# Node-red in workplace. What are you using it for?

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**Created:** [10 September 2019 16:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-in-workplace-what-are-you-using-it-for/15367 "2019-09-10T16:17:27Z")\
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**At work** , we are using Node-RED as a part of our SCADA solution.

I have described our use case a bit more detailed here:

> [@Increase canvas size? (supersize flows!)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/increase-canvas-size-supersize-flows/14855/16):
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> Okay, let me explain our use case a little deeper. Background: We are a manufacturer of custom engineering lines, so each project has different requirements. These can be a quite large lines of connected physical processes. In our terminology, a line consists of different modules, each module has one or more stations. At each station there can be one or more physical processes. Each part (the product) is handled through the line and is usually identified by a unique ID. Physical processes ca…

**At home** it is part of my home automation and visualization system, gathering and processing all kinds of data from ESP8266 nodes, heating thermostats, etc... Currently, the visualization part is done with the default Node-RED dashboard, but I'm going to move to UI-builder for that.

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