# Dashboard

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## [Dashboard switch status](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-switch-status/93866)

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**Author:** [@horemansp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/horemansp)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [12 December 2024 16:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-switch-status/93866 "2024-12-12T16:55:53Z")

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I was wondering if you can change the switch status via the input msg.payload true/false. My switch is configured to send "led=on" when switched on and "led=off" when switched off. Now I'm looking to control the switch…

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## [Strange button behavior (Dashboard 2.0)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-button-behavior-dashboard-2-0/93765)

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**Author:** [@NodyRed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/NodyRed)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [12 December 2024 00:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/strange-button-behavior-dashboard-2-0/93765 "2024-12-12T00:54:01Z")

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Using button node with dynamic properties: I get: Whatever I tried to change on the input, nothing changes what is shown on the button. Behavior exists for 3 buttons in total. For testing, I connected a new butto…

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## [How to add icon to card header. Dashboard 2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-icon-to-card-header-dashboard-2/93731)

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**Author:** [@hotNipi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hotNipi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [11 December 2024 22:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-icon-to-card-header-dashboard-2/93731 "2024-12-11T22:33:07Z")

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I was asked privately but I tend to share ... The actual case was a bit more advanced but definitely for dedicated build so I do share basics only. Key point was that icon should be dynamically controllable in may ways…

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## [Dashboard 2 Data Format](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-data-format/93820)

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**Author:** [@gerrybartley](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerrybartley)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [11 December 2024 11:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-data-format/93820 "2024-12-11T11:58:38Z")

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Having trouble converting payload for Dashboard 1 chart into the expected format for Dashboard 2. \[{"labels":\["08 - 09","09 - 10","10 - 11","11 - 00","00 - 01","01 - 02","02 - 03","03 - 04","04 - 05","05 - 06","06 - 07"…

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## [Receiving "chunks" of data via MQTT and adding to Dashboard chart](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/receiving-chunks-of-data-via-mqtt-and-adding-to-dashboard-chart/93694)

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**Author:** [@DrNeon](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DrNeon)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [11 December 2024 09:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/receiving-chunks-of-data-via-mqtt-and-adding-to-dashboard-chart/93694 "2024-12-11T09:12:55Z")

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I have a datalogger system that is recording multiple data points (and associated timestamps) more quickly than one would want to publish via MQTT, so each MQTT submission includes multiple data that I want to append to …

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## [Dashboard (DB1)- Not working when run as windows Service](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-db1-not-working-when-run-as-windows-service/93819)

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**Author:** [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [11 December 2024 01:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-db1-not-working-when-run-as-windows-service/93819 "2024-12-11T01:13:07Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Dasboard does not display correctly when node-red is started as a windows service: I have exactly similar issue. when run at command prompt works OK. when run as a service only part of the…

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## [Issue with HTML Notifications on Dashboard After Upgrade](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issue-with-html-notifications-on-dashboard-after-upgrade/93813)

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**Author:** [@MecatronicaMADE](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MecatronicaMADE)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2024 23:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issue-with-html-notifications-on-dashboard-after-upgrade/93813 "2024-12-10T23:52:37Z")

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Hi community, I'm injecting HTML into a notification node via a template node. The HTML consists of a simple table, and the formatting works correctly in Node-RED version 1.18.0 (see Image 1). However, after upgrading to…

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## [Chart node doesn't support epoch timestamps anymore?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/chart-node-doesnt-support-epoch-timestamps-anymore/93780)

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**Author:** [@sys64738](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sys64738)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2024 22:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/chart-node-doesnt-support-epoch-timestamps-anymore/93780 "2024-12-10T22:34:24Z")

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Epoch timestamps worked until recently, but has the support really been removed in v1.20.0 of Dashboard-2? It's still a widely used format in time-series databases. Is ISO 8601 the only supported format now?

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## [Dashboard2 ui-form](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard2-ui-form/93828)

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**Author:** [@alexander77](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/alexander77)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2024 17:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard2-ui-form/93828 "2024-12-10T17:37:57Z")

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Hi, I have two questions regarding the ui-form: can the data made boot-secure (in case of a power failure) can i preload a dataset? The problem is, i need different setups which require different predefined inputs, wh…

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## [Dashboard 2.0 button/switch node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-button-switch-node/93758)

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**Author:** [@NodyRed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/NodyRed)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2024 15:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-button-switch-node/93758 "2024-12-10T15:49:11Z")

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Some questions here on button node in dashboard 2: Using button node and disabling pointerdown, pointerup and click event in order to just show an icon I still get an effect when mouse over button (changing mousepoint…

