# User who started the flow as variable?

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/user-who-started-the-flow-as-variable/99776>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** flow\
**Created:** [January 2, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/user-who-started-the-flow-as-variable/99776 "2024-01-02T21:54:39Z")\
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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:** [January 2, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/user-who-started-the-flow-as-variable/99776/2 "2024-01-02T22:49:04Z")

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Afaik there’s no way to retreive the user who started the flow.  
However, that’s not end of story;  
When you replace those flows trigger with a virtual knob or switch, the user who pushed the virtual switch is known!  
Use this flow card, to monitor the virtual knob / switch:

> ![Screenshot_20240102-234405_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/a/ba24b1509594538c89c8d9b11dd1e63713cc4acd.jpeg)

Explained:

> ![Screenshot_20240102-234423_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/4/04c6e257ac14595b240792129cbff6d0f1b28b00.jpeg)

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To sent push messages to certain users, here’s a way to get user ID’s and save them into reusable variables:  
[https://community.homey.app/t/the-flow-exchange-r-exchange-your-flows-with-others/68981/25](https://community.homey.app/t/the-flow-exchange-r-exchange-your-flows-with-others/68981/25)

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