# Help for what term to use to indicate the mode of something

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**Created:** [25 April 2022 03:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-for-what-term-to-use-to-indicate-the-mode-of-something/61737 "2022-04-25T03:08:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [25 April 2022 03:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-for-what-term-to-use-to-indicate-the-mode-of-something/61737/1 "2022-04-25T03:08:23Z")

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What word/_something_ can I use in a subflow ENV setting to control a setting.

Alas `mode` is taken. (Isn't it always the way) 😉

My effort on my version of the `filter` node (aka RBE) has run into a wall kind of.  
I added topic specific filtering which is now biting me and I want to disable it.

So I shall add an option in the _config_ of the node to have a _switch_ to make it either topic specific or to treat all messages as one.

But what would I call it?  
(just throwing it out there)

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [25 April 2022 07:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-for-what-term-to-use-to-indicate-the-mode-of-something/61737/2 "2022-04-25T07:10:34Z")

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useTopic

USE\_TOPIC

byTopic

PER\_TOPIC

topic\_based

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [24 June 2022 07:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-for-what-term-to-use-to-indicate-the-mode-of-something/61737/3 "2022-06-24T07:11:21Z")

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