# Prompt to enter other values (like the yes/no notification)

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/prompt-to-enter-other-values-like-the-yes-no-notification/91948>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [October 16, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/prompt-to-enter-other-values-like-the-yes-no-notification/91948 "2023-10-16T11:23:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anon61197305](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anon61197305](https://community.homey.app/u/anon61197305)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/prompt-to-enter-other-values-like-the-yes-no-notification/91948/1 "2023-10-16T11:23:17Z")

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I store my heating and cooling settings in a variable. But they change over time, like the temperature outside. Instead of going into the settings and the list of variables to change it, I would like to have a prompt like the yes/no-notification.

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**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/prompt-to-enter-other-values-like-the-yes-no-notification/91948/2 "2023-10-16T12:11:59Z")

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Make a flow for that.

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**Author:** ![anon61197305](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anon61197305](https://community.homey.app/u/anon61197305)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/prompt-to-enter-other-values-like-the-yes-no-notification/91948/3 "2023-10-16T12:56:07Z")

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That is a way to do it, but there are other situations I like to enter a value to a promt.

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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:** [October 16, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/prompt-to-enter-other-values-like-the-yes-no-notification/91948/4 "2023-10-16T15:21:58Z")

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You can realise it by means of the [Telegram app](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-telegram/66622) (not the ‘Telegram bot’ app):

> [@The Flow Exchange(r) - Exchange Your Flows with Others!](https://community.homey.app/t/the-flow-exchange-r-exchange-your-flows-with-others/68981/49):
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> Start flow actions using a user entered value, by a reply to a predefined question on Telegram The Telegram app by @spkesDE has the functions to start a flow(part) by replying to a question with picking from predefined answers, but, also, by entering a value. That value can be used to set a target temperature f.i. Built-in conditions: flow should not respond to any message with coincidental valid values the entered value should be within a defined value range the user should be informed …