# Dashboard

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## [Importing Dashboard Flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/importing-dashboard-flow/97188)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [22 May 2025 13:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/importing-dashboard-flow/97188 "2025-05-22T13:51:23Z")

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On a Pi I have a simple dashboard, just a gauge, with all defaults: UI: My Dashboard Page: Page 1 Group: Group 1 Import a complete flow which has UI: My Dashboard Page: Solar Group: Solar After deploying, the con…

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## [DB-2 weird thing with button sizes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db-2-weird-thing-with-button-sizes/97161)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [21 May 2025 21:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db-2-weird-thing-with-button-sizes/97161 "2025-05-21T21:05:11Z")

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Folks, I'm new to the new dashboard and this is confusing. Status quo - to call it. (Yeah, a lot of screen shots) Nice "short" buttons. (edit side - just to declare things) Now, when I enable that text field: …

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## [Trying to remove persistent gradient site background](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-remove-persistent-gradient-site-background/97184)

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**Author:** [@mikkythomeon](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mikkythomeon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [21 May 2025 12:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-remove-persistent-gradient-site-background/97184 "2025-05-21T12:23:16Z")

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Hi, I have been using Node Red for a while and its a fantastic tool. The issue I have is that I have a site-wide gradient background that was added to Node-Red and its awful. When I change themes in Node red, the side b…

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## [Dashboard2 Table: possible to pass properties?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard2-table-possible-to-pass-properties/97143)

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**Author:** [@no\_mpimpi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/no_mpimpi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [19 May 2025 08:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard2-table-possible-to-pass-properties/97143 "2025-05-19T08:50:43Z")

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Hello all, I am trying to display data about my inverter in a table. But the first object in the Group is a tall 3x1 gauge representing the battery level, and then a table. This means the table is rendering in a space …

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## [Node-red-dashboard-2-ui-state-timeline - Feature Request](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-2-ui-state-timeline-feature-request/97138)

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**Author:** [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [19 May 2025 07:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-2-ui-state-timeline-feature-request/97138 "2025-05-19T07:28:53Z")

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@cgjgh stumbled upon this widget, @cgjgh/node-red-dashboard-2-ui-state-timeline excellent work, I was using node-red-contrib-ui-state-trail by @hotNipi for dashboard-1 and when i decided to switch over to DB-2, could …

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## [DB2 - Button enable / disable - was something changed in 1.23.0?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-button-enable-disable-was-something-changed-in-1-23-0/97115)

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**Author:** [@SandeepA](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SandeepA)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2025 14:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-button-enable-disable-was-something-changed-in-1-23-0/97115 "2025-05-18T14:13:39Z")

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Hi , I have a flow which I created on my private instance of NR. The flow extensively uses DB2 elements. It has DB2 1.23 version. I exported this to my master version of NR. That has 1.22 DB2 version. Q : Was somethi…

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## [How to show Json object in a notification popup, pretty-printed](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-show-json-object-in-a-notification-popup-pretty-printed/97111)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2025 10:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-show-json-object-in-a-notification-popup-pretty-printed/97111 "2025-05-18T10:07:26Z")

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I can pretty print an object to the debug panel: const myObject = { name: 'Eleanor', age: 30, hobbies: \['Chocolate', 'Swimming', 'Ornithology'\] }; const prettyPrintedObject = JSON.stringify(myObject, null, 2); ms…

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## [UI Dropdown label cropped](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-dropdown-label-cropped/97117)

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**Author:** [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [18 May 2025 08:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-dropdown-label-cropped/97117 "2025-05-18T08:55:24Z")

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First time I've used the UI Dropdown node in DB2, but noticed that the node label is cropped at the top?? I thought it may be some CSS interaction somewhere and have looked through my various UI template nodes, and c…

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## [Accessing Editor instead of Dashboard from Internet](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-editor-instead-of-dashboard-from-internet/97090)

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**Author:** [@Holyhobgoblin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Holyhobgoblin)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2025 14:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-editor-instead-of-dashboard-from-internet/97090 "2025-05-17T14:18:06Z")

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Howdy Peeps New to Node-Red and looking for a little help/direction with my test setup. Created a Dashboard which is reading 3 numerical data from a PLC via MQTT and displayed using gauges. Dashboard working great for…

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## [Update table rows in dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-table-rows-in-dashboard/97074)

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**Author:** [@Cristian](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Cristian)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [17 May 2025 02:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-table-rows-in-dashboard/97074 "2025-05-17T02:01:48Z")

