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Hiya, is it possible to use a string concatenation of a task result as an input parameter to a downstream task? :thread:

```@task
def determine_batch_start_and_end() -&gt; Tuple[str, str]:
    now = pendulum.now(tz="UTC")
    batch_start, batch_end = get_last_hour(now)
    return (batch_start, batch_end)

def build_flow(flow_name: str) -&gt; Flow:
    with Flow(flow_name) as flow:

        batch_start, batch_end = determine_batch_start_and_end()

        create_flow_run(
            flow_id=settings.flow_id,
            run_name=f"br_{str(batch_start)}"
        )

    return flow```


I'd like `run_name` to be something like `br_2022-07-01 07:00:00` but it ends up being `br_&lt;Task: determine_batch_start_and_end[0]&gt;`

you would need to solve it using separate task as described here <https://discourse.prefect.io/t/how-to-dynamically-change-the-run-name-in-the-create-flow-run-task/97#solution-1>

or here <https://discourse.prefect.io/t/how-to-customize-how-the-name-of-a-task-triggering-a-child-flow-run-is-displayed-in-the-parent-dag-i-e-how-to-override-the-default-task-name-create-flow-run/476|https://discourse.prefect.io/t/how-to-customize-how-the-name-of-a-task-triggering-a-chi[…]-how-to-override-the-default-task-name-create-flow-run/476>