# Which Routine Triggered an Event?

**URL:** <https://community.smartthings.com/t/which-routine-triggered-an-event/279162>\
**Category:** SmartApps & Automations\
**Created:** [March 2, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/which-routine-triggered-an-event/279162 "2024-03-02T20:54:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidinuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@davidinuk](https://community.smartthings.com/u/davidinuk)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/which-routine-triggered-an-event/279162/1 "2024-03-02T20:54:15Z")

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Hi

I’m trying to work out why something acted in a certain manner and, I cannot work it out just by going through the rules I’ve set up and the actual basic activity logs.

Is there any way to see what triggered a specific event?

Thanks!!!

P.s. I have searched the forum and Googled it but just can’t seem to find the right words to get me the answer I need!!!

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**Author:** ![h0ckeysk8er](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/h0ckeysk8er/32/195141_2.png) [@h0ckeysk8er](https://community.smartthings.com/u/h0ckeysk8er)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/which-routine-triggered-an-event/279162/2 "2024-03-02T21:10:07Z")

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> [@davidinuk](#):
>
> Hi
> 
> I’m trying to work out why something acted in a certain manner and, I cannot work it out just by going through the rules I’ve set up and the actual basic activity logs.
> 
> Is there any way to see what triggered a specific event?
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
> P.s. I have searched the forum and Googled it but just can’t seem to find the right words to get me the answer I need!!!

No, it’s not real easy to figure out what might be triggering a device. There are the general history logs which can be found from the Menu tab which records what Routines are running. You can also see all the Routines associated with a device in the “In Use By” section of the device detail in the ST [Advanced Web App](https://my.smartthings.com/advanced).

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Some people have discovered that Alexa Hunches are the mystery culprit, so if you have any of those, check to see if there are any Hunches or disable that feature.