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# nats\_display\_admin\_message

## Parameters

(*Required parameters in bold)*

| Parameter                                                                                                       | Description                                                      | Possible Values                | Example                     |                        |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | --------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| return                                                                                                          | The Smarty variable to receive the user action messages.         | Any Smarty variable name.      | return="myvar"              |                        |
| [assign\_prefix](/nats-admin/skins-and-templates/further-reading/template-function-parameters/assign_prefix.md) | Prefix output variables with this word. (Click link for details) | Any valid Smarty variable name | *None.* (No prefix is used) | assign\_prefix="myvar" |

## Output

An HTML table containing any action message for the [admin](/additional-resources/common-terms.md#admin-webpage). The table includes any error, warning, or confirmation messages the admin should review.

### Notes

This function returns no value under the following three circumstances:

1. The configuration flag NO\_ADMIN\_ACTION\_MESSAGES is set to "1"
2. There are no action messages to display
3. The server's query string is empty.


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