# Start a flow and bring up input dialog box **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [September 22, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-and-bring-up-input-dialog-box/116519 "2024-09-22T09:21:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Philip\_W\_daSilva](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/philip_w_dasilva/32/81772_2.png) [@Philip\_W\_daSilva](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_W_daSilva)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-and-bring-up-input-dialog-box/116519/1 "2024-09-22T09:21:36Z")
I wish to create a flow that when triggered it brings up a dialog box where I can enter a number that is then assigned to a variable which is used in the flow. Is this possible? In my case I want to make a play timer for my kid that when done triggers a sound on her Sonos speaker. The input should thus be minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-and-bring-up-input-dialog-box/116519/2 "2024-09-22T11:34:33Z")
This is not an option in Homey itself. The only option from Homey self to input something to / from a flow is the Push Notification as Condition but that only returns yes/no. ![Screenshot_20240922_131520_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/b/8b074c7aa687efc00136763ab40776dd15031b03.jpeg) As workaround you could open a flow that has a start with Number Tag. If you test this it asks for the number Tag. But you have to open/edit the flow each time you want to test with entering the value. Edit: added examples below. ![Screenshot_20240922_142433_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/4/545fdfe83ed62fa54e8b2494eba667fa76500e0a.jpeg) When pressing Test: ![Screenshot_20240922_142455_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/f/2f473c43a1a67bfbfb4fe3bd06a3b6c1c302679d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Rockall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/adrian_rockall/32/13209_2.png) [@Adrian\_Rockall](https://community.homey.app/u/Adrian_Rockall)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-and-bring-up-input-dialog-box/116519/3 "2024-09-22T11:51:20Z")
What triggers the Flow? ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_W\_daSilva](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/philip_w_dasilva/32/81772_2.png) [@Philip\_W\_daSilva](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_W_daSilva)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-and-bring-up-input-dialog-box/116519/4 "2024-09-22T12:17:29Z")
For me it would be perfect like when you are testing a flow. So when I trigger a flow manually I would like a dialogbox to turn up and ask for how many minutes. I would fill that in and after that the rest of the flow or another flow with that variable is triggered. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-and-bring-up-input-dialog-box/116519/5 "2024-09-22T12:28:33Z")
As workaround with 3rd party apps seel the same question with a solution using Tasker here: [Input Time from User prompt](https://community.homey.app/t/input-time-from-user-prompt/112819)