# Ikea Trådløs binary functions under WHEN
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradlos-binary-functions-under-when/141803
**Category:** Flows
**Created:** [August 18, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradlos-binary-functions-under-when/141803 "2025-08-18T07:21:37Z")
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### Author:  [@Per\_Jarle\_Harstad](https://community.homey.app/u/Per_Jarle_Harstad)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradlos-binary-functions-under-when/141803/1 "2025-08-18T07:21:37Z")
When one create Flow, under WHEN you can only choose binary ON or OFF. If you have many points and at least 1 is in the opposite state, the whole Flow stops. Is it possible to have a state “don’t care” in WHEN? If that’s possible, it will still turn off those left in ON. When I used the IKEA app, I didn’t have this problem.
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### Author:  [@DirkH](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkH)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradlos-binary-functions-under-when/141803/2 "2025-08-18T08:42:37Z")
> [@Per\_Jarle\_Harstad](#):
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> Is it possible to have a state “don’t care” in WHEN?
Hi @Per_Jarle_Harstad ,
Welcome to the forum!
I have to admit that I do not understand what you want to achieve. Perhaps you can provide an example.
Probably the first misconception is the principle of Homey flows, that a "_WHEN_”-card is a trigger event. That means the process starts only at the time the state of the device changes to the condition. Many people including me had to learn this.
So
_WHEN_ Switch A **is turned** ON
means as long as the the switch a is ON or OFF nothing happens, Only in the split second, when the switch was OFF and is switched ON, the flow starts.
That means that a _don’t care_ clause would be something like _every second_ or _constantly_, which would lead to an always-busy CPU. So it makes no sense.
What might be possible is:
_WHEN_ **power\_usage** changes
_AND_ **power\_usage** is greater than A; _THEN_ do X
_ELSE AND_ **power\_usage** is smaller than B; _THEN_ do Y
_ELSE_ _THEN_ do Z.
That is not _don’t care_ but _none of the above_, and it is not related to the _WHEN_-card.
In case you want to create more complex flows, you should look at **Advanced Flows**. The only issue, they have, is that they can only be created or edited on the Web-Interface of Homey, not in the smart phone app.
Best regards Dirk