# InfluxdB out node
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/influxdb-out-node/80826
**Category:** General
**Tags:** influxdb
**Created:** [26 August 2023 14:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/influxdb-out-node/80826 "2023-08-26T14:52:54Z")
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### Author:  [@CJ10](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CJ10)
#### Post date: [26 August 2023 14:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/influxdb-out-node/80826/1 "2023-08-26T14:52:54Z")
Does anybody know how to pass a payload, topic or flow variable into the InfluxDB Out node, as the measurement name/field?
Usually {{payload}} or {{msg.topic}} works in order to insert the payload/topic into another node. But clearly that doesn’t work for the ‘influx out node’
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [26 August 2023 15:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/influxdb-out-node/80826/2 "2023-08-26T15:13:52Z")
It is in the help text for the node
"If the _measurement_ field is not set in the node configuration, the user can send in data with a specified measurement name in **msg.measurement** to overwrite the _measurement_ field in the configuration of the node."
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [9 September 2023 15:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/influxdb-out-node/80826/3 "2023-09-09T15:14:25Z")
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