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## [\[Proposal\] Make node name accessible as environment variable](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/proposal-make-node-name-accessible-as-environment-variable/56587)

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**Author:** [@nisiyama](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nisiyama)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2022 00:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/proposal-make-node-name-accessible-as-environment-variable/56587 "2022-01-14T00:12:51Z")

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As we can see in the following posts, I think it makes sense to be able to refer to the node name because each node has a name attribute and many nodes have meaningful names on the flow. Access subflow name like an env…

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## [Splitting a msg line with Split or Function?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/splitting-a-msg-line-with-split-or-function/9636)

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**Author:** [@Observatory\_Gromme](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Observatory_Gromme)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 23:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/splitting-a-msg-line-with-split-or-function/9636 "2022-01-13T23:43:58Z")

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Dear, Okey, so, i'm very new to programming at all. I am an Amateur Astronomer with building an automated equipment station. Now i'm also trying to use node-RED and dashboard to use it for many control situations, like …

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## [Can a function node access an object containing the flows themselves?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-a-function-node-access-an-object-containing-the-flows-themselves/56599)

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**Author:** [@quarfie](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/quarfie)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 23:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-a-function-node-access-an-object-containing-the-flows-themselves/56599 "2022-01-13T23:33:11Z")

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When a function node is executed, does it have access to read an object that contains all flows and their configuration (the same object that you would use to export all flows)? I would like to be able to determine whet…

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## [Subflow: Add labels to OUTPUT nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflow-add-labels-to-output-nodes/56266)

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**Author:** [@ralphwetzel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ralphwetzel)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 22:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflow-add-labels-to-output-nodes/56266 "2022-01-13T22:49:39Z")

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I'm operating with subflows that have a number of output's. I usually give those outputs a name - simply for documentation purposes (in the main flows). Within the subflow I have to use an (additional) comment node to sh…

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## [Fitbit nodes - working?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fitbit-nodes-working/55520)

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**Author:** [@borpin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/borpin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 22:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fitbit-nodes-working/55520 "2022-01-13T22:30:09Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Fitbit - anyone have it working with node red?: There are a couple of nodes available for Fitbit. Has anyone got either of them working recently? Neither node seems to have had any love …

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## [Set and store Chart and Graph labels on UI-Side](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/set-and-store-chart-and-graph-labels-on-ui-side/56628)

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**Author:** [@RocketPenguin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RocketPenguin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 22:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/set-and-store-chart-and-graph-labels-on-ui-side/56628 "2022-01-13T22:07:47Z")

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Hello! I am fairly fresh to Node-RED but have spent the last few weeks slowly developing a project for a senior design course. The project involves data acquisition through some hardware. I am attempting to implement fu…

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## [Where is undeployed state held?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/where-is-undeployed-state-held/56598)

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**Author:** [@gnark](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gnark)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 21:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/where-is-undeployed-state-held/56598 "2022-01-13T21:17:52Z")

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i just learned the hard way that the undeployed state of the ui is not stored on the server (as undeployed pending changes, of course) and that the whole IDE relies alone on browsers dom/memory untill you finally hit "de…

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## [Saving CSV data like original dataset prior to ftp](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/saving-csv-data-like-original-dataset-prior-to-ftp/56618)

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**Author:** [@bbartling](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bbartling)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 21:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/saving-csv-data-like-original-dataset-prior-to-ftp/56618 "2022-01-13T21:10:27Z")

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Would anyone have a tip for how to make my CSV data look like the data that was sent via FTP to a node red FTP server instance? This is my flow, note the curly braces in debug window that how my Excel spreadsheet looks …

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## [Does Twitter in node start repeating messages for anyone else?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-twitter-in-node-start-repeating-messages-for-anyone-else/56337)

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**Author:** [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 19:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-twitter-in-node-start-repeating-messages-for-anyone-else/56337 "2022-01-13T19:25:29Z")

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I monitor cheerlights tweets using the twitter in node and every now and again - the debug node I have connected to it, starts displaying each message twice and keeps on doing it until I restart NR. Its not a real issue…

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## [Web browser crashing](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/web-browser-crashing/56577)

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**Author:** [@vinck6927](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vinck6927)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 18:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/web-browser-crashing/56577 "2022-01-13T18:21:27Z")

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Hi NodeReders ! This is my first post on this forum, but I’ve been using nodered for 2 years. I'm using a Rpi 4 to retrieve some data via MQTT at my house. There are a lot of data that are retrieved and I don't have a…

