# MQTT JSON Object in ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-json-object-in-ignition/89913>\
**Category:** Maker\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [May 3, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-json-object-in-ignition/89913 "2024-05-03T22:45:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vidar\_Hetlelid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/dfb087/32.png) [@Vidar\_Hetlelid](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vidar_Hetlelid)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-json-object-in-ignition/89913/1 "2024-05-03T22:45:53Z")

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Hi there,

My Homey (smarthub) published data over MQTT, and using MQTT engine in ignition, the data is automaticaly found and nicely shown up in the tag browser like this:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/7/07860e32126dba9446e504b8dfc19ca3cf410124.png)

But, while I test publishing this object from Node-red:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/8/a8c0b26203ef7f1a1b6ff932f4a69fcce9d9b749.png)

It looks like this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/3/e381ce82e8d004a120ba0cad4498c2c6a0eb5087.png)

How can I publish object from node-red, that shows up like it does from homey? Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-json-object-in-ignition/89913/2 "2024-05-03T22:49:33Z")

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I would start by using a tool like MQTT explorer to connect to your broker and compare the topics to see what's different between the data coming from your 2 sources.