# Dashboard

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## [How to maintain dashboard layout on import?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-maintain-dashboard-layout-on-import/47846)

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**Author:** [@dleberfinger](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dleberfinger)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [1 July 2021 21:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-maintain-dashboard-layout-on-import/47846 "2021-07-01T21:03:59Z")

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I'm trying to copy my flow 12 times, but each time I export and then import, the dashboard layout gets destroyed. What can I do to keep this from happening every time I import? Before: After:

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## [Color setting RED.nodes.registerType doesn't work](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/color-setting-red-nodes-registertype-doesnt-work/47838)

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**Author:** [@gaetan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gaetan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [1 July 2021 06:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/color-setting-red-nodes-registertype-doesnt-work/47838 "2021-07-01T06:56:46Z")

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Hello, I have a problem with the color setting of "RED.nodes.registerType". Node-RED 1.3.5 I am using an asynchronous function to load the default settings, if I harden the settings I don't have the problem. RED.nodes.…

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## [Can some one help me get msg.payload to data](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-some-one-help-me-get-msg-payload-to-data/47783)

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**Author:** [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [1 July 2021 01:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-some-one-help-me-get-msg-payload-to-data/47783 "2021-07-01T01:09:24Z")

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Can some one help me get msg.payload to data dataTemp to function(scope) many Thanks... i am beginner for node red ui code Code: \[{"id":"66cb4ef1.3afa9","type":"tab","label":"Flow 2","disabled":false,"info":""},{"id":…

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## [Very slow dashboard on raspberry pi](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/very-slow-dashboard-on-raspberry-pi/47829)

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**Author:** [@achrefnajjar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/achrefnajjar)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2021 21:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/very-slow-dashboard-on-raspberry-pi/47829 "2021-06-30T21:16:26Z")

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hello guys i,m working on my raspberry pi 4 with node red and i,m getting a very slow responsive of the dashboard. allthough it worked fine before. help ! please

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## [Covid application form help](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/covid-application-form-help/47830)

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**Author:** [@brian1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/brian1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2021 11:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/covid-application-form-help/47830 "2021-06-30T11:07:35Z")

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Dood day. Iv been at it for 2 days now. I'm trying to make a covid application form to save the data to a MySQL db. the problem I'm having is the text input node on the UI, send the payload when you finish typing and th…

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## [How to Add 2 Pictures in Header Section of Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-2-pictures-in-header-section-of-dashboard/47822)

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**Author:** [@saqib](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/saqib)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [30 June 2021 09:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-2-pictures-in-header-section-of-dashboard/47822 "2021-06-30T09:38:57Z")

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Hello Everyone, I am trying to add 2 to 3 logos in header section of my dashboard, I have added 1 already but i don't know how to add second one because if i use the same code with different pixel positions it replaces …

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## [X axis time won't change as per the need](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/x-axis-time-wont-change-as-per-the-need/47786)

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**Author:** [@KrishnanRavichandran](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/KrishnanRavichandran)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [29 June 2021 15:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/x-axis-time-wont-change-as-per-the-need/47786 "2021-06-29T15:38:02Z")

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I am using ADAM 6717 for obtaining data from the sensors. I have the need to plot the chart to show the incoming datas. Thought I make the X axis to last 1 hour or 1 day or minutes, I do not have any change in the chart…

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## [How to setup a multi-input form to register an Item](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-setup-a-multi-input-form-to-register-an-item/47773)

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**Author:** [@WeeSeong](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WeeSeong)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [29 June 2021 09:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-setup-a-multi-input-form-to-register-an-item/47773 "2021-06-29T09:34:36Z")

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Hi everyone, I'm rather new to Node-RED and I want to setup a page for me to key in details to reserve an item into a database. What I had in mind was to key in the values through numbers of ui\_text\_input and ui\_dropdow…

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## [Ui\_text without background](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-text-without-background/47758)

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**Author:** [@Mario](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mario)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [29 June 2021 08:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-text-without-background/47758 "2021-06-29T08:45:37Z")

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Hello, is it possible to create a ui\_text element without a background color? I have a dashboard with a background image on which the text field no longer looks good with a white background - see image.

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## [So how does \`grafana\` compare to the \`dashboard\`](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/so-how-does-grafana-compare-to-the-dashboard/47738)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [29 June 2021 00:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/so-how-does-grafana-compare-to-the-dashboard/47738 "2021-06-29T00:29:59Z")

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Yeah, ok, I should probably research it a bit myself. But I see it is mentioned here. How is it different to the supplied dashboard? Are there any advantages? Though I guess that comes down to what is needed by the u…

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## [UI Dropdown Single Entry selection problem](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-dropdown-single-entry-selection-problem/47743)

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**Author:** [@lizhong](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lizhong)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [28 June 2021 12:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-dropdown-single-entry-selection-problem/47743 "2021-06-28T12:39:49Z")

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Hi all, I am currently attempting to populate my dropdown UI dynamically based on the results from my queries from my InfluxDB. Then selecting the options, I set the options to my flow context where I wish to work with f…

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## [How to pass a context value to ui-table](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-pass-a-context-value-to-ui-table/47709)

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**Author:** [@Nasro](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nasro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [27 June 2021 11:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-pass-a-context-value-to-ui-table/47709 "2021-06-27T11:08:46Z")

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Hi I have this tabulator config how can I pass a value to this function I try this but dosen't work for me i am using function node that inject this msg to ui-table node var min\_justifi=flow.get("min\_justifi"); msg.…

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## [Gradient Button Style](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gradient-button-style/47616)

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**Author:** [@DrdP](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DrdP)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [25 June 2021 18:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gradient-button-style/47616 "2021-06-25T18:24:51Z")

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I am trying to get the buttons to have a 3D look with a gradient. I have inserted this into the button CSS section but it has no effect. Is there something missing here? I got this from CSS schools website. \<!DOCTYPE ht…

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## [How to use gauge dashboard to displayed 3 signals input](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-gauge-dashboard-to-displayed-3-signals-input/47620)

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**Author:** [@PNWw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PNWw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [25 June 2021 07:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-gauge-dashboard-to-displayed-3-signals-input/47620 "2021-06-25T07:45:15Z")

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i just have sensor and it send 3 signals but i can displayed only 1 signal,but i need to displayed 3 signals

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## [Creazione di una pagina con un iframe che contiene una mappa](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creazione-di-una-pagina-con-un-iframe-che-contiene-una-mappa/47590)

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**Author:** [@Cosimo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Cosimo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [24 June 2021 17:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creazione-di-una-pagina-con-un-iframe-che-contiene-una-mappa/47590 "2021-06-24T17:53:17Z")

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Utilizzando il seguente codice, non capisco come visualizzare la mappa in un piccolo frame, che non occupi l'intera pagina. Il codice Node-red è il seguente: \[{"id":"2635bfdb.6e08a","type":"tab","label":"Flow 3","disab…

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## [Dashboard menu won't disappear](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-menu-wont-disappear/47532)

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**Author:** [@scargill](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/scargill)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [24 June 2021 17:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-menu-wont-disappear/47532 "2021-06-24T17:20:17Z")

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Forgive me if this is no new - but I'm in a bind. I use Dashboard constantly for my home control here in Spain and in back the UK (via vpn) and I check every day. Works a treat. I have near-identical setups in both locat…

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## [Embedding a H265 video stream into the NodeRED dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/embedding-a-h265-video-stream-into-the-nodered-dashboard/47540)

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**Author:** [@dpina](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dpina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [23 June 2021 17:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/embedding-a-h265-video-stream-into-the-nodered-dashboard/47540 "2021-06-23T17:14:55Z")

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Hello, Sorry if this question seems a bit ignorant but I'm pretty new to NodeRED. I'd like to know if the NodeRed dashboard supports having live video feeds, specifically from cameras that encode the video into a H265 …

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## [Grafana 8.1 - big step for IoT dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grafana-8-1-big-step-for-iot-dashboard/47195)

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**Author:** [@iiLaw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/iiLaw)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [23 June 2021 09:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grafana-8-1-big-step-for-iot-dashboard/47195 "2021-06-23T09:03:02Z")

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I know this is a Node-Red forum but many on here use Grafana. With 8.0 there is now live streaming in graphs and support for Booleans. From an IoT & NR perspective you can live stream to Grafana via MQTT. With 8.1 a n…

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## [How can I call data from AWS DynamoDB to node-red and create a dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-call-data-from-aws-dynamodb-to-node-red-and-create-a-dashboard/47502)

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**Author:** [@sdsu-dml](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sdsu-dml)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2021 22:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-i-call-data-from-aws-dynamodb-to-node-red-and-create-a-dashboard/47502 "2021-06-22T22:00:11Z")

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Hi, I am new to node-red. AS the topic, I have finished EC2 with node-red, store ttn data in DynamoDB, MQTT in node-red. How can I call data from AWS DynamoDB to node-red and create a dashboard?

