How to group variables in the same row on dynamic tables [Tip #5 Carolina from Support]

Hi y’all, Carolina from the Support team here again!

I wanted to share a quick but useful tip from a recent ticket, especially if you use the Dynamic Tables widget to visualize device data.

A customer found that variables sent in the same payload (even with aligned timestamps) were appearing in separate rows, making the table difficult to read. Like in this example:

So, what’s happening? The dynamic table organizes rows based on a property called group. Variables with the same group value appear in the same row, while those with different group values appear in separate rows.

If you don’t set the group manually in your payload parser, the platform may assign different values automatically. By default, data from the same uplink receives the same group. To ensure your variables appear in the same row, manually assign the same group value to all variables you want to group together.

Another important detail: each unique group value represents one row. If you send a new variable with an existing group value, it updates that row’s cell instead of creating a new row.

I hope this helps others keep their dashboards clean and organized. Have you faced something similar? Let me know in the comments! :blush:

Cheers,

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