# Payload functions

**URL:** <https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/payload-functions/5277>\
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**Created:** [February 7, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/payload-functions/5277 "2017-02-07T15:34:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![arjanvanb](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/arjanvanb/32/46626_2.png) [@arjanvanb](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/arjanvanb)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/payload-functions/5277/8 "2018-12-05T18:00:51Z")

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This is getting quite off-topic, but:

> [@AnilkumarKomanduru](#):
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> we have used ‘data storage’ integration to read data but there are some scenarios like multiple packet repetitions where no packet counter is being stored in that

The meta data (except for the timestamp) is _never_ stored in that; see [https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-to-retrieve-metadata-from-data-storage-integration/19259/2](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-to-retrieve-metadata-from-data-storage-integration/19259/2)

See also [https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/access-metadata-in-decoder/19118](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/access-metadata-in-decoder/19118), and [https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/applications/integrations.html](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/applications/integrations.html)

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