Refer to auto-generated resources in CloudFormation

In some cases, when I add Resources to serverless.yml, I need to refer to resources which are auto-generated by the serverless framework (e.g., in a "DependsOn" clause). See specific example at the bottom.

Currently, the documentation [1] suggests generating the Cloud Formation template, and looking it up there.

It could be great if I could use some sort of built-in function(s) to refer to an auto-generated resource. Or at least the normalized name (which I then could use to construct the full resource name, following the naming convention specified in [1]).

[1] https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/resources/

Additional Data

• Serverless Framework Version you're using: 1.27.3

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For this specific case, we may solve it via adding support for ${sls.resolveFunctionLogicalId(functionName)}.

Still we need to be careful, as variables resolution happens at very early stage, so we can support only straightfoward resolution which can be done in 100% bulletproof way just by reading the config

The issue points to serverless.yml, the generated CloudFormation template, and the AWS resources documentation; start by reviewing how auto-generated resource names are exposed during variable resolution. Done means a supported way to reference an auto-generated resource, or its normalized name, is documented and handles the stated DependsOn use case.