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Hi, I want to create a table with a fixed number of rows to present some data. The data changes from time to time, so some updates to a table row must be made. I managed to store the entire data in a variable, empty the…

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## [Blank Pie Chart](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-pie-chart/97072)

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**Author:** [@Dar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dar)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [16 May 2025 00:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-pie-chart/97072 "2025-05-16T00:20:00Z")

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Hello! I want to ask for help regarding my pie chart that is blank where nothing was displayed but the widget, I am trying to display live data from plc of how many time the machine alarm occurs. This is my first time u…

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## [How to give a Switch a Label](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-give-a-switch-a-label/97075)

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**Author:** [@Naitsa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Naitsa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [15 May 2025 15:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-give-a-switch-a-label/97075 "2025-05-15T15:28:15Z")

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I use a lot of Switches on my Dashboard, so using the usual Label would make it to full. My idea was to only show the Label with an on-hover effekt. But i have no clue how i could achieve that. Does anyone have prior e…

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## [Dashboard 2 Slider from center, like audio balance slider](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-slider-from-center-like-audio-balance-slider/97003)

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**Author:** [@repho](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/repho)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [14 May 2025 03:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-slider-from-center-like-audio-balance-slider/97003 "2025-05-14T03:39:08Z")

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Hi, I'm new to NR and loving it so far. I would like to add a slider on my dashboard but I need it to work from center, like -10...0...10. Something like how a balance slider on a audio device works. It would need to fi…

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## [Next problem I have with new machine. (Dashboards)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/next-problem-i-have-with-new-machine-dashboards/97042)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [13 May 2025 21:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/next-problem-i-have-with-new-machine-dashboards/97042 "2025-05-13T21:40:12Z")

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Ok, there is a way I can see, but it will be painful. I had have a machine and it was running.... Stretch and an early version of NR. I wanted to install a new bit of code, but time bit me in the bottom and I couldn't. …

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## [CSS Styling in Dashboard 2.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/css-styling-in-dashboard-2-0/97045)

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**Author:** [@Naitsa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Naitsa)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [13 May 2025 08:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/css-styling-in-dashboard-2-0/97045 "2025-05-13T08:54:55Z")

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Hey there, i am new to Node-Red Dashboard 2.0. I am struggling to give my button the CSS-Class i want. Whe ni double click the Node to open the Properties and give a "Optional CSS-Class", nothing happends. When i look w…

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## [How to get where a specific global variable is used?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-where-a-specific-global-variable-is-used/97027)

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**Author:** [@DenisCeleghin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DenisCeleghin)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [12 May 2025 15:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-where-a-specific-global-variable-is-used/97027 "2025-05-12T15:31:01Z")

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Hi to all, I'm rookie on Node-red variable. I'm using some specifics global variables. they are spred on several flows and I need to know where they are used in my flows. So, I wonder if there's a way to get where tho…

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## [Sizing of the UI Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sizing-of-the-ui-dashboard/96978)

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**Author:** [@Naitsa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Naitsa)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [12 May 2025 11:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sizing-of-the-ui-dashboard/96978 "2025-05-12T11:11:43Z")

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Hey there, i am quite new to NodeRed and have little to no experience. In my first project i want to give the UI-Group ("Home") 100% Width so it fills the screen, no matter the Width (and maybe height, too). The only t…

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## [Ui-chart tooltip value format](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-chart-tooltip-value-format/96987)

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**Author:** [@horemansp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/horemansp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [10 May 2025 06:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-chart-tooltip-value-format/96987 "2025-05-10T06:52:11Z")

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I have created a chart from an array that has X-Y values. the tooltip shows a weird number for the X-axis (see screenshot) Any idea how to fix this? I'm on v3.1.10 and using the ui-chart from the node-red-dashboard pall…

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## [Analog CSS clock for Dashboard2 (from Hotnipi?)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/analog-css-clock-for-dashboard2-from-hotnipi/96937)

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**Author:** [@MrX](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MrX)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [9 May 2025 08:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/analog-css-clock-for-dashboard2-from-hotnipi/96937 "2025-05-09T08:40:11Z")

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I have analog clock CSS template (from Hotnipi?) and it works great in Dashboard1, but now I want to convert it to Dashboard2 with Vue.js, but I don't know how I should do. The user interface works great on Dashboard…

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## [Dashboard 2 doesn't refresh in firefox](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-doesnt-refresh-in-firefox/96972)

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**Author:** [@Pepex7](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Pepex7)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [8 May 2025 21:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-doesnt-refresh-in-firefox/96972 "2025-05-08T21:04:34Z")

