# Read properties from global/flow in ui nodes

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-properties-from-global-flow-in-ui-nodes/37571>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [16 December 2020 10:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-properties-from-global-flow-in-ui-nodes/37571 "2020-12-16T10:50:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![lowlow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@lowlow](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lowlow)\
**Post date:** [16 December 2020 10:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-properties-from-global-flow-in-ui-nodes/37571/1 "2020-12-16T10:50:03Z")

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Hello,

I'm looking into a way to manage translation for "labels" of the dashboard button nodes I have in my flows.

My plan is store the translations in the global context and then retrieving these data and pushing them to the labels ...

Is there a way to retrieve the data directly form the global context from "within" button node in the same way data are retrieved from message property with the "{{ }}" notation ?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [16 December 2020 10:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-properties-from-global-flow-in-ui-nodes/37571/2 "2020-12-16T10:56:03Z")

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No - you need to do that in a change node preceeding the ui node

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**Author:** ![lowlow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@lowlow](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lowlow)\
**Post date:** [16 December 2020 11:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-properties-from-global-flow-in-ui-nodes/37571/3 "2020-12-16T11:02:58Z")

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Noted !

Thanks for the quick reply.

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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:** [30 December 2020 11:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/read-properties-from-global-flow-in-ui-nodes/37571/4 "2020-12-30T11:03:02Z")

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