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## [How to determine if a dashboard tab is active or not](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-determine-if-a-dashboard-tab-is-active-or-not/93751)

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**Author:** [@LoganathanSambath](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/LoganathanSambath)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2024 15:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-determine-if-a-dashboard-tab-is-active-or-not/93751 "2024-12-10T15:24:23Z")

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when user logins, After logging in to the dashboard some time, i want to check if user is still active or not in the dashboard. How to check? In case of active or inactive state, I want console message to be printed Ho…

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## [Image selection by comparison version 2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/image-selection-by-comparison-version-2/93759)

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**Author:** [@Udina](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Udina)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2024 12:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/image-selection-by-comparison-version-2/93759 "2024-12-10T12:52:53Z")

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Good morning, I'm relaunching a post to move forward with the image selection through comparisons because I had put a little aside. Here is the first topic I started: https://discourse.nodered.org/t/image-selection-by…

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## [Creating dashboard with multi language support + camera?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-dashboard-with-multi-language-support-camera/93809)

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**Author:** [@PratikVlegel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PratikVlegel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2024 10:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-dashboard-with-multi-language-support-camera/93809 "2024-12-10T10:06:36Z")

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Hello all! I'm making a machine wizard, and I'd like to be able to switch the language of the wizard into 1 of 4 options, english, german, french dutch. Is this possible? Any suggestions? I'm quite new to this so excuse…

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## [Dashbard 2.0 bar chart problems](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashbard-2-0-bar-chart-problems/93803)

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**Author:** [@WhiteLion](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WhiteLion)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2024 15:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashbard-2-0-bar-chart-problems/93803 "2024-12-09T15:09:58Z")

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Hiho friends, I am still migrating things and hang on migration of bar charts Maybe some can help. Chart settings: Payload/Values: What I get is this (DB 2.0) : What I want is this (Dashboard 1.0): Thx! …

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## [Mqtt to node red dashbord led](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-to-node-red-dashbord-led/93789)

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**Author:** [@muhmmad](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/muhmmad)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2024 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-to-node-red-dashbord-led/93789 "2024-12-09T09:31:03Z")

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I'm trying to send this data via mqtt { "LED": "true" } and I'm using node-red-contrib-ui-led : ui\_led, but I can't configure the led , any help with code and steps

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## [@flowfuse/node-red-dashboard is missing](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-node-red-dashboard-is-missing/93784)

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**Author:** [@crisconru](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/crisconru)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 December 2024 19:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flowfuse-node-red-dashboard-is-missing/93784 "2024-12-08T19:49:26Z")

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Hi all, maybe it's just me but I'm trying to install Dashboard 2 and it is not working. I attatch two screenshots

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## [@omrid01/node-red-dashboard-2-table-tabulator - setting colors](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/omrid01-node-red-dashboard-2-table-tabulator-setting-colors/92989)

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**Author:** [@PeterH](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PeterH)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [7 December 2024 23:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/omrid01-node-red-dashboard-2-table-tabulator-setting-colors/92989 "2024-12-07T23:02:30Z")

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I have been playing around with the @omrid01/node-red-dashboard-2-table-tabulator node to familiarize my self with it. I have used the examples which comes withe the node. Everything seem to work fine except setting/cha…

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## [Why does change node with set msg.payload to msg.payload solves unintended behavior?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-change-node-with-set-msg-payload-to-msg-payload-solves-unintended-behavior/93715)

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**Author:** [@moppelg](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/moppelg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [7 December 2024 21:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-does-change-node-with-set-msg-payload-to-msg-payload-solves-unintended-behavior/93715 "2024-12-07T21:34:45Z")

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Hello together, I had problems with the uiTable not updating automaticly the ui correctly (F5 required). The only difference to the working example was that I collected my message with the data manually in a function no…

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## [Regarding ui base .js](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/regarding-ui-base-js/93750)

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**Author:** [@Subavarsha](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Subavarsha)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [7 December 2024 21:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/regarding-ui-base-js/93750 "2024-12-07T21:33:30Z")

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Hi I am trying to build an application using nodered where there will be 4 user one is admin and other three are user1, user2, user3 . Admin will be maintaining records of these 3 user like how many times these users …

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## [How to disable the mouse wheel?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-disable-the-mouse-wheel/93740)

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**Author:** [@Artazis](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Artazis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [6 December 2024 21:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-disable-the-mouse-wheel/93740 "2024-12-06T21:24:33Z")

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Hello, I have a page generated by Node-RED for managing my electric heating. I’m increasing the number of zones a bit to better manage my consumption. On this page, I have a lot of sliders (sliders) and the page is qui…

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## [Group spacing vertical](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/group-spacing-vertical/93742)

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**Author:** [@Giamma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Giamma)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [6 December 2024 19:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/group-spacing-vertical/93742 "2024-12-06T19:34:10Z")

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Hi, can I set the group spacing vertical for one single tab?

