# Daily usage updates not working (most of the time) **URL:** \ **Category:** Dashboards\ **Created:** [January 6, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/daily-usage-updates-not-working-most-of-the-time/148665 "2026-01-06T10:38:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elsinga](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/elsinga/32/121606_2.png) [@elsinga](https://community.homey.app/u/elsinga)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/daily-usage-updates-not-working-most-of-the-time/148665/1 "2026-01-06T10:38:51Z")
I run a Homey Pro 203 for a few weeks now and really like it. So I started building a nice dashboard last weekend, but I ran into some problems. I hope you can help met resolve these. Problem 1: my Homewizard P1 Watermeter does not support daily usage values. I started out by calculating them by myself using variables and resetting to 0 at midnight. This did not workd as expected and someone pointed me to the Power Price app (running 2.1.4 at the moment). I created a virtual Power Price watermeter (m3), stop a session at midnight and start one again. See picture. ![sessie-reset-middernacht](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/8/f8dac9f4d1bbac752085bc6995c65eabd86cb8bd.png) I now can update the session when I consume water, calculate liters from m3 and display that using a Datavista progress bar. Problem: my Homewizard display shows more water consumed than my Homey dashboard… ![waterverbruik-flow](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/b/8b653eaae504a092061e654c3c974a8d25a6a393.png) Problem 2: my Homewizard P1 meter showed a value for today’s electricity power consumption that also differed from my HW display, so I used the same method as for the water meter, but that is more wrong than using the actual P1 today’s usage value. ![elektriciteit-flow](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/d/1d8fcf213068e9623ccdeafe6f5ee089442c0077.png) What is happening here? I quite puzzeld and out of options… P.S. all current usage values are fine and update as expected. It is only the daily usage so far that are acting upt. ---
**Author:** ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/daily-usage-updates-not-working-most-of-the-time/148665/2 "2026-01-06T18:55:57Z")
For continuous summarization of usage statistics, you might want to consider using the [Power by the Hour](https://homey.app/en-nl/app/com.gruijter.powerhour/Power-by-the-Hour/) app. Which basically does all the work for you that you are now manually trying to achieve in different flows. See screenshots for illustration in my other post: > **[Homey — A Better Smart Home (Deel 3) - Smarthome - GoT](https://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_message/84321552#84321552)** > > zondag 4 januari 2026 09:56 ---
**Author:** ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/daily-usage-updates-not-working-most-of-the-time/148665/3 "2026-01-07T06:37:25Z")
If you do want to use Power Price some things to try: - You might be using the wrong trigger for updating the session. You use a change in waterflow, but I assume you want to use a change in the metered value based in this card: - My experience is that it takes some time after you end/update a session before the updated values become available. I included a 1 sec delay after ending a session, before continuing with the rest of the flow that uses the total value. I am not using the update card personally, but assume the same applies. Note that Power Price updates the session device automatically when a session runs. Only if you want to see the current total, you need to update the session. Otherwise you’ll only see them at the end. ---
**Author:** ![elsinga](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/elsinga/32/121606_2.png) [@elsinga](https://community.homey.app/u/elsinga)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/daily-usage-updates-not-working-most-of-the-time/148665/4 "2026-01-07T07:14:29Z")
@SunBeech, when there is waterflow, the amount also changes, just being lazy here. 😉 That Power Price takes some time to update and I need a delay I did not know. I can use a delay if needed. Using PbtH is also an option, I will do some more testing. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_Tebbens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeroen_tebbens/32/62246_2.png) [@Jeroen\_Tebbens](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeroen_Tebbens)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/daily-usage-updates-not-working-most-of-the-time/148665/5 "2026-01-07T07:48:12Z")
Or you could have asked for this as a feature for the Homewizard app. 🙃 On the other hand you can use Power by the Hour app that has a watermeter tracker which also adds prices. ---
**Author:** ![elsinga](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/elsinga/32/121606_2.png) [@elsinga](https://community.homey.app/u/elsinga)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/daily-usage-updates-not-working-most-of-the-time/148665/6 "2026-01-07T08:00:47Z")
Jeroen, would be nice if the daily water usage would be readable from the HW app, but I thought of solving this myself first so I do not need to bother the app author. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_Tebbens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeroen_tebbens/32/62246_2.png) [@Jeroen\_Tebbens](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeroen_Tebbens)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/daily-usage-updates-not-working-most-of-the-time/148665/7 "2026-01-07T08:03:43Z")
I didn’t bother since Power by the hour app does this already but I can put some effort of adding daily usage for the watermeter. @elsinga v3.10.1 added watermeter daily usage ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_Tebbens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeroen_tebbens/32/62246_2.png) [@Jeroen\_Tebbens](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeroen_Tebbens)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/daily-usage-updates-not-working-most-of-the-time/148665/8 "2026-01-07T16:42:53Z")
Enjoy. ![IMG_4109](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/2/b2f5977281227b2e6a54762de2d31b087bb7937b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![elsinga](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/elsinga/32/121606_2.png) [@elsinga](https://community.homey.app/u/elsinga)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/daily-usage-updates-not-working-most-of-the-time/148665/9 "2026-01-07T17:15:13Z")
Jeroen, you are the best!