Trying to display messages on the dashboard with template node

[xlameee]

Here is the flow. Yes I know there is notification node in dashboard 2 but this is much more flexable

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Actually this one is working perfectly

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but this flow replacing the existing alert the goal is to display multiple alerts one on top of the other instead of replacing the existing alert. Tried few things but I can't get it to work in the 1st flow

[xlameee]

Can anyone help me with this

[zenofmud]

Running your flow produces no output.

This is because your function node is retrieving data from global context but you have not provided that data.

If you want help, you should create a second flow that will populate the global context so the first flow will work and people can see your issue.

[xlameee]

Here it go sorry.

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[xlameee]

Any result? I forgot what I was doing. Very slow answers here

[zenofmud]

Sorry it has been a busy day for me. I have not worked with dashboard 2 very much so hopefully someone else (@Colin or @Steve-Mcl) might be able to take a look at your template node and spot the issue.

[Steve-Mcl]

@xlameee

Very slow answers here

Most threads are answered very quickly. Your thread is rather far reaching and asking for something that possibly requires a fair bit of development time. If you have specific and concise questions you will typically get very fast answers.

[BartButenaers]

@xlameee
There have been related feature requests (like this one) for the standard ui-notification been logged. Seen the very low number of users that are willing to contribute to the dashboard project, those issues haven't been implemented yet. So it would be better if you could try to help fixing it in the ui-notification node, instead of expecting the same few contributors to solve it similar issues in the ui-template nodes of all individual users. Otherwise the same few contributors will never find time to solve the dashboard issues...

[TotallyInformation]

@xlameee

Very slow answers here

Nobody is paying for support in this forum - people voluntarily give up their free time to help others. I am sure that there are paid support options if you need a greater level of support.

[xlameee]

Understood I will wait