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## [Node-RED Ask Me Anything](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-ask-me-anything/74493)

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**Author:** [@iskerrett](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/iskerrett)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 20:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-ask-me-anything/74493 "2023-01-31T20:03:40Z")

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FlowForge is hosting a Node-RED Ask Me Anything session on Feb. 9. Join Nick O'Leary and Rob Marcer in this live interactive session. Details are available at Meet the Experts - Ask Me Anything about Node-RED • FlowForge …

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## [Released RedBot 1.2.0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/released-redbot-1-2-0/74505)

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**Author:** [@guidone](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/guidone)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 18:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/released-redbot-1-2-0/74505 "2023-01-31T18:41:20Z")

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What’s new in RedBot 1.2.0: Support for Whatsapp Cloud API Improved events in Rules node Facebook Messenger updates Updated Facebook Messenger API to v15.0 Removed deprecated node Generic Template node in Facebook Me…

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## [Help needed - How can i do diff in 2 envs](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-how-can-i-do-diff-in-2-envs/74500)

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**Author:** [@SandeepA](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SandeepA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 17:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-needed-how-can-i-do-diff-in-2-envs/74500 "2023-01-31T17:16:19Z")

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Hi , I have multiple envs for NR. On one of them i also have projects features enabled (what we call master env). My challenge is - while we try utmost that our master env remains updated, we do see instances where ea…

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## [Google Sheets odd append behavior](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/google-sheets-odd-append-behavior/74388)

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**Author:** [@raisingskell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/raisingskell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 16:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/google-sheets-odd-append-behavior/74388 "2023-01-31T16:44:23Z")

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I'm appending time in Col A and temp in Col B to Sheet1. Pretty simple and all works perfectly. Here's what appears to me to be odd behavior. Since Sheet1 simply collects data I use Sheet2 to process it. So in Sheet2 A…

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## [MS/TP bacnet protocol](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ms-tp-bacnet-protocol/52670)

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**Author:** [@omaraltimary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/omaraltimary)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 13:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ms-tp-bacnet-protocol/52670 "2023-01-31T13:57:37Z")

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I have controller from Johnson control and I want read signals from it , by using rs485 MS/TP BACnet. if there is any way to read . BACnet node available for Ethernet only. so any help I will be thankfully.

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## [How to send this HEX command to my device using Node-red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-this-hex-command-to-my-device-using-node-red/74419)

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**Author:** [@NabilHaidar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/NabilHaidar)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 12:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-send-this-hex-command-to-my-device-using-node-red/74419 "2023-01-31T12:30:03Z")

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Hello all, I want to send hex commands to my device using Node red. I'm new to node red and JavaScript, what is the way to send this command in the proper way. I want to write it in a function. The device is connected vi…

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## [Deleting a Junction in a Group - bug or browser quirk?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/deleting-a-junction-in-a-group-bug-or-browser-quirk/74478)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 12:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/deleting-a-junction-in-a-group-bug-or-browser-quirk/74478 "2023-01-31T12:05:25Z")

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A tiny bug? Or a quirk of my browser? If I have a group containing nodes & junctions and delete a node, the group border is redrawn immediately If I delete a junction though, the border does not get redrawn until I ref…

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## [Cameras for Seeed Studio carrier boards](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cameras-for-seeed-studio-carrier-boards/74476)

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**Author:** [@kevinJackson](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kevinJackson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 11:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cameras-for-seeed-studio-carrier-boards/74476 "2023-01-31T11:50:34Z")

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Hi Guys, I am looking for cameras that can be suitable for Seeed Studio Carrier Board. Can anyone suggest me one? I came across e-con Systems’ cameras that can be compatible with Seeed Studio Carrier Boards. Has anyone…

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## [Tour API - Can we use it?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tour-api-can-we-use-it/74477)

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**Author:** [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 11:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tour-api-can-we-use-it/74477 "2023-01-31T11:34:32Z")

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A while ago, I come across a post or video, that mentioned the Tour API will be made available, but for the life of me, I cant re-call where I had seen it. I have looked at welcome.js and given enough experimenting, I …

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## [One - time delay](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/one-time-delay/74389)

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**Author:** [@klio-klio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/klio-klio)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 11:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/one-time-delay/74389 "2023-01-31T11:26:56Z")

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There is a node for a one-time delay? .... somehow can't find.

