# Batch node and how to access the content
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/batch-node-and-how-to-access-the-content/22961
**Category:** General
**Created:** [11 March 2020 11:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/batch-node-and-how-to-access-the-content/22961 "2020-03-11T11:43:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Beefy\_carrot](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Beefy_carrot)
#### Post date: [11 March 2020 11:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/batch-node-and-how-to-access-the-content/22961/1 "2020-03-11T11:43:53Z")
How do i access the values in a batch node ? i have set it up so 10 readings from my sensor gets added to the batch file and it then sends it to the cloud. but i would rather have the average number of these ten readings. batch = msg.complete, payload = msg.payload
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [11 March 2020 12:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/batch-node-and-how-to-access-the-content/22961/2 "2020-03-11T12:01:43Z")
send the output to a join node and from there you could use a function node to compute the average or possible some contrib node
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [11 March 2020 13:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/batch-node-and-how-to-access-the-content/22961/3 "2020-03-11T13:03:44Z")
If you look at the info panel for the join node - you can see it has a "reduce" mode - with an example that does indeed calculate the average of the values for you.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [11 March 2020 21:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/batch-node-and-how-to-access-the-content/22961/4 "2020-03-11T21:44:42Z")
I thought you were already using a Join node, as you indicated in [your original thread](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-readings/22703/3)
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### Author:  [@Beefy\_carrot](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Beefy_carrot)
#### Post date: [12 March 2020 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/batch-node-and-how-to-access-the-content/22961/5 "2020-03-12T14:04:50Z")
Sorry about that, it worked but not as intended. i am experimenting with different types of approaches. for different functions. i am not very familiar with node red as i am to python, java and js. currently thinking to just use the function nodes all the way ^^
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [11 May 2020 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/batch-node-and-how-to-access-the-content/22961/6 "2020-05-11T14:04:57Z")
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