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Is there any way to pass a dictionary to the unmapped() annotation? I am trying to map a create_flow_run task and use the task_args parameter to name the flow run.

I don’t see why not. What happens when you try it? Could you show me the syntax you used?

```    update_sync_time = create_flow_run.map(
        flow_name = unmapped("dbt"),
        project_name = unmapped(PROJECT_NAME),
        task_args= unmapped({"name":"Update Sync Time in Database"}),
        parameters=portco
    )
    update_sync_time_wait = wait_for_flow_run.map(
        update_sync_time, raise_final_state=unmapped(True), task_args=unmapped({"name":"Update Sync Time in Database - Wait"})
    )```

```Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\DLomartra\source\repos\MEP2\prefect-cloud\01_main\flows\parent_flows\dbt-parent.py", line 65, in &lt;module&gt;
    update_sync_time = create_flow_run.map(
  File "C:\Users\DLomartra\source\repos\MEP2\prefect-cloud\01_main\lib\site-packages\prefect\core\task.py", line 810, in map
    task_args = task_args.copy() if task_args else {}
AttributeError: 'unmapped' object has no attribute 'copy'```

Ah task args is evaluated during build time, but runtime. Unmapped is a task though I think so you get this weird behavior. Based on this, I think I’d do:
```from prefect.tasks.prefect import create_flow_run

create_flow_run.name = "Update Sync Time in Database"

with Flow(..) as flow:
    create_flow_run.map(...)```

Thanks. In this specific case I have multiple create_flow_run's in the flow, each needing a different name. How would I implement in that case?

Maybe you want to template the `task_run_name` instead like <https://docs.prefect.io/core/concepts/templating.html#where-can-i-use-templating|this> ? You could also copy the task
```from prefect.tasks.prefect import create_flow_run
from copy import copy

c1 = copy(create_flow_run)
c1.name = ...```