# 'Symbolically linked' dashboard nodes

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/symbolically-linked-dashboard-nodes/74290>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard\
**Created:** [28 January 2023 11:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/symbolically-linked-dashboard-nodes/74290 "2023-01-28T11:21:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![linker3000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/linker3000/32/26852_2.png) [@linker3000](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/linker3000)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2023 11:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/symbolically-linked-dashboard-nodes/74290/1 "2023-01-28T11:21:42Z")

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Apologies if I am missing an obvious solution!

If I have, say, a switch, LED or gauge on a dashboard page and I want them to also appear on another page is there a way to create a symbolic duplicate and just place it, or is it necessary to create a new, 'real' version and wire it up in the same way as the original - for example, a second LED receiving the same input as the first?

Thanks

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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:** [28 January 2023 11:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/symbolically-linked-dashboard-nodes/74290/2 "2023-01-28T11:31:56Z")

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Correct. You have to make a copy. 1:1 relationship between nodes and widgets.

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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:** [29 March 2023 11:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/symbolically-linked-dashboard-nodes/74290/3 "2023-03-29T11:32:13Z")

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