# Initiating device as tag/variable in advanced flows

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/initiating-device-as-tag-variable-in-advanced-flows/151820>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Tags:** flow\
**Created:** [February 28, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/initiating-device-as-tag-variable-in-advanced-flows/151820 "2026-02-28T09:12:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jon\_Hye-Knudsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jon_hye-knudsen/32/120768_2.png) [@Jon\_Hye-Knudsen](https://community.homey.app/u/Jon_Hye-Knudsen)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/initiating-device-as-tag-variable-in-advanced-flows/151820/1 "2026-02-28T09:12:45Z")

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It would be great if the initiating device (trigger) of a flow was included as a tag/variable in the advanced flows. I have several flows that initiate with several different devices and it would be great to more easily be able to identify which thing triggered the flow.

Now I can add a set variable step right after the trigger, but that makes for a lot of them and the flow gets a little messy. Many flows already set a tag of some sort in the trigger, I’m just asking for the name of the device as well.

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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:** [February 28, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/initiating-device-as-tag-variable-in-advanced-flows/151820/2 "2026-02-28T19:43:14Z")

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I use Simple Log flow cards for that.  
You can connect them to any card.

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**Author:** ![Jon\_Hye-Knudsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jon_hye-knudsen/32/120768_2.png) [@Jon\_Hye-Knudsen](https://community.homey.app/u/Jon_Hye-Knudsen)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/initiating-device-as-tag-variable-in-advanced-flows/151820/3 "2026-03-02T11:33:59Z")

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Yeah. I realize I can just set a variable in a logic card right after each of the trigger cards, to have a variable available for logging or whatever, but that makes for a heck of a lot of cards in the flow. If each flow automatically had the name of the device or flow or whatever triggered it, that would simplify it a lot. Could also just be a flow-scoped variable that contained the name of whatever triggered that particular flow.  
In this screenshot I’ve marked all the triggers…. If I have to double the number of cards in the flow, just to “remember” which trigger actually fired, it just becomes a mess.

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