# Looking for suggestions on multiple copies of a flow

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looking-for-suggestions-on-multiple-copies-of-a-flow/51924>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [6 October 2021 14:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looking-for-suggestions-on-multiple-copies-of-a-flow/51924 "2021-10-06T14:33:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![tmichaeltx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@tmichaeltx](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tmichaeltx)\
**Post date:** [6 October 2021 14:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looking-for-suggestions-on-multiple-copies-of-a-flow/51924/1 "2021-10-06T14:33:57Z")

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I am using NR for my home automation and have come up with a flow that I like a lot allows me to have synchronized control of a device (typically a switch or bulb) from many different interfaces (hubitat, alexa, google home, NR dashboard).

So I end up making copies of the flow for each device. What I have found is that some of the nodes (NR dashboard, SmartNora, Hubitat, storage into context variables) must be customized for the specific device.

1. I am looking for suggestions, for how I can go through the following sequence effectively:
2. Copy the flow
3. Update those nodes that require customization
4. Update Link-in Link-out nodes to point to their counterparts tied to this particular device, not the copy source

My challenge is that I want to make sure I have updated them all before deploying as missing an update can generate weird results until the missed update is found.

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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:** [5 December 2021 14:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looking-for-suggestions-on-multiple-copies-of-a-flow/51924/2 "2021-12-05T14:34:19Z")

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