# Input transform

**URL:** <https://community.easymorph.com/t/input-transform/1497>\
**Category:** General Q&A\
**Created:** [December 17, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/input-transform/1497 "2019-12-17T16:21:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DoctorYSG](https://community.easymorph.com/user_avatar/community.easymorph.com/doctorysg/32/1171_2.png) [@DoctorYSG](https://community.easymorph.com/u/DoctorYSG)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/input-transform/1497/1 "2019-12-17T16:21:50Z")

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I am having a bit of trouble with the input transform in a module. The first action in the module "Writer" is input, but it is always blank.

The call looks like this:

 ![image](https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2c7c773251af50ca4ee93f768746eb51af11ce41.png)

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**Author:** ![dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/user_avatar/community.easymorph.com/dgudkov/32/5_2.png) [@dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/u/dgudkov)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/input-transform/1497/2 "2019-12-17T16:55:56Z")

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You need to send or copy-paste sample data into "Input" to make it populated with data. If you ever sent/pasted data into "Sandbox", it works exactly the same.

Select the action previous from "Call another module", right-click and choose "Send to module Writer". Alternatively, send to Clipboard (which is copying) and go to "Inbox" and paste it.

This sample data is only required for designing/debugging. During run time, the calling Call/Iterate action sends its input dataset to "Input" automatically.

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**Author:** ![DoctorYSG](https://community.easymorph.com/user_avatar/community.easymorph.com/doctorysg/32/1171_2.png) [@DoctorYSG](https://community.easymorph.com/u/DoctorYSG)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/input-transform/1497/3 "2019-12-17T17:44:50Z")

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Perfect.

Maybe this could be added to the instructions on the Call Module transform?

Or maybe better, make it a required step in the Input, and instead of send, call it "Setup Input Schema for Input.

Since that seems to be semantically what it is.

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**Author:** ![dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/user_avatar/community.easymorph.com/dgudkov/32/5_2.png) [@dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/u/dgudkov)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/input-transform/1497/4 "2019-12-18T07:59:04Z")

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Now that we have modules since v4 it should be easier to semi-automatically populate Input actions. We'll do something to make it simpler.