# Adding a "reduce" option to the Smooth node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adding-a-reduce-option-to-the-smooth-node/15180>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [5 September 2019 22:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adding-a-reduce-option-to-the-smooth-node/15180 "2019-09-05T22:59:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [6 September 2019 13:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/adding-a-reduce-option-to-the-smooth-node/15180/13 "2019-09-06T13:33:53Z")

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> [@clickworkorange](#):
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> Would this also work if you wanted to plot the min/max values? Or the standard deviation?

I don't see why not

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