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## [Text Dashboard Node Not Showing Up on Layout after 30 Units Across](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-dashboard-node-not-showing-up-on-layout-after-30-units-across/56604)

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**Author:** [@aa0z](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/aa0z)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 17:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/text-dashboard-node-not-showing-up-on-layout-after-30-units-across/56604 "2022-01-13T17:08:45Z")

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I have a dashboard text node that's 44 units across that's not showing up in the layout mode. It was 30 units across and was located on the layout screen. Once I changed it to over 30 units in the properties tab, it di…

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## [Zigbee Plug Switch Off Router](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/zigbee-plug-switch-off-router/56484)

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**Author:** [@nodernei](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nodernei)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 16:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/zigbee-plug-switch-off-router/56484 "2022-01-13T16:17:27Z")

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Hello Community, I'd like to do a "hard" reboot of my router, meaning I'd like to switch off the router's power supply for ~ 10 seconds. The router is connected to the wall socket via a Zigbee Plug. The Zigbee Plug can…

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## [Node-red-contrib-ftp-server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-ftp-server/56596)

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**Author:** [@bbartling](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bbartling)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-ftp-server/56596 "2022-01-13T16:09:06Z")

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I'm trying to create an FTP server with Node Red on the node-red-contrib-ftp-server where its working. The screen shot below is the ftp node ingesting some data I sent to the Node Red server via FT. The debug for the…

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## [Node-red-contrib-ui-svg Add icns from iconify](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-ui-svg-add-icns-from-iconify/56602)

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**Author:** [@samuelbras](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/samuelbras)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 15:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-ui-svg-add-icns-from-iconify/56602 "2022-01-13T15:56:26Z")

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Hi, I need to add iconify icons in node-red-svg-ui. But I only find html tags, which cannot be inserted into the svg. Is there any way to be able to add these icons in dashboard?

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## [Grafana Dashboard is less accurate than Node-Red Dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grafana-dashboard-is-less-accurate-than-node-red-dashboard/56574)

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**Author:** [@Dieter1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dieter1)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 15:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/grafana-dashboard-is-less-accurate-than-node-red-dashboard/56574 "2022-01-13T15:30:18Z")

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I am new to Node-Red and to this Forum. I am collecting data from a ESPCAM32 via MQTT. The data comes in two parts one just the Value and the other with object info: value, error, rate. I make use of a small function a…

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## [Close gate after one message has passed through](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/close-gate-after-one-message-has-passed-through/56575)

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**Author:** [@MR76](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MR76)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 15:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/close-gate-after-one-message-has-passed-through/56575 "2022-01-13T15:11:47Z")

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Hi, I'm using node-red-contrib-simple-gate. I am opening it with an inject node at a certain time every day. Is there a way to close it after one message has passed through? best regards

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## [Huemagic examples seem not to work](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/huemagic-examples-seem-not-to-work/56597)

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**Author:** [@TomDK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TomDK)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 14:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/huemagic-examples-seem-not-to-work/56597 "2022-01-13T14:53:46Z")

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Hi, I am new to NR and have it installed in my Home Assistant. I am trying to get going with NR and Huemagic, but I do fail already with the simplest task : getting the examples to work. As an example, I want to get th…

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## [How to change properties of nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-change-properties-of-nodes/56393)

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**Author:** [@Git](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Git)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 14:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-change-properties-of-nodes/56393 "2022-01-13T14:18:02Z")

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Hi, I would like to display data of different OPC-UA clients with a dashboard. The data for each client is more or less the same. Therefore I would like to create a group of dashboard widgets, for example in a subflow. …

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## [Watching a .mdf File](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watching-a-mdf-file/56534)

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**Author:** [@Diver](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Diver)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 13:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watching-a-mdf-file/56534 "2022-01-13T13:56:23Z")

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Hi there, I am currently trying to keep an application updated about some MS SQL Server Databases, therefore I need to read the DB (using the mssql node), change some small things about the output and then send it to a …

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## [Mixed Charts in chartjs - showing more than 2 data series](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mixed-charts-in-chartjs-showing-more-than-2-data-series/56419)

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**Author:** [@rakgupta](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rakgupta)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 13:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mixed-charts-in-chartjs-showing-more-than-2-data-series/56419 "2022-01-13T13:53:40Z")

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Hi - I'm attempting to plot 4 datasets (3 bar, 1 line) using chartjs and the sample code from @hotNipi in this topic https://discourse.nodered.org/t/chart-options-mixed-charts-and-bars-and-multi-axes/25814/6. I can get…

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## [InfluxDB Out node - Define Measurement programmatically](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/influxdb-out-node-define-measurement-programmatically/56525)

