# How to add a user bio to the groups index page?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-user-bio-to-the-groups-index-page/117792
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [15 mei 2019 om 10:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-user-bio-to-the-groups-index-page/117792 "2019-05-15T10:58:26Z")
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### Author: ![bartv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bartv/32/130052_2.png) [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)
#### Post date: [15 mei 2019 om 10:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-user-bio-to-the-groups-index-page/117792/1 "2019-05-15T10:58:26Z")

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Hi,

I’m in the process of customising the information on our groups index page with a theme component. I’d like to add the user bio of each member. I found the template to override and am able to make changes this way. However, it eludes me how to access the biography data from the user\_profiles table.

What I have so far:

```javascript
      <tbody>
        {{#each model.members as |m|}}
          <tr>
            <td class='avatar'>
              {{user-info user=m skipName=skipName}}
            </td>

            <td>
              <span class="text">{{m.bio_excerpt}}</span>
            </td>

```

I also tried `{m.user_profile.bio_excerpt}` but in both cases I don’t get any data. Is this information available in a theme component, and if so, how should I access it?

Thanks!

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [15 mei 2019 om 11:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-user-bio-to-the-groups-index-page/117792/2 "2019-05-15T11:01:36Z")

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> [@bartv](#):
>
> Is this information available in a theme component

It’s not. If you go to `/groups/<name>/members.json`, you’ll see that you only have access to these properties

- id
- username
- name
- avatar\_template
- primary\_group\_name
- primary\_group\_flair\_url
- title
- last\_posted\_at
- last\_seen\_at
- added\_at

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### Author: ![bartv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bartv/32/130052_2.png) [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)
#### Post date: [15 mei 2019 om 11:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-user-bio-to-the-groups-index-page/117792/3 "2019-05-15T11:02:59Z")

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Ah darn. Is there any way I can query this data, or would this require a plugin?

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [15 mei 2019 om 11:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-user-bio-to-the-groups-index-page/117792/4 "2019-05-15T11:09:45Z")

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You will have to use a plugin to add the `bio_excerpt` property to the [`GroupUserSerializer`](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/64e81f0549fc8b79c48be0a6e89ca8e36316c2d6/app/serializers/group_user_serializer.rb).