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## [Display array data in table one by one](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-array-data-in-table-one-by-one/93730)

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**Author:** [@lucianv](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lucianv)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [6 December 2024 18:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/display-array-data-in-table-one-by-one/93730 "2024-12-06T18:45:11Z")

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Hi, There is a great example for that, so I will ask my question based on this example. https://flows.nodered.org/flow/76cd6afbd14426f88656c90aedf10423 How can I display data in three td ? I mean instead {{item}} t…

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## [Can't delete unused node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-delete-unused-node/93718)

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**Author:** [@Node11](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Node11)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [6 December 2024 06:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-delete-unused-node/93718 "2024-12-06T06:52:40Z")

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Node-Red v 4.0.3 - Home Assistant Add-on I'm trying to delete this item and when I double-click it, there's no delete button. I've already disabled it. Whether disabled or not, I can't delete it. Each time I deploy so…

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## [Listen to a tcp server port](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/listen-to-a-tcp-server-port/93677)

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**Author:** [@Desmond-Zeh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Desmond-Zeh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [5 December 2024 20:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/listen-to-a-tcp-server-port/93677 "2024-12-05T20:00:33Z")

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Hello Team! I have a small supervision system that I've been working on lately. Briefly, it constitutes of monitoring machines here in the power house. Most often, when a connection to one of the slaves (control module…

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## [Template node does not load img tag with basic auth](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-node-does-not-load-img-tag-with-basic-auth/93660)

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**Author:** [@Sirhc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sirhc)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [5 December 2024 09:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-node-does-not-load-img-tag-with-basic-auth/93660 "2024-12-05T09:51:22Z")

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Hello I have a template node in my flow. Within the template node I have a \<img src="username:password@url\_here", id="x", width="300", height="300"\> This used to work fine until I updated both NR and IOS on my ipad wh…

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## [How to Forcefully Close WebSocket on Session Timeout in Node-RED Dashboard 2?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-forcefully-close-websocket-on-session-timeout-in-node-red-dashboard-2/93681)

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**Author:** [@Nandhini-Subramaniya](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nandhini-Subramaniya)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [5 December 2024 09:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-forcefully-close-websocket-on-session-timeout-in-node-red-dashboard-2/93681 "2024-12-05T09:24:11Z")

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I am working on a project using Node-RED 2.x Dashboard and have the following requirements: Understand where and how the WebSocket connection is established in the Node-RED Dashboard 2. Determine how to disconnect or c…

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## [Detecting which user or inspect html headers for dashboard actions?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detecting-which-user-or-inspect-html-headers-for-dashboard-actions/93524)

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**Author:** [@HeneryH](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/HeneryH)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [4 December 2024 21:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/detecting-which-user-or-inspect-html-headers-for-dashboard-actions/93524 "2024-12-04T21:09:02Z")

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I am running Node-Red behind a Traefik reverse proxy and an Authentik user access control system. Works great to grant my clients some simple UI buttons to do things like unlock gates. But now I want to log WHO does th…

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## [Ui-chart sorting by "group", disappears when data is replaced](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-chart-sorting-by-group-disappears-when-data-is-replaced/93647)

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**Author:** [@stgj](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/stgj)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [4 December 2024 18:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-chart-sorting-by-group-disappears-when-data-is-replaced/93647 "2024-12-04T18:48:42Z")

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This is not a bug, but I need help with something. I have a set of data in an influxdb. I feed the ui-chart with this data. The timeframe is chosen in the influx query. eg. \[ { "series": "Air", "time":…

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## [How to stream webcam on multiple dashboards?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-stream-webcam-on-multiple-dashboards/93673)

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**Author:** [@Passkey](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Passkey)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [4 December 2024 11:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-stream-webcam-on-multiple-dashboards/93673 "2024-12-04T11:12:39Z")

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hello its my first time posting so sorry if its in the wrong place or format. I want to connect my webcam to my PC and display the live feed on a Node-RED dashboard. Then, I’d like to access this dashboard on my phone (…

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## [H Bar Chart Widget](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/h-bar-chart-widget/93674)

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**Author:** [@Buckskin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Buckskin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [3 December 2024 23:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/h-bar-chart-widget/93674 "2024-12-03T23:31:22Z")

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I haven't seen an example of an H Bar chart for Dashboard 2 so, as I wanted one, I put this together. The flow contains (real) example data and hopefully will work for others. Be aware that the CSS for each widget pollut…

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