# Table seems to disappear after refreshing page
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/table-seems-to-disappear-after-refreshing-page/40680
**Category:** General
**Created:** [9 February 2021 14:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/table-seems-to-disappear-after-refreshing-page/40680 "2021-02-09T14:05:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@aa123](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/aa123)
#### Post date: [9 February 2021 14:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/table-seems-to-disappear-after-refreshing-page/40680/1 "2021-02-09T14:05:54Z")
The table node I am using ends up disappearing after I refresh the UI page. The table node isn't able to connect with a node on the right, whereas the topics I see on the internet the table nodes they are able to connect on both sides.
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [9 February 2021 16:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/table-seems-to-disappear-after-refreshing-page/40680/2 "2021-02-09T16:25:47Z")
the ui-table node only has an output if you set the "send data" option
otherwise there is nothing to send 🙂
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### Author:  [@Christian-Me](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Christian-Me)
#### Post date: [9 February 2021 17:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/table-seems-to-disappear-after-refreshing-page/40680/3 "2021-02-09T17:47:31Z")
How do you send data to your table? This determines if the data is refreshed by the dashboard on reload.
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### Author:  [@aa123](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/aa123)
#### Post date: [10 February 2021 12:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/table-seems-to-disappear-after-refreshing-page/40680/4 "2021-02-10T12:14:13Z")
I send it via msg.payload, from a function node.
its goes something very similar to this:
```auto
> Blockquote
var tblmsg={}
tblmsg.payload={
"solution": "dataInput",
"attributes": [{"time": global.get('currenttime')}]
}
node. send(tblmsg);
}
return null;
```
Now this information does send having looked at when manually debugging. Not sure how to make it so that the information stays after refreshing or even after changing a page
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### Author:  [@Christian-Me](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Christian-Me)
#### Post date: [10 February 2021 17:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/table-seems-to-disappear-after-refreshing-page/40680/5 "2021-02-10T17:33:06Z")
There are two ways of feeding data into your table.
- The simple / normal way sending a array (rows) of objects (columns) like
```auto
msg.payload = [
{"col1":1,"col2":"Name"},
{"col1":2,"col2":"another Name"}
]
```
this fills the table with data. The data is cached by the daschboard and will be replayed for new clients or page refresh.
- or by sending (many) commands: like (this will add another row to your table)
```auto
msg.payload = {
"command":"addData",
"arguments":[
{
"col1":1,
"col2":"name"
},
true
],
"returnPromise":true
}
}
```
but in this case the data is not cached and you have to resend it if you refresh your browser or a new client connects as noted in the docs:
> **important notices**
> Data which is sent to ui-table through commands is **not** cached by ui-table! The flow has to take care to update the table for new clients connection or dashboard tab changes!
This makes ui-table very versatile able to manipulate data on cell level but also a little bit more complicated.
Your example should not work at all (sending a object not following the "command" "arguments" "returnPromise" scheme.
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### Author:  [@novski](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/novski)
#### Post date: [17 June 2022 12:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/table-seems-to-disappear-after-refreshing-page/40680/6 "2022-06-17T12:07:54Z")
Can you give me an example how to addRow but still cache it?
-\> How can I add a row and have persistent data over page reloads and reconnections?