# Create a flow based on timer **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [September 4, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-flow-based-on-timer/34337 "2020-09-04T08:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-flow-based-on-timer/34337/1 "2020-09-04T08:23:59Z")
Hi I have door sensor and i want to create a flow that goes like this If the door open For more then 3 minute Send notification to my phone How do i do the 3 minutes part? I couldn’t find how to add tine condition ---
**Author:** ![Igy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/igy/32/22144_2.png) [@Igy](https://community.homey.app/u/Igy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-flow-based-on-timer/34337/2 "2020-09-04T08:25:26Z")
Use countdown app. ---
**Author:** ![Marcel\_Ubels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcel_ubels/32/18860_2.png) [@Marcel\_Ubels](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Ubels)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-flow-based-on-timer/34337/3 "2020-09-04T08:27:01Z")
Install app countdown and you can add in your flows a timer. Make e.g. Timer Deursensor and ad this timer in a flow with 180 sec. ---
**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-flow-based-on-timer/34337/4 "2020-09-04T08:40:11Z")
Oh i try to it with timer app Ok so i created a timer inside the app setting But not sure how to apply it on a flow ![Screenshot_20200904-113920_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/5/a567f05be481ef9fa200f4c2be6ce05e91393533.jpeg) What do i need to write down in the value? The 3 min i set it up in the app settings ---
**Author:** ![Cory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cory/32/12997_2.png) [@Cory](https://community.homey.app/u/Cory)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-flow-based-on-timer/34337/5 "2020-09-04T08:56:45Z")
You set the length of the timer in the flow, not in the Countdown app itself. So the value is the number of seconds. You need these flows: When: door open Start timer: 3 minutes When: door closed Stop timer When: timer ends Send notification to phone (Or: When: door open Start timer: 3 minutes When: timer ends And: door is open Send notification to phone) ---
**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-flow-based-on-timer/34337/6 "2020-09-04T09:01:49Z")
So in the app i just need to create timer with the name and not edit it to add second? And in the flow itself i add the time? ---
**Author:** ![Cory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cory/32/12997_2.png) [@Cory](https://community.homey.app/u/Cory)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-flow-based-on-timer/34337/7 "2020-09-04T09:07:39Z")
Yes. When you’re creating a timer in the app it doesn’t really matter what time you set. ---
**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-flow-based-on-timer/34337/8 "2020-09-04T09:18:54Z")
Ok i think i got it Thank you all for the quickest replay!!!