# Access msg object in dashboard ui\_template

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/access-msg-object-in-dashboard-ui-template/5502>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [5 December 2018 14:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/access-msg-object-in-dashboard-ui-template/5502 "2018-12-05T14:24:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [6 December 2018 13:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/access-msg-object-in-dashboard-ui-template/5502/9 "2018-12-06T13:55:34Z")

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Thank you krambriw, your answer pointed me to the right direction for what I wanted!  
The trick was executing the

```auto
initMap(data)

```

google maps callback function in place of your " update(data) ".  
Then I could normally access the msg returned from the query like

```auto
for (var a = 0; a < data.length; a++) {
            var tmpLat = data[a].lat;
            var tmpLng = data[a].lng;   

        var marker = _newGoogleMapsMarker({
            _map: map,
            _lat: tmpLat,
            _lng: tmpLng
        }); 
        
 }

```

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