# Can anyone tell me what this little red dot means?

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/can-anyone-tell-me-what-this-little-red-dot-means/19041>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [July 22, 2022, 9:21am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/can-anyone-tell-me-what-this-little-red-dot-means/19041 "2022-07-22T09:21:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![alborada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@alborada](https://qa.fmod.com/u/alborada)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 9:21am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/can-anyone-tell-me-what-this-little-red-dot-means/19041/1 "2022-07-22T09:21:22Z")

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![Screenshot 2022-07-22 at 10.18.29](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/4/4ed236adfa6dc43314831bd5d4c04bcdabc589ed.png)

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**Author:** ![joseph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/joseph/32/264_2.png) [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/can-anyone-tell-me-what-this-little-red-dot-means/19041/2 "2022-07-25T07:51:51Z")

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The red dot indicates that the property is automated.

If the property in your screenshot is a parameter, clicking on the word “Progress” will display the parameter’s properties (and automation) in the deck.

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**Author:** ![alborada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@alborada](https://qa.fmod.com/u/alborada)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/can-anyone-tell-me-what-this-little-red-dot-means/19041/3 "2022-07-25T08:03:19Z")

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Thanks for your help 🙂