# Switch node to use Label as output topic

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-node-to-use-label-as-output-topic/40369>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [4 February 2021 10:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-node-to-use-label-as-output-topic/40369 "2021-02-04T10:51:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hotNipi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hotnipi/32/383_2.png) [@hotNipi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hotNipi)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2021 21:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-node-to-use-label-as-output-topic/40369/21 "2021-02-04T21:32:43Z")

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Even if I like the idea behind it.... having seen a lot how difficult is to understand how to make flows with passthru, mqtt retaining topics, third party software relation etc.... Kind of Pandora box may be opened.

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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:** [4 February 2021 21:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-node-to-use-label-as-output-topic/40369/22 "2021-02-04T21:56:25Z")

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> [@hotNipi](#):
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> . Kind of Pandora box may be opened.

... says the man who manages to do "unspeakable" things with templates and graphs and css ! 🕶

but... yet... at the time the node(s) came into being I don't think we had the concept of typedinputs as a option for fields - and time does move on... would it be so bad if became like  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/9/69f05f8d58db7763e3460a6206ca32a28e586505.png) as the default  
with options ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/8/18f75866d377695c264ae509decd3ab81608abd9.png)

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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:** [6 March 2021 21:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/switch-node-to-use-label-as-output-topic/40369/23 "2021-03-06T21:56:45Z")

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