# How to detect a flow has not been triggered for a period of time

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**Tags:** flow\
**Created:** [July 13, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-detect-a-flow-has-not-been-triggered-for-a-period-of-time/32331 "2020-07-13T06:10:49Z")\
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Maybe you can create a “Better Logic” variable of type string for every flow you want to check.  
Whenever a flow is executed, you can set the corresponding variable with the date/time converted to a string. This way you can check these variables and see when the flow was executed last.  
But this probably is not the best option when you have a lot of flows to be checked.

PaperTrails Log, an app created by @Dijker also might be an option. Please have a look at that too.  
See: [PaperTrails Log - Advanced Logging and Log management (v0.6.3)](https://community.homey.app/t/papertrails-log-advanced-logging-and-log-management-v0-6-3/40)

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