# Visual indication flow is active/set/run in advanced flow
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/visual-indication-flow-is-active-set-run-in-advanced-flow/151512
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Tags:** flow, homey-pro, advancedflow
**Created:** [February 22, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/visual-indication-flow-is-active-set-run-in-advanced-flow/151512 "2026-02-22T13:04:30Z")
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### Author:  [@sandra1](https://community.homey.app/u/sandra1)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/visual-indication-flow-is-active-set-run-in-advanced-flow/151512/1 "2026-02-22T13:04:30Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/visual-indication-flow-is-active-set-run-in-advanced-flow/151512/2 "2026-02-22T15:28:59Z")
> [@sandra1](#):
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> Is there any way to add a visual indication that a variable is set or a flow is active/has run?
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](https://homey.app/en-nl/app/com.basmilius.flowbits/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.