Dynamic Dashboard Control (dashboard 2) @stevecope

Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

In this video I demonstrate how to dynamically control a dashboard 2 dashboard.
It works very similar to dynamic control in dashboard 1 by sending in a JSON object via msg.payload.
Flow Download link below
stevesnoderedguide.com/download/dynamic-dashboard-control-dashboard-2

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