Hi, a lot of nodes has the functionality of reading from a context on inputs. For example the change node can read a variable from the global context and write it to the incoming message [image] I would very much like to have the same feature in my own subflows, so that something like this subflo…

No, that is not possible. The subflow flow properties appear as environment variables to the nodes within the flow. Their values are determined when the flow starts and cannot change without a restart. That means they cannot be set via message or context properties.

Is there a way to allow for the msg. / flow. / global. input types for subflows?

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greengolfer 18 August 2020 09:12 7

The alternative would also be node-red-contrib-components (look at Renaming of node-red-contrib-components)
It does "kind of" what subflows can do but with this extra possibility.
GV

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Is there a way to allow for the msg. / flow. / global. input types for subflows?

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