# Entity ID instead of name
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315
**Category:** General
**Tags:** home-assistant
**Created:** [28 January 2023 19:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315 "2023-01-28T19:30:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@radames](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/radames)
#### Post date: [28 January 2023 19:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/1 "2023-01-28T19:30:15Z")
hi need help
something went wrong in my node red and all the nodes now display the entity Id like (switch.102\_2) instead the friendly name I gave them like (patio light ustairs-local). may be there is an index file that needs to be rebuild
I don't know how to fix
thx
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### Author:  [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)
#### Post date: [28 January 2023 19:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/2 "2023-01-28T19:35:51Z")
Welcome to the forums @radames
First thing : export your flow and paste it here (removing any sensitive data).
we can then begin to see if there are any obvious issues.
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I have never heard of this - but maybe some other members have
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [28 January 2023 19:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/3 "2023-01-28T19:36:25Z")
Can I check whether you are using Home Assistant?
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### Author:  [@radames](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/radames)
#### Post date: [29 January 2023 08:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/4 "2023-01-29T08:02:32Z")
yes using home assistant
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### Author:  [@radames](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/radames)
#### Post date: [29 January 2023 09:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/5 "2023-01-29T09:15:41Z")
I tried to uninstall and reinstall red node still the same
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### Author:  [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)
#### Post date: [29 January 2023 09:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/6 "2023-01-29T09:20:35Z")
It is more likely that there is something wrong with home assistant and/or the home assistant nodes.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [29 January 2023 10:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/7 "2023-01-29T10:24:27Z")
Few here use HA, finding it simpler to do everything in node-red, so you may be better asking on an HA forum.
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### Author:  [@radames](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/radames)
#### Post date: [29 January 2023 11:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/8 "2023-01-29T11:04:54Z")
I am using node red I installed it in home assistant and every thing is in node red, when I go into any of the call services in node red in entities display the entity Id like (switch.102\_2) instead the friendly name I gave them like (patio light ustairs-local). may be there is an index file that needs to be rebuild
I don't know how to fix
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### Author:  [@radames](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/radames)
#### Post date: [29 January 2023 11:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/9 "2023-01-29T11:07:21Z")
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### Author:  [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)
#### Post date: [29 January 2023 11:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/10 "2023-01-29T11:20:09Z")
Hi @radames
This is an issue with Home Assistant (or It's Node RED Nodes) - this is nothing to do with Node RED.
as above - you need to seek support from the HA community
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [29 January 2023 11:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/11 "2023-01-29T11:40:28Z")
> [@radames](#):
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> I am using node red I installed it in home assistant and every thing is in node red,
Just to amplify the previous comment a bit, the nodes you mention are running within node-red but they are supplied as part of the HA packaged version of node-red, they are not part of the normal node-red install. That is why we don't know much about them. The normal node-red install does not have the concept of Entities with IDs, they are a HA concept.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [29 January 2023 12:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/12 "2023-01-29T12:09:42Z")
And to expand still further, Home Assistant installs Node-RED in its own way which seems to be poorly understood. Sadly, HA does seem to cause a lot of issues.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [30 March 2023 12:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/entity-id-instead-of-name/74315/13 "2023-03-30T12:10:01Z")
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