# Display of environment values in subflows a bit strange

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-of-environment-values-in-subflows-a-bit-strange/29779>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [9 July 2020 11:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-of-environment-values-in-subflows-a-bit-strange/29779 "2020-07-09T11:36:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [9 July 2020 11:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-of-environment-values-in-subflows-a-bit-strange/29779/1 "2020-07-09T11:36:50Z")

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I'm getting confused when adding and deleting environment variables in subflows  
So I add this one in  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/a/8a292b152b037df18ee22a206f14db15f4b009f6.png)

but it doesn't appear on this screen

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/9/e/9ec231d57eea4e04a34c0234406c8b213cd9ad90.png)

Then if I delete it

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/6/0601015ffad6a3404966840a19b872fbe65c1e8e.png)

it disappears from this screen

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/6/0601015ffad6a3404966840a19b872fbe65c1e8e.png)

but now appears on this screen

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/e/0ebf746577c24107137fab73b8ccf6a42eabd28d.png)

Tried this in both a 1.0.3 install and a 1.1.0 - same behaviour

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [9 July 2020 12:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-of-environment-values-in-subflows-a-bit-strange/29779/2 "2020-07-09T12:13:03Z")

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Its quite hard to follow those screenshots to understand what 'this screen' means each time.

If I had to guess, try not starting your env var with a `_`.

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [9 July 2020 12:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-of-environment-values-in-subflows-a-bit-strange/29779/3 "2020-07-09T12:36:06Z")

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Here's a video of me doing it again

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/9/a927390616b21ce5f050bdf252d0d3750e3ca132.jpeg "envvarNR") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moWplWhTtBA)

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [7 September 2020 12:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-of-environment-values-in-subflows-a-bit-strange/29779/4 "2020-09-07T12:36:06Z")

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