# Is it possible to add gauges dynamically with node-red-dashboard?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gauges-dynamically-with-node-red-dashboard/61359
**Category:** General
**Created:** [16 April 2022 06:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gauges-dynamically-with-node-red-dashboard/61359 "2022-04-16T06:19:37Z")
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### Author:  [@raylight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/raylight)
#### Post date: [16 April 2022 06:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gauges-dynamically-with-node-red-dashboard/61359/1 "2022-04-16T06:19:37Z")
I'd like to create multiple gauges with the node-red-dashboard in a dynamic way. Let's say I have this dashboard:
It was created by manually setting each gauge as the following:
But let's say I have the following JSON:
```auto
[
{
"topic": "name1",
"payload": 10
},
{
"topic": "name2",
"payload": 5
},
{
"topic": "name3",
"payload": 6
},
{
"topic": "name4",
"payload": 7
},
{
"topic": "name5",
"payload": 4
},
{
"topic": "name6",
"payload": 10
},
{
"topic": "name7",
"payload": 9
},
]
```
Let's also say that this JSON is dynamic and it can have a vector with different lengths. In this example, its length is 7 but in my case, it could reach more than 50 while also having the possibility of increasing its length from time to time. Is it possible to draw a flow where I don't need to manually insert 50 gauges instances in it? Something like sending separated messages to a single gauge and it manages to draw the dashboard with different gauges?
I haven't found anything related to this kind of functionality in its documentation... Can I do it by mixing it with other dashboard nodes?
I can generate this JSON dynamically from time to time. I could use a function node to loop in it and use the `node.send()` function to separate the messages. The problem is that if I do it in a single gauge node I'll see changes only in a single gauge in my dashboard.
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [16 April 2022 06:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gauges-dynamically-with-node-red-dashboard/61359/2 "2022-04-16T06:39:05Z")
It is possible with ui-template and JS . Here is a link to proof of concept [How to break data array into separate charts with data and labels - #6 by E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-break-data-array-into-separate-charts-with-data-and-labels/39516/6)
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### Author:  [@raylight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/raylight)
#### Post date: [16 April 2022 06:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gauges-dynamically-with-node-red-dashboard/61359/3 "2022-04-16T06:45:28Z")
Cool... in this case, I'd still have to use the gauge node? Or would it be only the ui-template node and js?
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [16 April 2022 06:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gauges-dynamically-with-node-red-dashboard/61359/4 "2022-04-16T06:46:27Z")
Check the flow i linked to, no ui-gauge node required.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [15 June 2022 06:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gauges-dynamically-with-node-red-dashboard/61359/5 "2022-06-15T06:46:44Z")
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