---
title: "ParameterWriteInput"
description: "a parameter of the record written from the console or by a person's own tool: its name, its value and the scope it is set at"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/parameterwriteinput
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# ParameterWriteInput

a parameter of the record written from the console or by a person's own tool: its name, its value and the scope it is set at

[figure: ParameterWriteInput is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | harness |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `value` | `json` | yes |  |
| `scope` | [Scope](/concepts/scope) | no | the caller's tenant when absent |



## Routes that use it
- [`/v1/act/parameter`](/reference/act/parameter) takes it as input