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# vdl-action-job-message

Send a message to an executing scenario. If the scenario is not currently executing then an error toast will be shown to the user.

since 4.8

### Required parent element

Must be contained within one of the following elements:

- <vdl-action-group>

### Example

    <vdl-action-group name="messageScenario">
      <vdl-action-job-message data="={command: value}"></vdl-action-job-message>
      <vdl-action-message text="='Sent command to scenario: ' + value"></vdl-action-message>
    </vdl-action-group>
    <vdl-button vdl-event="click: actions.messageScenario" value="ACCEPT_SOLUTION">Accept Solution</vdl-button>

### Attributes

data | The data to send in the scenario job message. If using an expression for the data and it is a JavaScript object or array, then it will be automatically serialized as JSON before sending to the scenario execution job. | since 4.8 | accepts expression |
scenario | The scenario to send the job message to, defaults to the first scenario in the view selection. You can specify either the current position of the scenario in the selection a scenario id whether the scenario is in the current selection or not. | since 4.8 | accepts expression |

Parent Topic VDL 5 Reference

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