# How to change the name of a config field without breaking old flows

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**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [27 August 2024 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-change-the-name-of-a-config-field-without-breaking-old-flows/90476 "2024-08-27T09:31:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![joepavitt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/joepavitt/32/59722_2.png) [@joepavitt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/joepavitt)\
**Post date:** [29 August 2024 09:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-change-the-name-of-a-config-field-without-breaking-old-flows/90476/18 "2024-08-29T09:54:11Z")

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> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> Also, being totally honest, the recent and rather inaccurate blog post about D2 vs "ui-builder" (sic) didn't really make me feel all that welcome.

I'm sorry to hear that Julian. The [article](https://flowfuse.com/blog/2024/08/comparing-dashboard-2-with-uibuilder/) was written based on your [original forum post](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/capability-comparison-between-uibuilder-and-dashboard-2/88847), and we even included the table you made in the blog post.

If there are inaccuracies, please do surface those (via DM, here, or even better [open an issue on our website repo](https://github.com/FlowFuse/website) and we will get those corrected)

I have been very grateful of your collaboration (e.g. `msg._client` was an excellent move for both libraries), and we are keen to continue that moving forward, e.g. FF explicitly investing in development time just so that UI Builder runs on FF Cloud.

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