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## [Zigbee Siren and Node RED](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/zigbee-siren-and-node-red/74436)

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**Author:** [@gregolin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gregolin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 10:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/zigbee-siren-and-node-red/74436 "2023-01-31T10:37:28Z")

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Hi. I couldn't find any way to control this zigbee siren on Node RED (play the alarm, change the alarm, volume etc). Does anyone have it working fine? It is working fine on Zigbee2MQTT section, for tests, so it is worki…

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## [Creating a measurement with two separate columns in influxdb](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-a-measurement-with-two-separate-columns-in-influxdb/74454)

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**Author:** [@mohamed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mohamed)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 09:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creating-a-measurement-with-two-separate-columns-in-influxdb/74454 "2023-01-31T09:41:48Z")

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Hello guys , I'm kind new to NodeRed, so pardon me if this question seems obvious. I'm pushing data from many sensors to a mosquitto broker. This data is stored in an influxDB database. This is my NodeRed flow and debug…

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## [How to push a msg object for every object in a array?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-a-msg-object-for-every-object-in-a-array/74469)

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**Author:** [@Gawan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gawan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 09:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-a-msg-object-for-every-object-in-a-array/74469 "2023-01-31T09:36:37Z")

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Hi, I have an array with 10-24 items and after processing them I would like to push each of them as a single msg to the output. for(i = 0; i\<message.length; i++){ date = new Date(message\[i\].start\_timestamp); …

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## [NR installation fails while installing NR core RPi3b](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-installation-fails-while-installing-nr-core-rpi3b/74403)

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**Author:** [@nico25](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nico25)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 09:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-installation-fails-while-installing-nr-core-rpi3b/74403 "2023-01-31T09:36:31Z")

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Hi all, i am trying to set up NR on a RPi 3b. I tried to install it using this command: bash \<(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/linux-installers/master/deb/update-nodejs-and-nodered) Unfortunately th…

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## [Adding an icon from code generated from svg image](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adding-an-icon-from-code-generated-from-svg-image/74462)

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**Author:** [@Vaibhavi27](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Vaibhavi27)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 07:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adding-an-icon-from-code-generated-from-svg-image/74462 "2023-01-31T07:20:09Z")

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Hi, I have html code of svg image. I want use this image as an icon of my button widget. I am confused with the classes it has any suggestions please!! I tried using the class of code in icon, but didn't work for me \<…

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## [read 2 spaces with node-red-contrib-modbustcp](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-2-spaces-with-node-red-contrib-modbustcp/74421)

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**Author:** [@Ersthelfer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Ersthelfer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 06:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-2-spaces-with-node-red-contrib-modbustcp/74421 "2023-01-31T06:31:09Z")

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Hi, I use your "node-red-contrib-modbustcp". I want to read 2 spaces of my modbustcp pv converter I want to get the register 5002 to 5036 and it works well. But I can not read the registers 12999 to 13077 at the same …

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## [Very strange behavior](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/very-strange-behavior/74404)

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**Author:** [@makerstorage](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/makerstorage)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 06:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/very-strange-behavior/74404 "2023-01-31T06:30:27Z")

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Hi Node-Reders, I have a very strange thing happening. I am sending a post request to an api endpoint. there are number of nodes that I coded the logic but at the end I am sending below msg to the http request node. {…

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## [A simple way to control relay](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-simple-way-to-control-relay/74336)

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**Author:** [@magicfire](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/magicfire)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 06:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-simple-way-to-control-relay/74336 "2023-01-31T06:07:41Z")

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When you need to control relays , usually you use a raspberryPi. Mostly the pi works great, however, when you need an all-in-one tool to control realys communicate with 485 sensors read data from zigbee sensors What …

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## [Bareboat Necessities](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bareboat-necessities/72742)

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**Author:** [@drmibell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drmibell)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [31 January 2023 01:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bareboat-necessities/72742 "2023-01-31T01:28:19Z")

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Has anyone had a look at this project? It's a monster, and overkill for anything I would ever do, but it does have embedded Node-RED.

