Extracted dashboards yaml file uses things/variables names rather than UIDs

[ubidefeo]

If I extract a Dashboard its widgets are linked to Things and Variables based on their names rather than UID.
I would expect the Thing ID and Variable ID to be listed instead.
This could be useful to retrieve full details of a dashboard, not just the labels.
Any reason why it's just like this?

Current structure

- height: 4
    height_mobile: 4
    name: Switch A
    options:
        frameless: false
        mode: Color 2
        showThing: false
    type: LED
    variables:
      - thing_id: sOnOff
        variable_id: switch_A
    width: 4
    width_mobile: 4
    x: 0
    x_mobile: 0
    "y": 0
    y_mobile: 0

Full structure

- height: 4
    height_mobile: 4
    name: Switch A
    options:
        frameless: false
        mode: Color 2
        showThing: false
    type: LED
    variables:
      - thing_id: 0bbafafc-2ac3-4d10-9620-34f8fb284701
        thing_name: SonOff
        variable_id: d0be0122-24cd-4a6d-99f5-793e21ac34a1
        variable_id: switch_A
    width: 4
    width_mobile: 4
    x: 0
    x_mobile: 0
    "y": 0
    y_mobile: 0

[polldo]

this is something we should handle, you can find another discussion on slack
the result of an extract command is a cloud template (in this case a dashboard template). Here's an example of a cloud dashboard template: https://github.com/bcmi-labs/cloud-templates/blob/main/templates/home-security-alarm/resources/dashboard.yml

[mafzal9]

Thank you @per1234 but the issue is still there and there is no update after Jan 10,2022.

[ContinenteCNC]

I don't know if what I'm experiencing is related to this issue, but I simple can't creat a valid dashboard. Whenever I issue the command, the new dashboard does appear in my Arduino IoT Cloud dashboards, but it won't open. If I click on it, it will fail do open. If I extract the template it from the newly created dashboard it looks just like the one used to created it, just with name and thing_id replaced.

Is there a work around to create dashboards from command line?

[mafzal9]

Yes this issue still exist and not sure when will fix this.

[ContinenteCNC]

Hi, folks!

What is the current work around?

Duplicate the dashboard from IoT Cloud GUI and replace the linked varibles one by one?

I hope they take care of this issue soon, I am really starting to enjoy the possibilities of Arduino IoT cloud as a viable Cloud for professional applications.

Thank you in advance, Arduino Team!

Bruno