# Log to timeline after variable calculation

**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/log-to-timeline-after-variable-calculation/151400
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Created:** [February 20, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/log-to-timeline-after-variable-calculation/151400 "2026-02-20T13:07:09Z")
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### Author: ![default\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/default_1/32/120862_2.png) [@default\_1](https://community.homey.app/u/default_1)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/log-to-timeline-after-variable-calculation/151400/1 "2026-02-20T13:07:09Z")

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I’m not sure where to post this exactly I just wanted to save somebody else the hassle because I couldn’t find the solution online and it cost me half an hour.

If you increment a variable in a flow, and want to log it to the timeline _afterwards,_ it’s not enough to add the “log to timeline” card after the logic calculation card, you also need to wait a second.

See this screenshot (I’m counting diaper changes per day 😃 )

 ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/0/f0486bf5524dbb0d04d56ccd8a4f79f1597b631f.png)

I was always assuming that the cards were processed sequentially, apparently that’s not the case.

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### Author: ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/log-to-timeline-after-variable-calculation/151400/2 "2026-02-20T18:50:13Z")

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Indeed, in a Standard Flow, Homey executes all cards in the same section (e.g. AND / THEN) in parallel. In an Advanced Flow you can daisy chain flowcards, making them run in series.