# Ui\_template disappears when msg.payload input

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-disappears-when-msg-payload-input/92042>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** dashboard-2\
**Created:** [29 September 2024 07:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-disappears-when-msg-payload-input/92042 "2024-09-29T07:23:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [29 September 2024 09:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-template-disappears-when-msg-payload-input/92042/2 "2024-09-29T09:09:46Z")

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Your template is doing exactly what you asked it to do. It is showing you stuff like `msg.payload.StatusNET.IPAddress` If you send an empty payload or different payload, it will show you exactly that.

Use a data value and something in the topic to differentiate different inputs.

Here is a recent post demonstrating that: [Dashboard 2.0 ui-template multiple injections - #3 by Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-0-ui-template-multiple-injections/91231/3)

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