# Latest

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## [New Dashboard 2.0 Tutorial: Custom Templates](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-dashboard-2-0-tutorial-custom-templates/92500)

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**Author:** [@joepavitt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/joepavitt)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 15:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-dashboard-2-0-tutorial-custom-templates/92500 "2024-10-18T15:55:40Z")

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Another tutorial is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bj\_DFnRtU8 This talks through from the very basics of HTML/JS in a custom template nodes, through to covering VueJS essentials and examples of using the Vuetify C…

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## [Send e-mail with Microsoft oauth2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-e-mail-with-microsoft-oauth2/92493)

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**Author:** [@N1bble](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/N1bble)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 12:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-e-mail-with-microsoft-oauth2/92493 "2024-10-18T12:44:06Z")

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Hello, Since September 16th Microsoft is forcing to use oauth2 authentication and disabled basic authentication. I'm using the e-mail node so send messages to me, but can't find out how to configure the oauth2 node. T…

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## [DB2 CSS - Change chart line thickness](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-css-change-chart-line-thickness/92248)

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**Author:** [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 12:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/db2-css-change-chart-line-thickness/92248 "2024-10-18T12:22:37Z")

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Anyone know the CSS class to change a Dashboard 2 line chart - line thickness please?

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## [Split serial message](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/split-serial-message/92486)

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**Author:** [@soenke](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/soenke)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 11:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/split-serial-message/92486 "2024-10-18T11:44:43Z")

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Hello, I am new to this forum and have my first question: I have a serial port node that is receiving data. The format of the recieived data is that each message STARTS with a 0xA5 and has that between 2 and 5 additio…

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## [Want to pass through value but only if it has changed](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/want-to-pass-through-value-but-only-if-it-has-changed/92475)

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**Author:** [@trombose009](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/trombose009)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 10:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/want-to-pass-through-value-but-only-if-it-has-changed/92475 "2024-10-18T10:31:20Z")

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Hi, I have a question. Maybe a noob question but I am not able to solve the problem by myself. I got a value via mqtt in my node-red flow every second. I want to publish it again but not every time I receive one. I onl…

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## [Changing component colors in the dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/changing-component-colors-in-the-dashboard/92487)

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**Author:** [@Keano](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Keano)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 08:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/changing-component-colors-in-the-dashboard/92487 "2024-10-18T08:46:46Z")

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Hi Everyone this is a example of one of my dashboard groups. I would like to know if it is possible to change the circled component (node-red-contrib-ui-time-scheduler scheduler node) to a diffrent color to set the tw…

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## [A question about the documentation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-question-about-the-documentation/92476)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 08:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-question-about-the-documentation/92476 "2024-10-18T08:34:38Z")

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In the documentation for dynamic properties, it says Updating Classes If we consider an example with a ui-button, you can send the following msg to the button itself: json msg = { "ui\_update": { "class": …

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## [Hello, could you help me check what would be the best solution to show some of this api data on the dasboard?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hello-could-you-help-me-check-what-would-be-the-best-solution-to-show-some-of-this-api-data-on-the-dasboard/92437)

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**Author:** [@Andre48](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andre48)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 08:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/hello-could-you-help-me-check-what-would-be-the-best-solution-to-show-some-of-this-api-data-on-the-dasboard/92437 "2024-10-18T08:32:23Z")

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## [Write StatusCode and SourceTimestamp to an OPC-UA Server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-statuscode-and-sourcetimestamp-to-an-opc-ua-server/90713)

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**Author:** [@star-board](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/star-board)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 08:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-statuscode-and-sourcetimestamp-to-an-opc-ua-server/90713 "2024-10-18T08:05:54Z")

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Hello! I'm currently utilizing the WRITE action of the OpcUa-Client node (from the node-red-contrib-opcua package) to send a value to an OPC-UA Server. To set up the necessary msg with the targeted node id and the valu…

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## [ENTITY\_ID in a text string](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-in-a-text-string/92482)

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**Author:** [@fracrm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fracrm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 07:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-in-a-text-string/92482 "2024-10-18T07:54:20Z")

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Hi, I'm using node red for the first time. I am using the home assistant "current\_state" node and I would need to also include the entity\_id of the object that the node is processing in the msg\_payload. In particular I w…

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## [Use voice monkey with node red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-voice-monkey-with-node-red/92457)

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**Author:** [@fracrm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fracrm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 07:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-voice-monkey-with-node-red/92457 "2024-10-18T07:16:40Z")

