# Using msg.ui\_control to set Chart node attributes

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-msg-ui-control-to-set-chart-node-attributes/78956>\
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**Created:** [5 June 2023 10:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-msg-ui-control-to-set-chart-node-attributes/78956 "2023-06-05T10:22:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [17 June 2023 09:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-msg-ui-control-to-set-chart-node-attributes/78956/8 "2023-06-17T09:21:41Z")

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Not really. The `ui_template` node is part of dashboard widgets and the charting library is also part of dashboard so you just need to implement it.

Here's one example but you can search here in forum to find more. There is many.

> [@Line Chart Series Labels](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/line-chart-series-labels/24798):
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> If I understand correctly, the series labels cannot be changed for line charts, which is making my line charts impossible to read. The reason is I have several sensors with mac addresses, however these mac addresses are meaningless to the end user and what they need to see is a a user-friendly name of where the sensor is located such as upstairs, outside instead of the mac address. showing the mac address of these sensors instead of their related location means that the charts cant really be e…

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