# Send string from dashboard to msg.payload

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-string-from-dashboard-to-msg-payload/22555>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [3 March 2020 12:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-string-from-dashboard-to-msg-payload/22555 "2020-03-03T12:06:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [3 March 2020 12:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-string-from-dashboard-to-msg-payload/22555/2 "2020-03-03T12:20:31Z")

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Hi Cedric,

First of, I have a couple links of recommended reading for you to get started with:  
[https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/messages](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/messages)  
[https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/nodes](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/nodes)

After reading those, do you have an idea to continue?  
For future messages, it often helps if you include the (relevant part of the) flow you've made to a post. You can get it by going to the hamburger menu in Node-RED (3 horizontal lines) -\> export -\> copy the flow (double check if you're only copying the currently selected node or the part that you were actually trying to send), then add it to a post following the following instructions: [How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506)

That way users helping you can import the exact code and look at it.

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