# Sending the message to the next node **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [28 October 2019 18:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-the-message-to-the-next-node/17245 "2019-10-28T18:16:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![Bader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Bader](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bader)\ **Post date:** [28 October 2019 18:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-the-message-to-the-next-node/17245/1 "2019-10-28T18:16:26Z")

Hello guys, i wanna send the x to the next node(mqtt out) and i tried node.send(x) and msg.payload to send the x but it did'nt work, anyone can help me with that 🙂 btw i used Dashboard Template. ```auto

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\ **Post date:** [28 October 2019 21:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-the-message-to-the-next-node/17245/2 "2019-10-28T21:41:42Z")

Could you provide your flow? (see [How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506)) Are you using the template or ui-template node? ---

**Author:** ![Bader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Bader](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bader)\ **Post date:** [29 October 2019 06:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-the-message-to-the-next-node/17245/3 "2019-10-29T06:00:36Z")

i'm using ui-template node ```auto [{"id":"2f8d264e.315b5a","type":"tab","label":"Flow 1","disabled":false,"info":""},{"id":"168ffcdf.49fec3","type":"ui_template","z":"2f8d264e.315b5a","group":"7df6c9e4.2fe848","name":"","order":1,"width":"0","height":"0","format":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n $\"Pic\"$ \n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n","storeOutMessages":true,"fwdInMessages":true,"templateScope":"local","x":500,"y":280,"wires":[["95330f58.ce5f8","ffae42f8.2632c"]],"outputLabels":["x"]},{"id":"95330f58.ce5f8","type":"debug","z":"2f8d264e.315b5a","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","x":710,"y":240,"wires":[]},{"id":"ffae42f8.2632c","type":"mqtt out","z":"2f8d264e.315b5a","name":"","topic":"","qos":"","retain":"","broker":"961e00a7.0b8a6","x":710,"y":300,"wires":[]},{"id":"7df6c9e4.2fe848","type":"ui_group","z":"","name":"Lights","tab":"bac79aeb.7c1288","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"6","collapse":false},{"id":"961e00a7.0b8a6","type":"mqtt-broker","z":"","name":"","broker":"","port":"1883","clientid":"","usetls":false,"compatmode":false,"keepalive":"60","cleansession":true,"birthTopic":"","birthQos":"0","birthPayload":"","closeTopic":"","closeQos":"0","closePayload":"","willTopic":"","willQos":"0","willPayload":""},{"id":"bac79aeb.7c1288","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"Living room","icon":"dashboard","order":2,"disabled":false,"hidden":false}] ``` ---

**Author:** ![krambriw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/krambriw/32/5429_2.png) [@krambriw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/krambriw)\ **Post date:** [29 October 2019 06:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-the-message-to-the-next-node/17245/4 "2019-10-29T06:53:08Z")

You have to use the scope to send and/or receive So in your template put declaration ```auto //Make scope available in functions var theScope = scope; ``` Then when using it to send ```auto theScope.send({payload:'whatever'}); ```