# Show variable on button in place of energy

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/show-variable-on-button-in-place-of-energy/67842>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [August 24, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/show-variable-on-button-in-place-of-energy/67842 "2022-08-24T11:07:39Z")\
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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:** [August 24, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/show-variable-on-button-in-place-of-energy/67842/19 "2022-08-24T20:34:32Z")

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Really very cool!  
Some examples:

 ![Screenshot_20220824-223015_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/b/eb44bcc4291967bba5ab0febb320890e4957ca06.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot_20220824-222543_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/b/4b418a08abbb807f827aa073b47fe28a2a1ab1fc.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot_20220824-225312_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/0/20fa715481079e1a5df5e673311a1a1d92a3d2b7.jpeg)

![Screenshot_20220824-225142_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/d/0d37eb7afcbaf6dbd58fa03292eff4c2c38df0e6.jpeg)

But, it indeed doesn’t update well yet on it’s own. Closing and opening the app makes it updating:

> [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](#):
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> the mobile app doesn’t update correctly always: maybe we need a ticket for support from Athom.

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