How pass a context variable as deviceTag

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Hi,

I’m trying to pass a context variable (parentId = {{request.query.deviceId}}), through experience, as Device Tag to the dashboard. I found this case in the documentation, where the fields are generated for a specific dashboard (and generates key-value fields for the context of type deviceTag), but in my case the ID of dashboard is dynamic, and I should pass the key and value of the deviceTag in the value field, as shown in the figure, is this possible? And if possible what would be the format?

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Or how could I pass that same context, but using {{element ‘dashboard’ dashboardId = pageData.dashboards.dashId ctx = (obj deviceId = request.params.deviceId parentId = ???)}}? I tried to use something like this, but without success.

This topic is similar to I’m trying to solve, but I also haven’t found an answer for the deviceTag use case as a context. Since for the other types of context variable, I can use it normally.

Any suggestion?

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@Vander_Maziero,

Yeah, this looks like a hard one to do from within the UI. I’m putting in a ticket for that. However, here is how you would do it using the element helper:

{{ element "dashboard" dashboardId=(template "58ebd885e326860001a6699f") ctx=(obj devId=(template "{{request.query.deviceId}}") deviceTag-0=(obj key=(template "DeviceRecipe") value=(template "{{request.query.value}}"))) theme=(template "light") time=(template "") }}
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Thanks @anaptfox this example of use of element solve my problem!

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@anaptfox Just another possible bug, if I use only the helper element, with no other characters in the block content, when saved, the page automatically changes the page type from Custom to Dashboard, but if I insert another character, like a space, it doesn’t happen , and the page type remains as custom. Like as in the sequence of images.

  1. Page as Custom, just with helper element

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  2. Saved - change to type Dashboard

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  3. Page as Custom, caractere space more helper element - save and work

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So, this exposes a pretty cool thing about Dashboard Pages. Today, behind the scenes, they aren’t a special kind of page. A Dashboard Page is simply a page with only (even down to the spaces) the element helper pointing to a Dashboard. So, that’s why you’re seeing this behavior here.

However, I’m making a ticket about this to improve this experience a bit. :slight_smile: