Ok, sorry for the bad title but I could not figure out how to formulate myself. I have several lights where I use several separate flows that are almost identical. It checks for motion and for the time of day and the reading of a light-sensor and uses a function to transform the lux (light level) fr…

Are the flows similar enough that you can build a subflow that you configure using the subflow properties, which can then be used for each light?

I not then show us how you attempted to replaced it with a global function.

The change node allows you to put variables onto the msg. Otherwise, a function node will let you grab any variables.

I'm using function nodes all the time and aware on how tog grab/manage variables. But I struggle to pass down the necessary values into a subflow :frowning: Simple example: I have a sublfow to turn on a Lamp (LampID via variable) The will switch ON The lamp will wait for a specified duration (Du…

The Trigger node will do that for you as long as each light control has a separate msg.topic.

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I do not use subflows yet as I'm not able to pass all dynamic properties (~10 variables) down into the subflow

Any advise?

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