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?

Only if you build your own in a ui-template

Create UI switches dynamically

dceejay 4 February 2021 17:29 4

yes - eg see previous thread Dynamically create dashboard items

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Create UI switches dynamically

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