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hi, I would like to use node red to interact with voicemonkey and home assistant in order to launch announcements on my alexa devices. To do this I need to launch actions such as rest on home assistant as shown below: R…

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## [mySQL datatable to OPC UA server using node-red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mysql-datatable-to-opc-ua-server-using-node-red/92460)

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**Author:** [@skibidifanuc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/skibidifanuc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 06:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mysql-datatable-to-opc-ua-server-using-node-red/92460 "2024-10-18T06:48:31Z")

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Hey! I'm struggling to send an array of extension objects through from mySQL to an OPC server. When I send values manually (for example I send 3 to point\[3\].fuseType) it works but I always struggle with the array. The p…

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## [Remote Access for my dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remote-access-for-my-dashboard/8161)

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**Author:** [@stefano.m](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/stefano.m)\
**Replies:** 38\
**Last updated:** [18 October 2024 03:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remote-access-for-my-dashboard/8161 "2024-10-18T03:14:53Z")

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Hi everybody , and thanks for your attention. I'm new for Node-Red , and I have a "little" question for you. I've made a temperature reader with my raspi and a DHT22,and I've made a dashboard with a gauge to read the t…

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## [Execution logic](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/execution-logic/92469)

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**Author:** [@Giamma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Giamma)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 19:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/execution-logic/92469 "2024-10-17T19:01:47Z")

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Hi everyone, I would like to understand the execution logic of these two functions ..... function 1405 const output = \[null, null, null, null, null\]; output\[0\] = { payload: 0, topic: "Test" } output\[1\] = { payload…

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## [Merging two data sets with JOIN node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/merging-two-data-sets-with-join-node/92419)

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**Author:** [@sonificator](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sonificator)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 18:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/merging-two-data-sets-with-join-node/92419 "2024-10-17T18:37:08Z")

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Hi there! I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to merge two data sets using JOIN node using a common key that exists in both sets (msg.name) ... here is what the first data set looks like: {"ticker":"NASDAQ:WAVE","name":…

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## [Login Issue - Flow Forge (Flow Fuse) after wizard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/login-issue-flow-forge-flow-fuse-after-wizard/92443)

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**Author:** [@bereket-09](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bereket-09)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 15:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/login-issue-flow-forge-flow-fuse-after-wizard/92443 "2024-10-17T15:55:19Z")

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Hey, I installed Flow Fuse on an air-gapped Kubernetes setup using Helm, and the installation wizard opened without any issues. I was able to create a user and complete the setup. However, after the installation, whene…

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## [Arbitrary amount of simultaneous mqtt connections](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/arbitrary-amount-of-simultaneous-mqtt-connections/92465)

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**Author:** [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 18:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/arbitrary-amount-of-simultaneous-mqtt-connections/92465 "2024-10-17T18:04:24Z")

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Let's say there is an array of mqtt connections to be made. How can node red create X amount of such connections? Perhaps it would be better to have just 1 connection and differentiate on request data, but then there is…

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## [How to get complete ssh output if strings are very long?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-complete-ssh-output-if-strings-are-very-long/92466)

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**Author:** [@kevinshane](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kevinshane)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 17:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-complete-ssh-output-if-strings-are-very-long/92466 "2024-10-17T17:17:50Z")

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Hi nrGurus, I am using sshtools (and ssh-v3) plugins to get outputs from a server. The returned json is a pretty long strings which cause the debug node displays a "..." in the end, in this case I can't parse into valid …

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## [Trouble loading the dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trouble-loading-the-dashboard/92452)

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**Author:** [@DhamodharanGopal](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DhamodharanGopal)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 14:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trouble-loading-the-dashboard/92452 "2024-10-17T14:44:55Z")

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Hi Everyone I'm facing issue in loading the dashboard ui page Displays this below attached error message Checked the file in below mentioned path /home/dhamo/vnetpops-dev/node-red/node\_modules/@flowfuse/node-red-dashbo…

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## [Sending numbers by a date schedule](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-numbers-by-a-date-schedule/92406)

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**Author:** [@877](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/877)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 12:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-numbers-by-a-date-schedule/92406 "2024-10-17T12:51:30Z")

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I have a new underfloor heated system and have been advised to ensure it doesn't crack/warp to up the temperature slowly and lower again, as per the attached screenshot. I have it set up in Home Assistant and can set th…

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## [Insufficient dynamic mqtt documentation?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/insufficient-dynamic-mqtt-documentation/92458)

