# Homey 2.0.0 Experimental discussion \[EN\]

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/homey-2-0-0-experimental-discussion-en/4963>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Tags:** official\
**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-2-0-0-experimental-discussion-en/4963 "2018-12-06T16:03:17Z")\
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I don’t have any Ikea bulbs but it’s not similar to this issue is it ? The type of tag ?

> [@Get value from MQTT and set a variable](https://community.homey.app/t/get-value-from-mqtt-and-set-a-variable/6090):
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> Hello, my idea is to receive a value over MQTT or HTTP request and write this value to a virtual Device or variable. In case of MQTT there is a tag “message received from topic”, but this tag is only available for comparison/Logic in the AND flow. I see no possibilities to use the value that is in the message Tag to use it in the THEN flow. I think the main reason will be, that the message is a STRING and it has to be converted to a number before it can be used for a “set value”. Are there a…

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