# Numeric badge from external source in users profile

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**Created:** [November 3, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numeric-badge-from-external-source-in-users-profile/208076 "2021-11-03T04:21:43Z")\
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> [@Morokiel](#):
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> I will add a new field in the database

You almost certainly don’t want to do that. You can use a `user_custom_field` (or maybe that’s what you meant, since it’s sort-of the same thing) or the similarly-named-thing in the user customization on the UX.

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