# Passing set fact value to ami copy

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-set-fact-value-to-ami-copy/36726>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** aws\
**Created:** [June 13, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-set-fact-value-to-ami-copy/36726 "2022-06-13T11:29:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![utoddl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/utoddl/32/249_2.png) [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-set-fact-value-to-ami-copy/36726/1 "2022-06-13T11:29:43Z")

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I don’t see a `sort` parameter documented for `community.aws.ec2_ami_copy`.  
What do you hope to accomplish by passing it a date and calling it `sort`?

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**Author:** ![Walter\_Rowe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/walter_rowe/32/4506_2.png) [@Walter\_Rowe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Walter_Rowe)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-set-fact-value-to-ami-copy/36726/2 "2022-06-13T11:39:53Z")

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Excellent point. Why don’t people read the documentation.

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/aws/ec2\_ami\_copy\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/aws/ec2_ami_copy_module.html)