# Need help on how to "tell" a component to do something

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/need-help-on-how-to-tell-a-component-to-do-something/8884>\
**Category:** Design\
**Created:** [September 30, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/need-help-on-how-to-tell-a-component-to-do-something/8884 "2015-09-30T21:25:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/need-help-on-how-to-tell-a-component-to-do-something/8884/5 "2015-10-02T13:48:49Z")

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I think this is the closest there is to an ember sanctified answer that I’ve found [How to communicate to child components - #7 by ef4](http://discuss.emberjs.com/t/how-to-communicate-to-child-components/7772/7)

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