# Create UI switches dynamically
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-ui-switches-dynamically/40378
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [4 February 2021 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-ui-switches-dynamically/40378 "2021-02-04T13:40:24Z")
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### Author:  [@fmarzocca](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fmarzocca)
#### Post date: [4 February 2021 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-ui-switches-dynamically/40378/1 "2021-02-04T13:40:24Z")
I have a list of devices (id and name) to show as switches in the dashboard. Can I create the switches dynamically, from a function, so that I don't have to build each of them in the flow manually?
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [4 February 2021 14:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-ui-switches-dynamically/40378/2 "2021-02-04T14:55:45Z")
Only if you build your own in a ui-template
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### Author:  [@fmarzocca](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fmarzocca)
#### Post date: [4 February 2021 15:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-ui-switches-dynamically/40378/3 "2021-02-04T15:10:25Z")
Do you mean by using Angular code?
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [4 February 2021 17:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-ui-switches-dynamically/40378/4 "2021-02-04T17:29:00Z")
yes - eg see previous thread [Dynamically create dashboard items](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamically-create-dashboard-items/13841)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [18 February 2021 17:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-ui-switches-dynamically/40378/5 "2021-02-18T17:29:15Z")
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