# Dashboard Template script with msg.payload
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-template-script-with-msg-payload/9983
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [10 April 2019 12:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-template-script-with-msg-payload/9983 "2019-04-10T12:14:30Z")
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### Author:  [@hutje](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hutje)
#### Post date: [10 April 2019 12:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-template-script-with-msg-payload/9983/1 "2019-04-10T12:14:30Z")
How can I use the objects from msg.payload inside the script-tag?
I need this information to control the layout...
Outside the script-tag it is possible, but I need it inside the script
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [10 April 2019 13:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-template-script-with-msg-payload/9983/2 "2019-04-10T13:33:16Z")
the Info sidebar for the ui\_template node has an example of accessing `msg.payload` from within a script.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [12 April 2019 15:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-template-script-with-msg-payload/9983/3 "2019-04-12T15:29:45Z")
This has some worked examples:
> **[Node-RED Dashboard Template Examples (AngularJS)](https://it.knightnet.org.uk/kb/nr-qa/dashboard-template-examples/)**
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> Some examples of using AngularJS with the Node-RED Dashboard.
> Not all features of Angular are accessible via the Dashboard.