Search/Regex node to retrieve data from error list

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Hi Everyone
I am new to node red and just need some direction, I have allot of instrumentation on allot of trucks and allot of sites. but they do breakdown and it then spits out a 4 digit error code. I want the driver to punch in the error code on their tablet and get the possible causes for the issue before they phone me at 2 am an make me drive
300 KM!!! just to press a print button!!!!!

I managed to have a button on the dashboard that shows the error in a specific file when the specific button is pushed. but I only listed the 8 most common errors and there is allot more.
I just do not know for the life of me how to use a Input Text box that tells a Function or Change node to log in a list and then spit it out onto a Text output tab

Then there is a 3 columns 1st tells the error 2nd gives an explanation and the 3rd is the remedy of how to go about to fix the issue.

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this is how it looks like in the manual.
I wan the river to log this error once he/she cannot fix the issue and send a assistance request for a technician and thus have a record of when and where this happened.
I managed to figure out the UI control node which makes the screens less clustered.

Sorry I am just a technician that don't understand programming (reason I chose to do node red) that just want to make life easier.

Kind regards

Paul Euvrard

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I guess you made the right choice by selecting node-RED. You clearly stated the problem and already outlined the solution but you did not share your dataset. I will therefore come up with something from my mind. I imagine an object like this one holding your data:

[
    {
        "code": 1111,
        "reason": "Wet sensor, It is raining again",
        "details": "......."
    },
    {
        "code": 2222,
        "reason": "Wet sensor, It Never Rains in Southern California",
        "details": "......."
    }
]

You flow will need a way to store the dataset into the memory (loading from a file or maybe hard coding the data), the input text node, a function node and the output text node. For your use case i would prefer using a function node, for the search/filtering, rather than a change node, just to avoid using a jsonata expression (which I suppose you are not familiar).

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So the function node would need to filter your dataset to select the data (reason and details) associated with the 4 digit error code coming from the UI Input Text node.

It could be as simple as:

const pay = msg.payload;

// Load dataset from memory
const dset = global.get("dataset");

// Filter dataset for code
const result = dset.filter(ob => ob.code == pay);

return result

As for the dashboard here is a draft that shows the result of the search for error code 2222

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Play with below flow and try to understand it. I would be happy to explain whatever it is not clear for you or help you further on any improvement.

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