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<@U058878KYBU> when you say futher along in the code, what do you mean?

Concretely, this code:

```elasticsearch_output = program.small_cluster.elasticsearch.apply(lambda es: es.__dict__)
print(f'elasticsearch_output {elasticsearch_output}')```
Should be like this:

```elasticsearch_output = program.small_cluster.elasticsearch.apply(lambda es: print(es))```

but it looks like you’re trying to use an output from automation API, which isn’t how it works

outputs work to create a graph inside a pulumi program. Automation API is the _driver_ of a program. You can’t directly access outputs from automation API

Ya I re-read the documentation and saw that. I figured out how to solve my problem with the automation api the proper way leveraging pulumi.export and up_res.outputs.

For instance I appended this to the cluster:

```pulumi.export("id", self.small_cluster.id)```
and then accessed it in my code with:

```id = up_res.outputs['id'].value```
I assume this is the correct way?