# Switch Stops Flow After Second Rule Applies

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [28 January 2023 12:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298 "2023-01-28T12:14:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![ars4l4n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ars4l4n/32/45296_2.png) [@ars4l4n](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ars4l4n)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2023 12:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298/1 "2023-01-28T12:14:18Z")

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I set up a switch with 2 conditional outputs. There's instances where both outputs would fire and so that this wouldn't happen I set the switch to stop after the first rule applies. What the switch does now is it just checks the 2nd rule and after that applies it skips the first which is weird to me because I would expect it to check the first rule which is on top of the other first. And I don't want to change their order because it would be inconsistent with how I imagine how my flows should be visually represented for better understandibility. Do you have some suggestions for fixes?

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**Author:** ![marcus-j-davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/marcus-j-davies/32/103435_2.png) [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2023 12:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298/2 "2023-01-28T12:38:03Z")

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Hi @ars4l4n

Can you share/export the portion of your flow that demonstrates this?

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**Author:** ![ars4l4n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ars4l4n/32/45296_2.png) [@ars4l4n](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ars4l4n)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2023 12:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298/3 "2023-01-28T12:43:57Z")

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Node handelt"},{"id":"6bed856e.d1a4ac","type":"http request","z":"a5fc1698.8bc088","name":"Impossible? Check The Next 12hs' Weather","method":"GET","ret":"obj","paytoqs":"ignore","url":"[http://dataservice.accuweather.com/forecasts/v1/hourly/12hour/174687?apikey=XXXXXXXX&details=true&metric=true","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","authType":"","x":730,"y":240,"wires":[["1ffe6542.58360b","cdc45cb2.12391"]],"info":"###](http://dataservice.accuweather.com/forecasts/v1/hourly/12hour/174687?apikey=XXXXXXXX&details=true&metric=true%22,%22tls%22:%22%22,%22persist%22:false,%22proxy%22:%22%22,%22authType%22:%22%22,%22x%22:730,%22y%22:240,%22wires%22:%5B%5B%221ffe6542.58360b%22,%22cdc45cb2.12391%22%5D%5D,%22info%22:%22###) **Notiz:** `Rç�ckgabe: Parsed JSON Objekt`, weil `UTF8-Zeichenfolge` unübersichtlich ist, nichtmal komplett ins Debugfenster passt und `Binärer Buffer` unverstà����ndliche Zahlenfolgen ausgibt..\n\nübrigens gibt nur die 12h abfrage die luftfeuchtigkeit aus, die 1d abfrage aber nicht"},{"id":"1ffe6542.58360b","type":"switch","z":"a5fc1698.8bc088","name":"Humidity \<55%? \*","property":"payload[0].RelativeHumidity","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"lte","v":"55","vt":"num"},{"t":"gt","v":"55","vt":"str"}],"checkall":"false","repair":false,"outputs":2,"x":1010,"y":240,"wires":[["8ad58dfe.01da2"],["bfcc2df1.fbf1d"]],"info":"da Sommer 2022 nie "Wasch heute Wäsche" getriggert wurde, scheint es, als würde die 2. Kondition "\>55%" vor der 1. abgefragt werden. Deswegen verstelle ich deren position, aber es gefällt mir nicht."},{"id":"8ad58dfe.01da2","type":"api-call-service","z":"a5fc1698.8bc088","name":"yes? Notify Me: "Do Laundry Today!"","server":"9322cd47.1111","version":3,"debugenabled":false,"service\_domain":"notify","service":"alle\_relevanten\_gerate","entityId":"","data":"{ "message": "Wasch heute Wäsche!" }","dataType":"json","mergecontext":"","mustacheAltTags":false,"outputProperties":,"queue":"none","x":1270,"y":220,"wires":[],"info":"die Aussage "unmöglich" ist glaub ich streng genommen meteorologisch unkorrekt"},{"id":"cdc45cb2.12391","type":"debug","z":"a5fc1698.8bc088","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":850,"y":280,"wires":},{"id":"bfcc2df1.fbf1d","type":"api-call-service","z":"a5fc1698.8bc088","name":"no? 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**Author:** ![marcus-j-davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/marcus-j-davies/32/103435_2.png) [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2023 12:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298/4 "2023-01-28T12:49:57Z")

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Hi @ars4l4n - for some reason thats not parsing, please use backticks to format the code.

````auto
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JSON here
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**Author:** ![ars4l4n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ars4l4n/32/45296_2.png) [@ars4l4n](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ars4l4n)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2023 13:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298/5 "2023-01-28T13:21:35Z")

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does it work now?

```auto
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**Author:** ![marcus-j-davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/marcus-j-davies/32/103435_2.png) [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2023 13:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298/6 "2023-01-28T13:44:00Z")

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It did,

and It's acting exactly as I thought it would.

![Jan-28-2023 13-38-59](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/9/190d5746ee818f4ebf2a1c93a5a34e7c676f377c.gif)

So are you saying only the last rule is being triggered? - as I don't see that, I can only suggest checking the values again?

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2023 13:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298/7 "2023-01-28T13:48:42Z")

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You posted your actual API key. I've edited the post to remove them.

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**Author:** ![ars4l4n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ars4l4n/32/45296_2.png) [@ars4l4n](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ars4l4n)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2023 19:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298/8 "2023-01-28T19:17:00Z")

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I don't know what has been going on. I noticed this issue during summer. I've doublechecked again with some different values and it seems to be working. I'll have to check it out during summer when it becomes relevant again. Sorry for taking your time.

@TotallyInformation ty

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**Post date:** [29 March 2023 19:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-stops-flow-after-second-rule-applies/74298/9 "2023-03-29T19:17:03Z")

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