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**Author:** [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 12:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/insufficient-dynamic-mqtt-documentation/92458 "2024-10-17T12:45:50Z")

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Node red doc for mqtt in (dynamic) is somewhat lackluster. Trying this for the first time, I see what's presented, but not sure what "broker" is (type?), compared url and port. Also I don't see anywhere to specify client…

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## [Resizable Flow Tabs in Node-RED Editor](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/resizable-flow-tabs-in-node-red-editor/92413)

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**Author:** [@joepavitt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/joepavitt)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 11:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/resizable-flow-tabs-in-node-red-editor/92413 "2024-10-17T11:24:48Z")

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Posting on behalf of a Youtube comment I received on my recent Dashboard/Node-RED Getting Started tutorial: I'm working with node red for more than one year within home assistant (~1.100 nodes in several flows over 9 d…

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## [TIGO Energy import data from API into influxDB](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tigo-energy-import-data-from-api-into-influxdb/92451)

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**Author:** [@muligamma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/muligamma)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 06:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tigo-energy-import-data-from-api-into-influxdb/92451 "2024-10-17T06:43:25Z")

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I found this post but it doesn't work. I have a Premium account for TIGO, I created the token, but I can't import data into the InfluxDB database https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tigo-energy-pv-combined-api-to-influxdb c…

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## [How I can create SAP notification with Babi function modules in sequence (Create ,save and commit)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-i-can-create-sap-notification-with-babi-function-modules-in-sequence-create-save-and-commit/92433)

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**Author:** [@alnashar2004](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/alnashar2004)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 06:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-i-can-create-sap-notification-with-babi-function-modules-in-sequence-create-save-and-commit/92433 "2024-10-17T06:59:42Z")

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Dears I need to create maintenance notification from SAP by sapRFC I use FM BAPI\_ALM\_NOTIF\_CREATE and BAPI\_ALM\_NOTIF\_SAVE and BAPI\_TRANSACTION\_COMMIT in series , notification created with temp. number %0000000001 and c…

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## [Reading events/schedules from external programs - help](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-events-schedules-from-external-programs-help/92399)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [17 October 2024 05:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-events-schedules-from-external-programs-help/92399 "2024-10-17T05:08:00Z")

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This may be trickier than I think. But what the..... :wink: I do NOT use google's calendar. Which kinda puts me in a spot for other reasons. Though I digress. On THIS machine I use calendar (though that isn't wh…

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## [Locking my pieces in place?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/locking-my-pieces-in-place/92442)

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**Author:** [@nearbyatom](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nearbyatom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [16 October 2024 20:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/locking-my-pieces-in-place/92442 "2024-10-16T20:21:20Z")

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I'm working on my dashboard layout right now. There is a little lock logo in the upper right corner. It says locked. But when I redeploy, my stuff gets moved around all the time. Is there a way to keep my stuff from …

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## [Setting.js file protection](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-js-file-protection/92420)

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**Author:** [@rromele](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rromele)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [16 October 2024 19:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-js-file-protection/92420 "2024-10-16T19:30:52Z")

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How to protect "setting.js" and "flow.json" files from modifications by unauthorized users? Which is the best technique?

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## [Is it possible to make subgroups in dashboard 2?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-make-subgroups-in-dashboard-2/92315)

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**Author:** [@Pepex7](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Pepex7)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [16 October 2024 17:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-make-subgroups-in-dashboard-2/92315 "2024-10-16T17:29:41Z")

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Hi, is it possible to create subgroups in dashboard 2. I need to group 1 gauge + 2 buttons x 6, I have been trying to do this without success. I created separate groups for each gauge and its 2 buttons but the size is t…

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## [UI Text label visibility](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-text-label-visibility/92270)

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**Author:** [@nearbyatom](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nearbyatom)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [16 October 2024 16:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-text-label-visibility/92270 "2024-10-16T16:39:34Z")

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I have a UI-text node. Is there a way to display the text without the label? I know I can just leave the label blank. But if I choose to have a label, is there a way to not have it show up in the dashboard?

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## [Send a message to alexa, from a linux box](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-a-message-to-alexa-from-a-linux-box/92435)

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**Author:** [@andrewtholt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/andrewtholt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [16 October 2024 14:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-a-message-to-alexa-from-a-linux-box/92435 "2024-10-16T14:34:52Z")

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Hi, I would like to send a message to an amazon alexa, e.g from an MQTT device that a sensor has been affected, e,g, a switch has changed, or a temperature has been reached. I can easily write a script to send arbitra…

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