# Best platform for Node red

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-platform-for-node-red/10499>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [24 April 2019 10:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-platform-for-node-red/10499 "2019-04-24T10:57:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [25 April 2019 15:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/best-platform-for-node-red/10499/6 "2019-04-25T15:43:48Z")

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> [@MQTT-\>(JSON)-\>?-\>InfluxDB-\>Grafana](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-json-influxdb-grafana/7108):
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> Hi, I'm brand new to NodeRed, MQTT, InfluxDB and Grafana I'm trying to visualize Data form a ESP8266. Onto the dashboard the data come in. But I've got an issue to transform the MQTT data into an proper format for InfluxDB. NodeRed time series graphs work fine, but I can't visualize the MQTT sensor data in Grafana. What should I do? A transformation with the json block, and a custom function. But what shoult the function looks like? Everything I tried doesn't work.

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