# Enable or disable processing or flows

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-or-disable-processing-or-flows/23379>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [20 March 2020 22:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-or-disable-processing-or-flows/23379 "2020-03-20T22:58:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![drmibell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/drmibell/32/8424_2.png) [@drmibell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drmibell)\
**Post date:** [22 March 2020 22:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-or-disable-processing-or-flows/23379/6 "2020-03-22T22:08:05Z")

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> [@Trying\_to\_learn](#):
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> The only think I like `traffic` more for is it allows `true` and `false` signals to control it too, where as `gate` wants text.

Thanks for pointing that out. I think it is a trivial change to allow `gate` commands to be numbers or booleans. I will raise an issue for myself on GitHub and release an update as soon as I can test and document it.

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