# What defines an area as active? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** homey-pro\ **Created:** [March 19, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/what-defines-an-area-as-active/133072 "2025-03-19T17:09:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Caesar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caesar/32/88727_2.png) [@Caesar](https://community.homey.app/u/Caesar)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/what-defines-an-area-as-active/133072/1 "2025-03-19T17:09:19Z")
I have presence-based notifications that get triggered but the activity dashboard shows that the same room has no motion sensors and has never been triggered. This is how the room looks like with a blue dot indicating activity: ![IMG_2509](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/f/ffdbf4ca31a7bb36863252548a47f9fe893560d0.jpeg) And when I click through, there’s no motion highlight: ![IMG_2510](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/2/92835f18f481dbb5d17c66a425742628702d7b7f.jpeg) The room has shelly lights/switches, a Tuo smart buttons, an ecobee thermostat and a google home display. What is triggering the room as active? Why doesn’t the room view show this and only the room’s menu label when I’m in the “house view”? ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/what-defines-an-area-as-active/133072/2 "2025-03-20T02:22:59Z")
> [@Caesar](#): > > What is triggering the room as active? Motion, occupancy & contact sensors, and active sub-zones. When such sensor is in a zone and active, or when the sub-zone is active, it shows the activity switch: ![1000045375](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/c/5cefca427232427c7ca3c6daed4e0ad72fc07c74.jpeg) [https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/360026209853-Using-Zone-Activity](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/360026209853-Using-Zone-Activity) A “ghost” active zone could be solved by a reboot, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![FKey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fkey/32/14793_2.png) [@FKey](https://community.homey.app/u/FKey)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 6:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/what-defines-an-area-as-active/133072/3 "2025-03-20T06:16:32Z")
Most devices that trigger zone activity also have a setting to in//exclude it from zone activity ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/a/4abfcf06848628d6a689633edb9537e9c64b023a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Caesar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caesar/32/88727_2.png) [@Caesar](https://community.homey.app/u/Caesar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/what-defines-an-area-as-active/133072/4 "2025-03-20T06:57:42Z")
The room has no sensors that can be added or removed. ![IMG_2513](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/7/e7dce7556093f7dd089d60dfb4a12f967c6f9a0e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Caesar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caesar/32/88727_2.png) [@Caesar](https://community.homey.app/u/Caesar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/what-defines-an-area-as-active/133072/5 "2025-03-20T07:01:12Z")
Yet the room has been activating all night ![IMG_2514](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/0/e0ee16f7e0af12f5cdec5334f9292abbdb79be8b.jpeg) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/what-defines-an-area-as-active/133072/6 "2025-03-20T07:15:43Z")
Didn’t you reboot Homey yet? ---
**Author:** ![Caesar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caesar/32/88727_2.png) [@Caesar](https://community.homey.app/u/Caesar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/what-defines-an-area-as-active/133072/7 "2025-04-05T21:17:53Z")
It solved it Is this a known issue with the built in activity dashboard/indicator? Am I better off with a 3rd party app from a community developer?