# Custom field in discourseconnect
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-in-discourseconnect/219094
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 22, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-in-discourseconnect/219094 "2022-02-22T19:31:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Jay\_Moore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay_Moore)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-in-discourseconnect/219094/1 "2022-02-22T19:31:14Z")
I am trying to pass a custom user field when signing on a user.
Here is the array I am signing…
```plaintext
$parameters = array(
'nonce' => $nonce,
'external_id' => 'jay',
'email' => 'bugsbunny@betaclub.org',
'username' => 'bugsbunny@betaclub.org',
'name' => 'Bugs Bunny',
'add_groups' => 'state_sponsors',
'custom.experience' => 'Pro',
'custom.state' => 'FL',
);
```
The field name is Experience, it is a multiselect field and one of the options is Pro
I am not seeing this come across? I also have a custom field named State, which is a Text Field. How do I troubleshoot this. I don’t see anything about the custom field in the logs with [discourse connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045) logging turned on.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-in-discourseconnect/219094/2 "2022-02-22T19:40:24Z")
If you have created those fields via the Admin → Customize → User Fields, you need to pass it as
```plaintext
$parameters = array(
'nonce' => $nonce,
'external_id' => 'jay',
'email' => 'bugsbunny@betaclub.org',
'username' => 'bugsbunny@betaclub.org',
'name' => 'Bugs Bunny',
'add_groups' => 'state_sponsors',
'custom.user_field_1' => 'Pro',
'custom.user_field_2' => 'FL',
);
```
The field names aren’t the name you set on the UI, but numbered fields named `user_field_NUMBER`.
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### Author:  [@Jay\_Moore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay_Moore)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-in-discourseconnect/219094/3 "2022-02-22T20:02:57Z")
That worked thanks so much.
Do you know how to populate a multi select field with multiple values?
‘custom.user\_field\_1’ =\> ‘Pro, Newbie’,
??
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-in-discourseconnect/219094/4 "2022-02-22T20:36:41Z")
Curiously I was looking into this last week, and from the looks of it we do _not_ support multi select fields via the [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) payload at the moment.
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### Author:  [@Jay\_Moore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay_Moore)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-in-discourseconnect/219094/7 "2022-02-24T12:39:05Z")
Did some testing and it will populate a multi select field if only a single value is sent.
Does not work - ‘custom.user\_field\_1’ =\> ‘Pro, Newbie’,
Does work - ‘custom.user\_field\_1’ =\> ‘Pro’,
This is OK for our needs. If that field is editable by the end user they can add other selections as needed.
@Falco Thanks so much for the help
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### Author:  [@Jay\_Moore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay_Moore)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-in-discourseconnect/219094/8 "2022-02-24T14:16:26Z")
Next question is about add\_groups. I have a comma delimited list, but it is not adding user to the groups.
```plaintext
$parameters = array(
'nonce' => $nonce,
'external_id' => $sponsor['spid'],
'email' => $sponsor['email'],
'username' => $sponsor['email'],
'name' => $fullname,
'add_groups' => 'state_sponsor, status_sponsor, elect_sponsor',
'location' => $location,
'custom.user_field_1' => $experience, //experience - Newbie, Less than 5, Pro, Old Timer
'custom.user_field_2' => $club['name'].' ('.$sponsor['new_id'].')', //school name with clubid
'custom.user_field_4' => $division, //division
);
```
The payload reported is:
```plaintext
add_groups=state_sponsor%2C+status_sponsor%2C+elect_sponsor
email=xxxx%40spart1.org
external_id=xxxx
name=Angela+Moore
nonce=xxxx
username=xxxx%40spart1.org
location=Landrum%2C+SC
custom.user_field_1=Pro
custom.user_field_2=Landrum+Middle+School+%28JSC0081%29
custom.user_field_4=Junior
```
In the logs for discouseconnect I see:
```plaintext
add_groups: state_sponsor, status_sponsor, elect_sponsor
admin:
moderator:
avatar_force_update:
avatar_url:
bio:
card_background_url:
email: xxxx@spart1.org
external_id: xxxxx
groups:
locale:
locale_force_update:
logout:
name: Angela Moore
nonce: xxxx
profile_background_url:
remove_groups:
require_activation:
return_sso_url:
suppress_welcome_message:
title:
username: xxxx@spart1.org
website:
location: Landrum, SC
```
Which looks correct.
I would like to add this user to the ‘state\_sponsor, status\_sponsor, elect\_sponsor’ groups.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-in-discourseconnect/219094/9 "2022-02-24T17:54:38Z")
> [@Jay\_Moore](#):
>
> ` 'add_groups' => 'state_sponsor, status_sponsor, elect_sponsor',`
You need to drop the space between the commas.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-field-in-discourseconnect/219094/11 "2022-03-26T18:01:33Z")
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