# Setting Global Configuration Node Properties from within a flow

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-global-configuration-node-properties-from-within-a-flow/50730>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [8 September 2021 00:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-global-configuration-node-properties-from-within-a-flow/50730 "2021-09-08T00:12:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![juanh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/juanh/32/43958_2.png) [@juanh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/juanh)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2021 00:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-global-configuration-node-properties-from-within-a-flow/50730/1 "2021-09-08T00:12:49Z")

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Is it possible to set a Global Configuration Node's properties from within a node?

In my use-case, I would like to use a Dashboard UI to allow a user to specify some information, which in turn will be used to set the properties of a Global Configuration node.

Specifically, I would like the user to enter FTP details through a [node-red-dashboard](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-dashboard) page, and have these details populate the configuration of [node-red-contrib-advanced-ftp](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-advanced-ftp)

Is this something that is possible?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/e/0ec11c8449be7f418018770c83c6de3c83d1c8f2.png)

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**Author:** ![juanh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/juanh/32/43958_2.png) [@juanh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/juanh)\
**Post date:** [10 September 2021 10:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-global-configuration-node-properties-from-within-a-flow/50730/2 "2021-09-10T10:11:26Z")

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No responses ☹ so updating with my own findings.

It would seem that it's not possible to do unless the specific node in question was created in a way to allow for configuration properties to be passed to it via a message.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [10 September 2021 10:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-global-configuration-node-properties-from-within-a-flow/50730/3 "2021-09-10T10:33:40Z")

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That is generally correct, yes.

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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:** [9 November 2021 10:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setting-global-configuration-node-properties-from-within-a-flow/50730/4 "2021-11-09T10:34:10Z")

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