# Using dashboard to to set delay time

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-dashboard-to-to-set-delay-time/879
**Category:** General
**Created:** [18 June 2018 07:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-dashboard-to-to-set-delay-time/879 "2018-06-18T07:01:54Z")
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### Author: ![shrickus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/shrickus/32/517_2.png) [@shrickus](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shrickus)
#### Post date: [18 June 2018 15:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-dashboard-to-to-set-delay-time/879/13 "2018-06-18T15:49:13Z")

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I agree that local context is valuable within the `change` node – and although I submitted a PR for this last year, it was decided to not introduce the feature until some other features were put in place (can’t remember which, maybe persistence?).

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