# \#device-recipes

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## [Bulk update from Recipes](https://forums.losant.com/t/bulk-update-from-recipes/5901)

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**Author:** [@Micheal\_Davis](https://forums.losant.com/u/Micheal_Davis)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/bulk-update-from-recipes/5901 "2025-09-02T17:52:15Z")

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Hello, Should Recipe updates be automatically carried over to all devices? Or is there a step missing to push updated recipes to all devices? Picture below…shows that we made some changes to attribute tags but the para…

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## [Configurable Device Recipe in Device: Create Node](https://forums.losant.com/t/configurable-device-recipe-in-device-create-node/3890)

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**Author:** [@Louis\_Gouws](https://forums.losant.com/u/Louis_Gouws)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/configurable-device-recipe-in-device-create-node/3890 "2021-07-01T07:40:33Z")

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Is it possible to select which device recipe to use, in the device create node, based on a field in the payload? Currently, the dropdown does take the handlebar configuration, but does not interpret it as the name of a d…

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## [Export recipe can't handle "#" character in any fields](https://forums.losant.com/t/export-recipe-cant-handle-character-in-any-fields/3129)

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**Author:** [@Wesley\_Manning](https://forums.losant.com/u/Wesley_Manning)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/export-recipe-cant-handle-character-in-any-fields/3129 "2020-07-20T19:15:53Z")

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(1) I use “Export Recipe” to export a recipe. (2) I click “Add Device Recipe” and load the device recipe I just exported above. It gives me a “Import failed - Invalid JSON” error. Is this a bug?

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## [Default values on device recipes](https://forums.losant.com/t/default-values-on-device-recipes/2057)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Betke](https://forums.losant.com/u/Jonathan_Betke)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/default-values-on-device-recipes/2057 "2019-08-05T20:55:36Z")

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I would like an extra column added to device recipes for adding in a default value. We deal with a lot of customization for alerting/events and having a default start point that the user can then adjust is needed. We ma…

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## [Automatic attribute recognition](https://forums.losant.com/t/automatic-attribute-recognition/1630)

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**Author:** [@Eckehard\_Fiedler](https://forums.losant.com/u/Eckehard_Fiedler)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/automatic-attribute-recognition/1630 "2019-03-27T16:21:56Z")

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Unlike other platforms, Losant does not recognize sensors, if the corresponding attribute is not applied (manually). This may be useful in some cases, but in some cases it is not. We can see from the logs, that data heve…