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## [How to refer to a flow context variable in ui\_template?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-refer-to-a-flow-context-variable-in-ui-template/47485)

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**Author:** [@levi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/levi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2021 18:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-refer-to-a-flow-context-variable-in-ui-template/47485 "2021-06-22T18:42:40Z")

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Hello, I created a table using ui\_template. I am populating the table with some Objects. Then next to each object I added a button to change the value of an Attribute of the Object assigning it to flow.get("attribute").…

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## [Dashboard - Group Border Corners](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-group-border-corners/47448)

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**Author:** [@eddee54455](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/eddee54455)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2021 14:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-group-border-corners/47448 "2021-06-22T14:53:44Z")

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Good day everyone! Is it possible to change the corner radius on group borders? Purely aesthetic, I would like my NR Dash's to look a little nicer... Tia Ed

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## [Dashboard color picker overlaps menu](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-color-picker-overlaps-menu/47479)

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**Author:** [@medex](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/medex)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2021 13:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-color-picker-overlaps-menu/47479 "2021-06-22T13:24:20Z")

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Hi everyone! Sorry, but I'm stumbled upon a small annoying problem: As in the picture stated I'm using a color picker that is permanently shown open. When I open the navigation menu on a small screen (eg smartphone). Th…

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## [Clickable logo image in css](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clickable-logo-image-in-css/47465)

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**Author:** [@noBody](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/noBody)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2021 11:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/clickable-logo-image-in-css/47465 "2021-06-22T11:13:41Z")

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Hi, I am setting logo for my UI dashboard using this code. \<style\> .md-toolbar-tools{ background-image: url("/logo.png"); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:right top; …

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## [Foreground color change in template](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/foreground-color-change-in-template/47467)

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**Author:** [@juntiedt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/juntiedt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [22 June 2021 09:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/foreground-color-change-in-template/47467 "2021-06-22T09:27:26Z")

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I am sending this msg.payload to a smal template (size1x2) which shows a room and the last time of the sensor read. msg.payload = "\<center\>" + "\<br\>" + room + "\<br\>" + "\<font size='2'\>" + msg.time + "\</font\>" + "\</cente…

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## [UI media in NodeRed Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-media-in-nodered-dashboard/47222)

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**Author:** [@marwinwijaya](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marwinwijaya)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [21 June 2021 08:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-media-in-nodered-dashboard/47222 "2021-06-21T08:42:39Z")

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How to add some pict in NodeRed Dashboard? I install node-red-contrib-ui-media but i have error when insert the .png file. my error is : 16 Jun 14:55:49 - \[red\] Uncaught Exception: 16 Jun 14:55:49 - TypeError: pa…

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## [Countdown timer](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/countdown-timer/47434)

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**Author:** [@brian1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/brian1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [21 June 2021 12:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/countdown-timer/47434 "2021-06-21T12:11:05Z")

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Hi. This is my first post and don't know mouth about java scrips and need some( a lot) of help. Im urgently looking for a count down timer as the one we been using stopped working its about 10 yours old, so looking to …

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## [Uibuilder: How to set the title property of an Apex chart?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-how-to-set-the-title-property-of-an-apex-chart/47367)

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**Author:** [@CreativeWarlock](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CreativeWarlock)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [20 June 2021 14:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-how-to-set-the-title-property-of-an-apex-chart/47367 "2021-06-20T14:29:57Z")

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Ahoi, with @TotallyInformation's uibuilder I'm happily displaying various charts on my dashboard. The updating works as well, but I never came around the problem of changing the title of an Apex chart that is configured…

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## [How to Hide and Show Line Chart Series?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-hide-and-show-line-chart-series/7625)

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**Author:** [@tcontrada](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tcontrada)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [19 June 2021 17:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-hide-and-show-line-chart-series/7625 "2021-06-19T17:29:18Z")

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Is there a way in a chart with multiple series to hide/show individual series without affecting the data already in the chart? Thanks

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## [Template UI fed by template node msg.template - how to make it appear?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-ui-fed-by-template-node-msg-template-how-to-make-it-appear/47339)

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**Author:** [@hazymat](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hazymat)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [19 June 2021 11:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-ui-fed-by-template-node-msg-template-how-to-make-it-appear/47339 "2021-06-19T11:51:58Z")

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I use Template UI node a lot and instead of entering code directly, I sometimes like to feed it from the Template node: Sometimes I will like to put the Template node (the brown one) into a subflow along with some…

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## [Dashboard Trouble](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-trouble/47349)

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**Author:** [@KidSquid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/KidSquid)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [19 June 2021 01:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-trouble/47349 "2021-06-19T01:27:58Z")

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Hello - Somewhat of a newbie here....appreciate your patience and assistance. I'm having an issue getting to implement a Dashboard. When I try and visit my install location /ui I receive a blank page with the title of…

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