Is there any way to add a visual indication that a variable is set or a flow is active/has run? Thinking of a visual ‘light’/LED or signal/card that switches red/green?
It helps me track after a flow triggered if it behaves as I believe it should or helps visualize if a trigger is a temporary signal or permanent.
For example I have a trigger for temperature through a switchbot hub2, but am not sure if the value is only true temporarily when switching from not true to true, or of the condition is true permanent when below setpoint.
Regarding the latter, you could set a Yes/No-variable (e.g. Flow_Is_Running) to Yes at the start of the flow (after the trigger flowcard) and set it to No at the end of the flow. You then could add the variable to a Dashboard that displays the current value.
Only when the flow is running, the value is Yes. I am not sure how long your flow runs, but often a flow is executed in a matter of milliseconds. So in those cases such an indicator does not seem to have any added value.
You can achieve the same using the FlowBits app with its Flag functionality: raise a flag at the start of the flow, lower the flag at the end and add a (more visually pleasing) flags widget to the dashboard.
