customize dagster run_id to include now timestamp

[nibu147]

Is there a way customize dagster run_id to include now timestamp instead of having an alphanumerical string which might be difficult to read? thanks

[sryza]

Hi @nibu147 - customizing the run ID isn't possible at this time.

[sryza]

I was wrong about the above ^^. If you're launching pipelines via Dagster's GraphQL API, you can provide a run ID. It's not currently possible with our Python APIs, but we may add the ability to do it in the future.

[nibu147]

that would be a very nice feature! thank you for your answer

[ahoneycutt]

You can customize the run_id in python but you must use dagster >= 0.10.0 and dagster.cli.pipeline.execute_launch_command to launch your pipeline. This is how I inject run_id into my pipeline.

[ahoneycutt]

@nibu147 If you can change the way you are executing your pipeline, then I would suggest using the dagster.cli.pipeline.execute_launch_command function to launch your pipeline. You should be able to pass run_id in the kwargs parameter, e.g.

result = execute_launch_command(DagsterInstance.get(), {'run_id': 'my-run-id', ...})

This approach will require dagster >= 0.10.0, however.