# Using the msg.payload to change ui template **URL:** \ **Category:** Dashboard\ **Created:** [4 September 2018 10:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-the-msg-payload-to-change-ui-template/2829 "2018-09-04T10:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Andrei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/andrei/32/10446_2.png) [@Andrei](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andrei)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2018 15:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-the-msg-payload-to-change-ui-template/2829/19 "2018-09-04T15:28:54Z")
I edited manually the flow in order to try to understand the issue at hand. ```auto

Image to use:

The Scream

Canvas:

``` The question seems to boils down to : How to read msg.payload property inside the script tag in an UI template node. I guess the solution is to make use of scope.$watch --- _[View the full topic](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-the-msg-payload-to-change-ui-template/2829)._