Make template from node red flow

tommyk203 · November 4, 2021, 7:16pm

How do I turn a node red flow into a template. If I want to use the below template in another room, i have to change all references to the motion detector to the new motion detector, the light to the new light, and the automation boolean to the new automation boolean. Ideally i would just need to specify each of these things once, rather then editing every occurrence of each variable in the flow. Can this be done?

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Hellis81 · November 4, 2021, 9:02pm

You can use a change node to write all variables in at the “start” of the sequence, then use the message variables in the nodes.

Or if you need to set it already from the first triggering node, then set them in flow variables.
But i think flow variables get cleared when node red restarts so it probably needs to be run after a restart.

tommyk203 · November 4, 2021, 9:18pm

Do you have an example you can provide that I can reference?

Kermit · November 4, 2021, 9:54pm

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tommyk203 · November 4, 2021, 11:24pm

Kermit:

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Thanks. How exactly do i modify, for example, “motion” in my flow to reference the motion detector that is defined earlier?