# Read data from a table **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [9 August 2021 09:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-data-from-a-table/49518 "2021-08-09T09:55:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anguslou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/anguslou/32/9212_2.png) [@anguslou](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/anguslou)\ **Post date:** [9 August 2021 09:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-data-from-a-table/49518/1 "2021-08-09T09:55:25Z")
I want to make a table on dashboard and allow user to input simple data such as dimension of boxes, eg, ``` Length Width Height ``` Box 1 20 12 7 Box 2 23 9 6 Ideally there is a button to add lines after finishing last one. And after submitting, Node-red is able to read like { "Box 1":{ "Length" : 20, "Width" : 12, "Height" : 7}, "Box 2":{ "Length" : 23, "Width" : 9, "Height" : 6} } Is it possible to do it in Node-Red? or any workaround for this? ---
**Author:** ![UnborN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@UnborN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UnborN)\ **Post date:** [9 August 2021 20:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-data-from-a-table/49518/2 "2021-08-09T20:56:18Z")
Hello Anguslou, Your question is very generic and broad and you havent shared some example flow of what you have tried in order to give a person the motivation to help you with your question. A quick search on the internet for programmatically adding rows to a table with input fields brings us to this interesting [example](https://www.tutorialrepublic.com/codelab.php?topic=faq&file=jquery-append-and-remove-table-row-dynamically). With a few jquery code modifications and adding an extra button to send the data to Node-red ... ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/4/c445b33f147fb46ef9cf9dc8d0037af5e4d30cf7.png) **Example Flow :** ```auto [{"id":"2909790fd013a2b3","type":"ui_template","z":"4895ea10b4ee9ead","group":"fe8bd71ec6128157","name":"","order":0,"width":"27","height":"24","format":"\n\n\n\n \n My Boxes\n \n \n \n\n\n\n
\n \n \n \n \n \n
\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
SelectBox idLengthWidthHeight
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\n\n\n","storeOutMessages":true,"fwdInMessages":true,"resendOnRefresh":true,"templateScope":"local","x":460,"y":640,"wires":[["086622824c1db941"]]},{"id":"086622824c1db941","type":"debug","z":"4895ea10b4ee9ead","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":690,"y":640,"wires":[]},{"id":"fe8bd71ec6128157","type":"ui_group","name":"Default","tab":"5276339eb38c4054","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"27","collapse":false},{"id":"5276339eb38c4054","type":"ui_tab","name":"Home","icon":"dashboard","disabled":false,"hidden":false}] ``` ---
**Author:** ![anguslou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/anguslou/32/9212_2.png) [@anguslou](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/anguslou)\ **Post date:** [10 August 2021 01:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-data-from-a-table/49518/3 "2021-08-10T01:35:53Z")
This is excellent, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![UnborN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@UnborN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UnborN)\ **Post date:** [10 August 2021 02:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-data-from-a-table/49518/4 "2021-08-10T02:10:58Z")
Hi .. i worked a little bit more on the table layout to make it a little bit more presentable .. here's a newer version ```auto [{"id":"2909790fd013a2b3","type":"ui_template","z":"4895ea10b4ee9ead","group":"fe8bd71ec6128157","name":"","order":1,"width":30,"height":17,"format":"\n\n\n\n \n My Boxes\n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
Select
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\n\n\n","storeOutMessages":true,"fwdInMessages":true,"resendOnRefresh":true,"templateScope":"local","x":340,"y":480,"wires":[["086622824c1db941"]]},{"id":"086622824c1db941","type":"debug","z":"4895ea10b4ee9ead","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":510,"y":480,"wires":[]},{"id":"fe8bd71ec6128157","type":"ui_group","name":"Boxes","tab":"5276339eb38c4054","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"30","collapse":false},{"id":"5276339eb38c4054","type":"ui_tab","name":"Home","icon":"dashboard","disabled":false,"hidden":false}] ``` [EDIT] fixed `scope` ---
**Author:** ![anguslou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/anguslou/32/9212_2.png) [@anguslou](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/anguslou)\ **Post date:** [10 August 2021 07:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-data-from-a-table/49518/5 "2021-08-10T07:00:32Z")
The codes work perfectly. However every time after deploying and I enter data, it doesn't update to the table by clicking "Add Box" until I restart Node-Red, any idea? ---
**Author:** ![UnborN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@UnborN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UnborN)\ **Post date:** [10 August 2021 09:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-data-from-a-table/49518/6 "2021-08-10T09:08:41Z")
you are right .. i think it was related to the line `var nr = scope;` but on second deploy i noticed an error that the variable was already declared. anyway using the official way of using scope seems to fix the issue. I edited my above post not to have yet another version. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 09:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-data-from-a-table/49518/7 "2021-08-24T09:09:06Z")
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