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## [Suggestions for contrib node (music)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/suggestions-for-contrib-node-music/74395)

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**Author:** [@HaroldPetersInskipp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/HaroldPetersInskipp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 22:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/suggestions-for-contrib-node-music/74395 "2023-01-30T22:01:40Z")

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I've been slowly working on a node that accepts "music URL's" as input and retrieves additional information about the track, album, and artist. What additional information might you like to see included, or do you ha…

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## [Stabilizing a PID controller in Node-RED](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stabilizing-a-pid-controller-in-node-red/74277)

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**Author:** [@diegitoo113](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diegitoo113)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 21:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/stabilizing-a-pid-controller-in-node-red/74277 "2023-01-30T21:54:46Z")

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I am currently working on a project that involves maintaining a setpoint of 20,000 using a PID controller in Node-RED. The goal is to use a slider to simulate a variable input and ensure that the charge remains above the…

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## [Modbus trouble with Docker](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-trouble-with-docker/71868)

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**Author:** [@Josov](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Josov)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 20:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-trouble-with-docker/71868 "2023-01-30T20:32:20Z")

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I have trouble to get Modbus working inside a Docker container. I am using RPI OS 64-bit latest version. Image nodered/node-red:latest Node.js v16.16.0 Linux 5.15.76-v8+ arm64 LE Here is how I start the container: d…

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## [Converting a JSON String to Object](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-a-json-string-to-object/74438)

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**Author:** [@daolio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/daolio)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 20:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-a-json-string-to-object/74438 "2023-01-30T20:23:24Z")

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So i have a Formated JSON String which is published by a PLC {"data":{"Temperatura":27,"Umidade":78}} And i need to convert this string into a Java Script object, I've tried the JSON parser node as in the image bellow…

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## [Elegant way to build the code visually](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/elegant-way-to-build-the-code-visually/74435)

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**Author:** [@allacmc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/allacmc)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 20:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/elegant-way-to-build-the-code-visually/74435 "2023-01-30T20:13:16Z")

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Folks, I would like some help, please. I have the following code below: //Assign to a variable for the expression to be small. var pMaxima = global.get("pMaxima"); var varSupervisor = global.get("varSupervisor"); var …

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## [Can't bring back the manage palette - a new wrinkle?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-bring-back-the-manage-palette-a-new-wrinkle/74377)

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**Author:** [@geekfun](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/geekfun)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 19:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-bring-back-the-manage-palette-a-new-wrinkle/74377 "2023-01-30T19:58:54Z")

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Howdy, I am in the process of bringing up several node-red instances on an ubuntu 22.04 server and have had some hard fought successes but I have run into a problem that I cannot seem to find any clues on where to go nex…

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## [Cant Install @bannsaenger/node-red-contrib-artnet-controller](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-install-bannsaenger-node-red-contrib-artnet-controller/74365)

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**Author:** [@Schmarvin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Schmarvin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 18:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-install-bannsaenger-node-red-contrib-artnet-controller/74365 "2023-01-30T18:38:56Z")

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Hello, my NodeRed Client is running on windows11. I'm currently trying to send some DMX addresses & values via ArtNet to an DMX Ethernet Node Controller. I tested it with a Software that is supposed to communicate wit…

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## [Subtraction of two values](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subtraction-of-two-values/74396)

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**Author:** [@pierpaolo1972](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pierpaolo1972)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 15:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subtraction-of-two-values/74396 "2023-01-30T15:51:59Z")

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I need to subtract two values. "sensor.instant\_solar\_power" - "sensor.recharge\_auto\_power" = ? Which node should I use and which code? Can someone help me? thank you

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## [Killing an exec node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/killing-an-exec-node/74405)

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**Author:** [@FeliceM](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FeliceM)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 12:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/killing-an-exec-node/74405 "2023-01-30T12:24:29Z")

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I have used many times a change node setting a "msg.kill" to the value of "kill -2" to stop an exec node running a python script (python -u /../..something.py). But I just experienced that, for some reason I don't under…

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## [Form Cancel button - why no msg?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-cancel-button-why-no-msg/74423)

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**Author:** [@gregorius](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gregorius)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 14:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-cancel-button-why-no-msg/74423 "2023-01-30T14:00:07Z")

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Hi There! Why doesn't the cancel button a form trigger a msg just as the submit does? I want to use the form to accept or decline something with both actions should trigger follow-on actions. ATM, I need to use a separa…

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## [Reading excel file](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-excel-file/74410)

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**Author:** [@danielmartines](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/danielmartines)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [30 January 2023 13:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-excel-file/74410 "2023-01-30T13:31:18Z")

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I am developing a dashboard for a company who wants a dashboard visualizing data from each department in the company. For that i need data from marketing and the companies' LinkedIn profile. I can download the data i ne…

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