# Cannot get ui\_table to display message

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-get-ui-table-to-display-message/30052>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [14 July 2020 12:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-get-ui-table-to-display-message/30052 "2020-07-14T12:11:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 July 2020 12:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-get-ui-table-to-display-message/30052/1 "2020-07-14T12:11:35Z")

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Tried to display an ui\_table. (code attached).  
But it seems to not show up on the dashboard.  
Input to ui\_table is an array of objects which contains row data.  
Take a look at the code here 🕶

```auto
[{"id":"ced72a38.39e1c8","type":"inject","z":"3cc16b43.65ffe4","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":180,"y":60,"wires":[["5e8fe52d.db801c"]]},{"id":"5e8fe52d.db801c","type":"template","z":"3cc16b43.65ffe4","name":"","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"[\n {\n \"Name\": \"Kazuhito Yokoi\",\n \"Age\": \"35\",\n \"Favourite_Color\": \"red\",\n \"Date_Of_Birth\": \"12/09/1983\"\n }\n \n]","output":"str","x":180,"y":140,"wires":[["e90cf562.a431c8","e277537.732d4b"]]},{"id":"e90cf562.a431c8","type":"ui_table","z":"3cc16b43.65ffe4","group":"c604d450.9712c8","name":"","order":16,"width":0,"height":0,"columns":[{"field":"msg.payload.Name","title":"NAME","width":"","align":"center","formatter":"plaintext","formatterParams":{"target":"_blank"}},{"field":"msg.payload.Age","title":"AGE","width":"","align":"center","formatter":"plaintext","formatterParams":{"target":"_blank"}},{"field":"msg.payload.Favourite_Color","title":"COLOUr","width":"","align":"center","formatter":"plaintext","formatterParams":{"target":"_blank"}},{"field":"msg.payload.Date_Of_Birth","title":"DOB","width":"","align":"center","formatter":"plaintext","formatterParams":{"target":"_blank"}}],"outputs":0,"cts":false,"x":410,"y":200,"wires":[]},{"id":"e277537.732d4b","type":"debug","z":"3cc16b43.65ffe4","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","x":430,"y":140,"wires":[]},{"id":"c604d450.9712c8","type":"ui_group","z":"","name":"tab1","tab":"c733c61c.6e4828","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"12","collapse":false},{"id":"c733c61c.6e4828","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"Home1","icon":"dashboard","disabled":false,"hidden":false}]

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**Author:** ![Christian-Me](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/christian-me/32/10774_2.png) [@Christian-Me](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Christian-Me)\
**Post date:** [14 July 2020 12:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-get-ui-table-to-display-message/30052/2 "2020-07-14T12:32:19Z")

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I see two problems:

1.) your template return a string! ... but you need an Object  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/7/1/7103daa7bb79b9346879ad180b02cab6e4efd197.png)  
2.) your field properties are wrong. You do not need `msg.payload`

Solution for 1.)

use a change node or the inject node itself to define a JSON which will be sent as an msg.payload object.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/b/8b6be47e00ee49712f387e895dd3ae78b800254d.png)  
the debug node should show this

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/0/5000f48089ae81c84d266e4d008304caa34d875d.png)

Solution for 2.)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/e/ce1b95e370742bcc16efb05cc0dddc1d0b68b11f.png)

```auto
[{"id":"b12fd6b8.cef2b8","type":"inject","z":"cbe6938f.7259","name":"","topic":"","payload":"[{\"Name\":\"Kazuhito Yokoi\",\"Age\":\"35\",\"Favourite_Color\":\"red\",\"Date_Of_Birth\":\"12/09/1983\"}]","payloadType":"json","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":288,"y":136,"wires":[["aa96221a.106c1","29228e2f.9f5092"]]},{"id":"29228e2f.9f5092","type":"ui_table","z":"cbe6938f.7259","group":"d0293776.578938","name":"","order":16,"width":0,"height":0,"columns":[{"field":"Name","title":"NAME","width":"","align":"center","formatter":"plaintext","formatterParams":{"target":"_blank"}},{"field":"Age","title":"AGE","width":"","align":"center","formatter":"plaintext","formatterParams":{"target":"_blank"}},{"field":"Favourite_Color","title":"COLOUr","width":"","align":"center","formatter":"plaintext","formatterParams":{"target":"_blank"}},{"field":"Date_Of_Birth","title":"DOB","width":"","align":"center","formatter":"plaintext","formatterParams":{"target":"_blank"}}],"outputs":0,"cts":false,"x":528,"y":276,"wires":[]},{"id":"aa96221a.106c1","type":"debug","z":"cbe6938f.7259","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","x":548,"y":216,"wires":[]},{"id":"d0293776.578938","type":"ui_group","z":"","name":"tab1","tab":"3d46863a.9d043a","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"12","collapse":false},{"id":"3d46863a.9d043a","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"Home1","icon":"dashboard","disabled":false,"hidden":false}]

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**Post date:** [14 July 2020 13:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-get-ui-table-to-display-message/30052/3 "2020-07-14T13:19:52Z")

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I do get the array object.  
But no ui\_table appears on the dashboard.  
I'am using Node-RED v 1.0.6 on IBM cloud  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/4/846afc6a085fe8c4a74da218b9d9c3f2ce54b317.png)

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**Author:** ![Christian-Me](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/christian-me/32/10774_2.png) [@Christian-Me](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Christian-Me)\
**Post date:** [14 July 2020 13:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-get-ui-table-to-display-message/30052/5 "2020-07-14T13:27:01Z")

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Sorry it seams that this is a known problem (and I do not have a solution)

> [@Node-red ui-table not working on IBM cloud](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-ui-table-not-working-on-ibm-cloud/29328):
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> I am unable to create a table using ui-table node . i want to form a table having items , number,fresh,rotten,price ..pls help.....here is the flow [{"id":"c592cb53.2f9348","type":"tab","label":"Flow 7","disabled":false,"info":""},{"id":"f09f4c40.1c21","type":"ui\_table","z":"c592cb53.2f9348","group":"946b55ad.3a3508","name":"table","order":0,"width":0,"height":0,"columns":[{"field":"item","title":"item","width":"","align":"left","formatter":"plaintext","formatterParams":{"target":"\_blank"}},{"f…

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**Post date:** [14 July 2020 13:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-get-ui-table-to-display-message/30052/6 "2020-07-14T13:30:01Z")

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As this does not work, do you know how to display csv file data into a table?

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**Post date:** [14 July 2020 13:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-get-ui-table-to-display-message/30052/7 "2020-07-14T13:32:50Z")

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Sorry ... as I'm a big fan of ui-table I never tried a different solution.

But I tried to look into the IBM cloud issue ...

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/8/48dc8457efd313bdb58869e001afb3738edd6d87.png)

But even could not create an account ... will try later

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**Post date:** [13 August 2020 13:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-get-ui-table-to-display-message/30052/8 "2020-08-13T13:33:07Z")

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