# Multiple Dashboards again

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-dashboards-again/30236>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [17 July 2020 01:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-dashboards-again/30236 "2020-07-17T01:11:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![StefanSchmelz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/stefanschmelz/32/25894_2.png) [@StefanSchmelz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/StefanSchmelz)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2020 01:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-dashboards-again/30236/1 "2020-07-17T01:11:54Z")

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Hi,  
I would want to implement multiple variants of the same dashboard.  
I have two TVs that should display pretty graphs and stuff.  
I have about 5 pretty cheap 10" tablets that should display the same information with different widgets to save some space.  
And I want the same page with even smaller elements (Text elements) to display the same information on my phones...

If there is no real way to use multiple users, could I somehow determine the size and enable or disable groups based on that?

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**Author:** ![janvda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/janvda/32/234_2.png) [@janvda](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/janvda)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2020 10:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-dashboards-again/30236/2 "2020-07-17T10:02:48Z")

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Maybe you can consider using `node-red-contrib-mdashboard`  
I would then suggest to create different tabs for each device screen type  
and manually select the proper tab for each device where you are accessing the UI.

Not a perfect solution but maybe good enough for your use case.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2020 10:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-dashboards-again/30236/3 "2020-07-17T10:25:33Z")

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I think you have a number of choices including the one from the other answer:

- Use multiple instances of Node-RED - each with its own Dashboard. This will require more resources of course.
- Output data to InfluxDB and use Grafana which natively supports multi-user access.
- Don't use Dashboard but an alternative such as uibuilder - but that requires you to create your own UI. uibuilder lets you create multiple pages for a single node instance and also lets you have multiple node-instances.

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**Author:** ![StefanSchmelz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/stefanschmelz/32/25894_2.png) [@StefanSchmelz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/StefanSchmelz)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2020 10:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-dashboards-again/30236/4 "2020-07-17T10:41:53Z")

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I think the best option would be to use grafana or the visualizer from the influxdb guys, since I am using influxdb anyways.

Or I try uibuilder.  
I'm not that comfortable with Javascript, so do you know a guide for uibuilder? I didn't find the Readme too helpful.  
I know a little vue tho.

Otherwise I came up with the idea to use an invisible template that sends the screen size or other identifying information to node red, so I could enable and disable groups per session...  
In that case it would be best to package that into a custom node - in case anyone else could use it.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2020 11:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-dashboards-again/30236/5 "2020-07-17T11:18:01Z")

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> [@StefanSchmelz](#):
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> I'm not that comfortable with Javascript, so do you know a guide for uibuilder? I didn't find the Readme too helpful.  
> I know a little vue tho.

Yes, sorry about that. The README got a bit out of hand over various releases. If you look on GitHub at the security branch, you'll see a lot more in the docs folder. There is also a lot of content on the WIKI (also due for a tidy - planning to redo that as a new website before too long).

If you have any specific feedback on documentation, please let me know.

If you know some Vue, then you should find uibuilder easy enough. bootstrap-vue is also included so that you don't need to do much (any?) styling if you are happy with the basic bootstrap formatting.

The WIKI has examples of using a number of charting libraries as well.

> [@StefanSchmelz](#):
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> I think the best option would be to use grafana or the visualizer from the influxdb guys, since I am using influxdb anyways.

I'd agree - this is likely to be your best bet - at least for the short-term.

uibuilder would be an option if you then wanted to get something more bespoke in the future.

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**Author:** ![janvda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/janvda/32/234_2.png) [@janvda](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/janvda)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2020 11:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-dashboards-again/30236/6 "2020-07-17T11:18:33Z")

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> [@StefanSchmelz](#):
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> so I could enable and disable groups per session

Is this possible with `node-red-contrib-mdashboard`?  
Would enabling or disabling a group not affect **all** sessions ?

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**Author:** ![StefanSchmelz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/stefanschmelz/32/25894_2.png) [@StefanSchmelz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/StefanSchmelz)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2020 11:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-dashboards-again/30236/7 "2020-07-17T11:45:35Z")

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> [@janvda](#):
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> Would enabling or disabling a group not affect **all** sessions ?

You could send a message containing a valid session-id to only affect that session.  
I previously verified that this would work.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [31 July 2020 11:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-dashboards-again/30236/8 "2020-07-31T11:45:36Z")

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