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**Author:** [@FeliceM](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/FeliceM)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 13:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/influxdb-out-node-define-measurement-programmatically/56525 "2022-01-13T13:32:54Z")

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Hi There and Happy New Year. I have a situation where I receive MQTT messages containing the ID of the device forwarding the data and some measured value from the sensors. I am attempting to store the measured values i…

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## [Change shared node properties](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-shared-node-properties/56573)

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**Author:** [@Git](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Git)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 12:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-shared-node-properties/56573 "2022-01-13T12:10:07Z")

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Hi, I was wondering whether there is a way to change the properties of multiple nodes simultaneously. For example the "Activate/Deactivate" property or the "ui\_grp" property of dashboard nodes. Currently one has to pic…

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## [Axis IP Cam Mjpeg Stream with multipart decoder](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/axis-ip-cam-mjpeg-stream-with-multipart-decoder/56564)

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**Author:** [@Chorum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Chorum)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 11:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/axis-ip-cam-mjpeg-stream-with-multipart-decoder/56564 "2022-01-13T11:48:08Z")

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Hello, as rtsp streams dont work with multipart decoder without ffmpeg, i try to get the MJPEG Stream of an AXIS CAM. I used the Dashboard before with an Foscam IP Cam and the URL = http://IP:PORT/cgi-bin/CGIStream.cg…

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## [Subtraction within function node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subtraction-within-function-node/56586)

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**Author:** [@JHScen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JHScen)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 11:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subtraction-within-function-node/56586 "2022-01-13T11:46:16Z")

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Hi all - Apologies in advance as I am new to Node-Red and this may be an easy fix, but after multiple attempts I cannot seem to find the fix. I am using node-red version 2.1.3. What I am trying to do is pull data into …

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## [Bug on filtered multiselect in dashboard dropdown node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-on-filtered-multiselect-in-dashboard-dropdown-node/56578)

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**Author:** [@ThomasT](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThomasT)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 10:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bug-on-filtered-multiselect-in-dashboard-dropdown-node/56578 "2022-01-13T10:24:59Z")

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I'm using actual NodeRed Dashboard (NodeRed 2.1.4 and node-red-dashboard 3.1.2). I have an issue with the dorpdown node - find the flow below. I have many entries. As long I select some entries, everything worked fine …

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## [Feature request, edit Inject value without deploy](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-edit-inject-value-without-deploy/7729)

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**Author:** [@GiovanniG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GiovanniG)\
**Replies:** 37\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 09:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-edit-inject-value-without-deploy/7729 "2022-01-13T09:01:44Z")

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It would be really comfortable to edit the inject value without deploying all, it will speed up the debug process. Thank you

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## [Alexa-remote2 On HA, on a Pi4 what do I enter for the File Path](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-remote2-on-ha-on-a-pi4-what-do-i-enter-for-the-file-path/54583)

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**Author:** [@DaveTiff](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DaveTiff)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 08:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-remote2-on-ha-on-a-pi4-what-do-i-enter-for-the-file-path/54583 "2022-01-13T08:36:49Z")

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Hi, very new to Node-Red trying to set up node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel. When I deploy I always have to go to my browser, the authentication is not being save. In my path I have "/usr/share/hassio/homeass…

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## [Tree browser for JSON?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tree-browser-for-json/56425)

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**Author:** [@hobbes1069](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hobbes1069)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 08:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tree-browser-for-json/56425 "2022-01-13T08:28:41Z")

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I searched the best I could but didn't find anything. Is there a dashboard node that can take a JSON payload and create a tree browser? You know, with the + and - buttons to expand and collapse. Ideally it could "do som…

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## [Error log filling up due to confused folder location](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-log-filling-up-due-to-confused-folder-location/56548)

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**Author:** [@smbunn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smbunn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 07:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-log-filling-up-due-to-confused-folder-location/56548 "2022-01-13T07:52:14Z")

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My ubuntu server warned me that the TB of storage was getting full which was a shock. Turned out I had 950 Gb of .pm2 error logs and the problem log file was node-red-error.log. It was full of the same message: Cannot…

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## [Progressbar in notification-node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/progressbar-in-notification-node/56523)

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**Author:** [@nico25](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/nico25)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2022 07:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/progressbar-in-notification-node/56523 "2022-01-13T07:17:44Z")

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Hello everyone, I noticed that the notification node supports JavaScript/HTML input. I am trying to use this feature to show a progressbar while updating counters. \[ { "id": "25496b66b90b1aee", "ty…

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