# Node red dashboard, taking input in new node
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-taking-input-in-new-node/35925
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [14 November 2020 17:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-taking-input-in-new-node/35925 "2020-11-14T17:33:30Z")
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### Author:  [@sarosh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sarosh)
#### Post date: [14 November 2020 17:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-taking-input-in-new-node/35925/1 "2020-11-14T17:33:30Z")
I have created a simple UI node for my node red dashboard. The next this I want to do it take the input msg and show the extracted data in my widget. I have read the official docs and seen some examples but dont seem to understand how the input is received and showed.
Can anybody help??
This is where I am looking for help
> **[node-red/node-red-dashboard](https://github.com/node-red/node-red-dashboard/wiki/Creating-New-Dashboard-Widgets)**
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> A dashboard UI for Node-RED. Contribute to node-red/node-red-dashboard development by creating an account on GitHub.
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### Author:  [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)
#### Post date: [14 November 2020 17:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-taking-input-in-new-node/35925/2 "2020-11-14T17:52:34Z")
> [@sarosh](#):
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> take the input msg
Hi @sarosh,
You can use the `$scope.watch` function to process the input message You can look e.g. [here](https://github.com/node-red/node-red-ui-nodes/blob/master/node-red-node-ui-lineargauge/linear_gauge.js#L155) for an example.
Bart
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 December 2020 17:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-dashboard-taking-input-in-new-node/35925/3 "2020-12-14T17:53:02Z")
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