# Template Node Variables
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-node-variables/94576
**Category:** Dashboard
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard
**Created:** [13 January 2025 13:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-node-variables/94576 "2025-01-13T13:15:44Z")
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### Author:  [@LucasPelu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/LucasPelu)
#### Post date: [13 January 2025 13:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-node-variables/94576/1 "2025-01-13T13:15:44Z")
Good morning, I am facing a problem perhaps due to lack of knowledge.
I am working on a dashboard with different template nodes.
In a template node I fill a form with data.
Then in another template I made a restriction on an input based on the data entered in the forms of the other node.
My question is how I can have a "global" variable between the template nodes. This way in one node I save the variable and in another node I bring it and use it.
I hope I have explained myself.
Greetings and thanks
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### Author:  [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [13 January 2025 15:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-node-variables/94576/2 "2025-01-13T15:25:00Z")
> [@LucasPelu](#):
>
> My question is how I can have a "global" variable between the template nodes. This way in one node I save the variable and in another node I bring it and use it.
The best way to pass data to your template node is as a message property.
Here is an example using msg.payload.location and msg.payload.forecasttime:
```auto
{{msg.payload.location}}
@ {{msg.payload.forecasttime}}
```
Yes Node-red does also offer context variables and environment variables.
You should always try and use message properties instead of these, but if you must, at least don't use a global variable unless you really need it to have global scope.
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### Author:  [@omrid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/omrid)
#### Post date: [13 January 2025 16:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-node-variables/94576/3 "2025-01-13T16:59:07Z")
When you say "Global", are you referring to sharing variables between templates **within the same client**?. If that is the case, you can always set your variables as properties of the `window` object, or store them in hidden HTML elements and read their value them (in any template) using `document.getElementById()`.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [12 February 2025 16:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/template-node-variables/94576/4 "2025-02-12T16:59:41Z")
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