result` is in another file

itay livni · Answer

`get defs state result merge result`

josh · Answer

Is that not returning your result The access pattern from above works for me ```In 10 flow state result merged result result Out 10 True```

josh · Answer

Not sure what you mean by `merged result` being in another file

itay livni · Answer

Yes that works when running a flow from the same file the flow is defined in However if the flow is run from a different file module then an error obviously occurs `Using variable before assignment

itay livni · Answer

I tried get tasks but the merged results was not defined in the flow

josh · Answer

If you are calling the flow and trying to retrieve the result from a different process then it will need to be persisted somewhere via a result handler <https docs prefect io core concepts results html>

josh · Answer

The merged result will also only exist on a flow object if you re trying to access it that way once it is run i e importing the flow will not contain the merge result

itay livni · Answer

``` Get Disambiguated Definitions get defs state = get defs flow run parameters=dict term=args term node artifact id=node artifact id node artifact flpth=node artifact flpth get defs flow visualize flow state=get defs state definitions df = get defs flow get tasks definitions df = get defs state result definitions df result```

josh · Answer

Ah okay I see what you re trying to do Now I understand

itay livni · Answer

ok cool So what is the right way to do this

itay livni · Answer

the result handler section does not have any code examples disappointed

josh · Answer

Try ```task = get defs flow get tasks get the task get defs state result task result```

josh · Answer

Where you get the task you want from the list returned by `get tasks`

itay livni · Answer

so that task is not in the list I tried that

itay livni · Answer

neither is merge

josh · Answer

Hmm weird because it appears in the flow for me ```In 21 flow get tasks Out 21 lt Task CompareValue True gt lt Task check gt lt Task Merge gt lt Task True gt lt Task CompareValue False gt lt Task False gt ```

josh · Answer

If you visualize your flow is the merge task present

itay livni · Answer

yes That worked slightly smiling face Not sure why it was failing earlier

itay livni · Answer

thank you

josh · Answer

Great I opened an issue to add some documentation on the result handler page because even though it was unrelated to this we definitely should add some clarity there slightly smiling face

itay livni · Answer

yes I looked at if before trying this method to see if it was appropriate and well

itay livni · Answer

Thanks again