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I'm using Firefox Kiosk Mode on an Ubuntu 24.04 desktop with Dashboard 2. When I leave it open for hours, the dashboard doesn't refresh (it freezes). Is there a way to refresh it automatically? I open Firefox as a servi…

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## [Dashboard chart colours (again)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-chart-colours-again/92375)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [8 May 2025 14:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-chart-colours-again/92375 "2025-05-08T14:13:49Z")

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The colours used on charts are derived from these 9 config values When a line chart has more than 9 different series, or a bar chart uses Series: none, they loop back to repeat the same 9 values eg Can the node co…

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## [Dashboard not keeping my data](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-keeping-my-data/96943)

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**Author:** [@ArcelorMan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ArcelorMan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 May 2025 06:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-not-keeping-my-data/96943 "2025-05-08T06:55:12Z")

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(Dashboard 2 comes later, first i need to fix the current iteration so it is back to working) I have an issue where some of my webpage data will delete on page refresh. Below are the pictures of what happens. I can't s…

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## [Chart bar problem](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/chart-bar-problem/96929)

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**Author:** [@fares-31](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fares-31)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [7 May 2025 15:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/chart-bar-problem/96929 "2025-05-07T15:01:58Z")

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hello , i have a probleme how i can show the time in bar chart in form 00:00 no like a timestamp , i use Dashboard2.0 thanks

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## [How can show time in bar chart dashboard 2.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-show-time-in-bar-chart-dashboard-2-0/96944)

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**Author:** [@fares-31](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fares-31)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [7 May 2025 14:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-can-show-time-in-bar-chart-dashboard-2-0/96944 "2025-05-07T14:07:09Z")

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## [How to display JSON Data in a Gauge?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-display-json-data-in-a-gauge/96900)

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**Author:** [@PokeSiMon](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PokeSiMon)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [7 May 2025 13:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-display-json-data-in-a-gauge/96900 "2025-05-07T13:42:15Z")

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Hi I am new to node-red and have already figured out how to get the data from a JSON website in to node-red using inject-node + http-request-node & the debug-node. Also figured out how to extract specific data contained …

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## [Download a file, with filename defined from flow context variable, with a button](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/download-a-file-with-filename-defined-from-flow-context-variable-with-a-button/96934)

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**Author:** [@DrNeon](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DrNeon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [6 May 2025 21:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/download-a-file-with-filename-defined-from-flow-context-variable-with-a-button/96934 "2025-05-06T21:46:12Z")

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I have a flow that takes data supplied over MQTT, plots it, and can save it to a file, with the filename defined in a text input field (filename then gets saved to a flow context variable). I'd like to have a button tha…

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## [3 Serials Ports in Node red with proteus](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/3-serials-ports-in-node-red-with-proteus/96920)

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**Author:** [@andersonmario](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/andersonmario)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [6 May 2025 11:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/3-serials-ports-in-node-red-with-proteus/96920 "2025-05-06T11:10:39Z")

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Hello, I’m having difficulties transmitting data via the serial port from Proteus to Node-RED. I can only use one port — when I try to use all three, it doesn’t work correctly and only one port works properly. But I need…

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## [Creating maps with Dashboard 2.0 Template node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-maps-with-dashboard-2-0-template-node/96872)

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**Author:** [@mintcc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mintcc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [6 May 2025 09:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-maps-with-dashboard-2-0-template-node/96872 "2025-05-06T09:22:33Z")

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I’ve been trying to create a simple map dashboard using the Dashboard 2.0 Template node. I’m not using worldmap because it doesn’t support multi-user instances and the same map is shared across all users. I tried impleme…

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## [Dashboard socketip: '\<socketip\>'](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-socketip-socketip/96868)

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**Author:** [@edstobi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edstobi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [5 May 2025 23:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-socketip-socketip/96868 "2025-05-05T23:24:33Z")

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Hello, I'm currently rebuilding my Node-RED setup and have switched to Dashboard 2. Now I'm painstakingly migrating my Dashboard 1 flows to Dashboard 2, but I'm stuck with the ui-control node. Previously, I was able to…

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## [Node-RED Flow: Status Display with Icons and Colors](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-flow-status-display-with-icons-and-colors/96887)

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**Author:** [@edstobi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edstobi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [5 May 2025 22:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-flow-status-display-with-icons-and-colors/96887 "2025-05-05T22:19:10Z")

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This flow provides a status display for a device (a fan) using Node-RED Dashboard. It uses Material Icons and color coding to visualize different states. How it shoud work: Inject Nodes Four inject nodes simulate dif…

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