# Ikea Tradfri Dim not working when using a Variable

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dim-not-working-when-using-a-variable/87239>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [August 16, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dim-not-working-when-using-a-variable/87239 "2023-08-16T17:12:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![JosDeBoss](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/josdeboss/32/81235_2.png) [@JosDeBoss](https://community.homey.app/u/JosDeBoss)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dim-not-working-when-using-a-variable/87239/1 "2023-08-16T17:12:25Z")

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Ikea Tradfri Dim not working when using a Variable. If i use a fixed value it works.

Using in an advance flow.

(Yes it goes to the Dim flow)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/4/f469bc2df7692cff6870e0ff73a5936706201b46.png)

(I can only add one picture)

Bug?

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**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dim-not-working-when-using-a-variable/87239/2 "2023-08-16T17:26:15Z")

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Is the value in percentage decimal? So from 0,00 to 1,00 (example 0,5 for 50%, and thus not from 0 to 100).

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**Author:** ![JosDeBoss](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/josdeboss/32/81235_2.png) [@JosDeBoss](https://community.homey.app/u/JosDeBoss)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dim-not-working-when-using-a-variable/87239/3 "2023-08-16T19:13:00Z")

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Aha! No, I used 0-100. Thx, I’ll try that.