# Advanced Flow — Community Q&A (from Ask Me Anything 05-07-2022) **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** advancedflow\ **Created:** [July 5, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579 "2022-07-05T19:38:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cuprum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cuprum/32/41409_2.png) [@Cuprum](https://community.homey.app/u/Cuprum)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/61 "2022-06-30T04:43:52Z")
> [@Advanced Flow — Ask Me Anything](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-ask-me-anything/65167/99): > > Lol, i started getting worried: a flow in the editor took about 15 seconds to run. > But when i executed the flow from another flow, it was almost instant! “headless” (without graphical window) run does not require the animations 😉 Was it in the introduction video, or somewhere else, but remember situation, where the activity’s downside execution bar fills … hmm, around sec, two, but when the mouse hover on it after, there was clear message about ~10 μs activity execution time. And… to be honest, at least i personally am not able to see all the animations, if they are in real/actual time. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/62 "2022-06-30T04:58:47Z")
> [@christian-alares](#): > > How come this is not possible? Correct, You are not allowed to create loops on the canvas. ---
**Author:** ![widameista](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/widameista/32/23333_2.png) [@widameista](https://community.homey.app/u/widameista)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/63 "2022-06-30T05:02:57Z")
> [@widameista](#): > > does it make a difference if the any block is there or if i go directly from both blocks to the action? > > ![2022-06-29 19_10_49-Homey@Eder](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/a/aa7a61ad28342923eecda629d382eeece695c1b2.jpeg) Any answers on that one? ---
**Author:** ![Wenna](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wenna/32/18091_2.png) [@Wenna](https://community.homey.app/u/Wenna)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/64 "2022-06-30T05:04:21Z")
Exactly what I would like to know also ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/65 "2022-06-30T05:08:48Z")
> [@widameista](#): > > does it make a difference if the any block is there or if i go directly from both blocks to the action Actually that doesn’t make any difference. ---
**Author:** ![Jo\_San](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jo_san/32/3732_2.png) [@Jo\_San](https://community.homey.app/u/Jo_San)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/66 "2022-06-30T05:11:47Z")
I can’t seem to be able to enable of disable ADvanced Flows on the phone app. I don’t need to edit them on the phone, but it should be possible to enable and disable them. The switch is there, it just does not work. Bug? Edit: I was not on 8.0.1 yet. I am now and now it works again. Do not know for sure if it was a glitch or something that was solved in 8.0.1. ---
**Author:** ![widameista](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/widameista/32/23333_2.png) [@widameista](https://community.homey.app/u/widameista)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/67 "2022-06-30T05:47:01Z")
Logging in advanced flows? One of the major benefits of AF is to reduce number of flows. Before I had let’s say 6 flows and ok each flow i logged activity in papertrail. 2 log entries if there was an else. Now with AF I reduced the number of flows as for example 4 of them led to the same action. But how to do logging now? In the action which can come from 4 different triggers and flows on the canvas I do not see any more where it comes from? Is there an idea of a build in log without adding log actions or variables to each trigger and flow? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Rickert1993](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rickert1993/32/47917_2.png) [@Rickert1993](https://community.homey.app/u/Rickert1993)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/68 "2022-06-30T06:49:26Z")
but I want to check that all sensors (doors) are closed when arming the alarm. If not, I should get a signal, and then if I close the door, it should check again, and if it does, then through to enabling surveillance mode. Then a loop would be easy ---
**Author:** ![Rickert1993](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rickert1993/32/47917_2.png) [@Rickert1993](https://community.homey.app/u/Rickert1993)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/69 "2022-06-30T06:50:27Z")
how can i get my AF to show up on my mobile app? Now I can’t see anything and can’t change names on my mobile ---
**Author:** ![Jo\_San](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jo_san/32/3732_2.png) [@Jo\_San](https://community.homey.app/u/Jo_San)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/70 "2022-06-30T06:53:25Z")
The AF flows are visible in the app. You can rename them and enable/disable them. You can just not edit them. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/71 "2022-06-30T06:56:12Z")
> [@Rickert1993](#): > > Now I can’t see anything and can’t change names on my mobile What is the version of your Mobile App? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Bittner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_bittner/32/16698_2.png) [@Peter\_Bittner](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Bittner)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/72 "2022-06-30T07:03:57Z")
Just want to check I have this correct. In the standard flows I could select the Aeotec device in a state “Input 1 is open”. In advanced flows I can only select the state “Input 1 is open”. So as per the attached picture I selected that one and then selected the false connector for the then action. I can only assume that this is how it has been designed. ![Screen Shot 2022-06-30 at 4.56.12 pm](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/7/e75607bba3692bf33674f1b5d698003c46f8b03a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Rickert1993](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rickert1993/32/47917_2.png) [@Rickert1993](https://community.homey.app/u/Rickert1993)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/73 "2022-06-30T07:12:13Z")
OMG 😂 I am ashamed 🤣 🤣 I didn’t say anything haha I indeed had to update SORRY ---
**Author:** ![Henk\_Renting](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/henk_renting/32/87634_2.png) [@Henk\_Renting](https://community.homey.app/u/Henk_Renting)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/74 "2022-06-30T08:30:06Z")
Nope, just can’t get it to work properly, neither on my Android phone or iPad in either Chrome or Safari. Buttons don’t work, can’t draw lines, etc. I really like the new editor, bit would welcome some way of editing it on a mobile device too… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ype](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ype/32/8406_2.png) [@Ype](https://community.homey.app/u/Ype)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 8:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/75 "2022-06-30T08:37:28Z")
is it possible in adv. flows to use multiple triggers? ---
**Author:** ![Stefan\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/stefan_1/32/128096_2.png) [@Stefan\_1](https://community.homey.app/u/Stefan_1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/76 "2022-06-30T08:38:08Z")
Bug? “Then” card to start another flow doesn’t show me advanced flows, only old ones. No Bug ==\> Solved [Advanced Flow — Ask Me Anything - #178](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-ask-me-anything/65167/178) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/3/d35b3eb6a941e7ab776b3672a20fe70ee64b10a4.png) ---
**Author:** ![Exeldro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/exeldro/32/557_2.png) [@Exeldro](https://community.homey.app/u/Exeldro)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/77 "2022-06-30T08:57:09Z")
Can we get something like a switch statement card? And a way to use multiple error results as a single tag, so that I only need a single error card instead of multiple in this case: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/7/57f08741d94af3421c140cd46928fbfd1e0ed21a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Bittner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_bittner/32/16698_2.png) [@Peter\_Bittner](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Bittner)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/78 "2022-06-30T09:03:58Z")
If you subscribe to the Homey Pro backup service, are advanced flows included in the backups? ---
**Author:** ![Morgan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/morgan/32/15416_2.png) [@Morgan](https://community.homey.app/u/Morgan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/79 "2022-06-30T09:06:16Z")
I think “advanced” flow should make it possible to expand entering fields. The narrow entering fields is very limiting to edit for example html-mail. ![Skärmbild 2022-06-30 110327](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/4/e407288c990b1020017796fdcf2f008e715fbb28.png) ---
**Author:** ![Martijn\_C](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijn_c/32/39993_2.png) [@Martijn\_C](https://community.homey.app/u/Martijn_C)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579/80 "2022-06-30T09:11:59Z")
Can someone tell me how to use the error tag? I drew a red line from the dishwasher (then card, start dishwasher) to a notification card with the error tag in it, but it gives an error itself (missing token for argument). I’m sure I’m missing something. [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579.md?page=3) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-community-q-a-from-ask-me-anything-05-07-2022/65579.md?page=5)