Route a Message Based on One of Its Properties

Problem

You want to route a message to different flows according to the value of the msg.topic property. For example, you have an MQTT node subscribed to multiple sensors and you want to pass the messages to different Dashboard ui_gauge nodes.

Solution

Use the Switch node to check the value of the property against different values corresponding to different outputs of the node.

Example

Flow JSON

[{"id":"3bc8e1d2.744abe","type":"switch","z":"ac14500e.2c57d","name":"Route ","property":"topic","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"temperature","vt":"str"},{"t":"eq","v":"humidity","vt":"str"},{"t":"eq","v":"pressure","vt":"str"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":3,"x":330,"y":420,"wires":[["907bf3b8.def45"],["fe425938.926838"],["ec261304.52f73"]]},{"id":"be3da36c.1c142","type":"inject","z":"ac14500e.2c57d","name":"","topic":"temperature","payload":"27","payloadType":"num","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":140,"y":380,"wires":[["3bc8e1d2.744abe"]]},{"id":"f271ceef.172b3","type":"inject","z":"ac14500e.2c57d","name":"","topic":"humidity","payload":"45","payloadType":"num","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":130,"y":420,"wires":[["3bc8e1d2.744abe"]]},{"id":"907bf3b8.def45","type":"debug","z":"ac14500e.2c57d","name":"Temperature","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","x":510,"y":380,"wires":[]},{"id":"fe425938.926838","type":"debug","z":"ac14500e.2c57d","name":"Humidity","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","x":500,"y":420,"wires":[]},{"id":"ec261304.52f73","type":"debug","z":"ac14500e.2c57d","name":"Pressure","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","x":500,"y":460,"wires":[]},{"id":"fca957dd.9d8078","type":"inject","z":"ac14500e.2c57d","name":"","topic":"pressure","payload":"1001","payloadType":"num","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":130,"y":460,"wires":[["3bc8e1d2.744abe"]]}]

Discussion

The Switch node will send on messages it receives on the outputs that corresponding to rules that match.

It can be configured to send on all rules that match, or only on the first one that matches.