# Passing Data

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The documentation for the data each node provides is currently very limited. Experiment and reach out to your support manager for more detailed information on specific nodes.
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As discussed in the [Flows Fundamentals](/fundamentals/flows.md), we can connect individual nodes together to program out experience.

In addition to passing Pressure through a Flow, we can also pass data. Many nodes provide some data which can be used downstream.

### Example

![A String node passes the input value from the String output.](/files/7cqrYFn9oWUIalXJ5Rh9)

The `String` node passes the input value from the String output. By connecting this to an input on another node, we can use that value downstream.

![Passing a String value into another node.](/files/7c02YvBCJY4L0NEUCqpy)

In this example Flow, rather than setting the Path in the `Router:goto` node, we are passing the value from String into the Path input.

This has the same effect as entering the `/welcome` string directly into the Path on the node.

![Performs the same action as passing the String into Path](/files/EMrEEAdF9ihmElP6DxwG)

While this alone might not seem useful, we can extend this idea by passing data from a dynamic source, such as a Show Variable. If we set a Show Variable `redirectUrl` to some value, we can update how our guests are redirected during an experience.

We might use this implementation to say send guests to a welcome page during the first 10 minutes of the experience, but have guests who arrive late go stright into the experience. We could do this by updating the `redirectUrl` Show Variable 10 minute in to a new value of `/screening`.

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For more information about Show Variables, visit the [Shows Fundamentals](/fundamentals/environments.md) page.
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![Using a dynamic value as an input allows the experience to change as it goes on.](/files/77RLTpEQz011wEQ2nw3M)


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