# How to get label to reflect actual alarm?

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-get-label-to-reflect-actual-alarm/100914>\
**Category:** Flows\
**Created:** [January 12, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-get-label-to-reflect-actual-alarm/100914 "2024-01-12T13:56:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-get-label-to-reflect-actual-alarm/100914/6 "2024-01-22T11:45:41Z")

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A zone gets active when a motion-/contact sensor alarm turns on → IF “Exclude from zone activity” is not enabled that is:

> ![Screenshot_20240122-123938_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/7/77cf6e58af4cd6bb9899d3c5d4c8830f08fedf5f.jpeg)

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With multiple sensors in a zone, you can choose which one(s) should activate the zone, by enabling the beforementioned ‘Exclude from zone activity’.  
**This way, you could exclude motion sensors, and include contact sensors**.

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