# Adding explicit variable in Qfield app
**URL:** https://community.qfield.org/t/adding-explicit-variable-in-qfield-app/841
**Category:** Ask the Community
**Tags:** gh-import
**Created:** [14 May 2025 03:04 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/adding-explicit-variable-in-qfield-app/841 "2025-05-14T03:04:46Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 May 2025 03:04 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/adding-explicit-variable-in-qfield-app/841/1 "2025-05-14T03:04:46Z")
How can I have explicit variable attached in Qfield app integrated as one of the attributes in layer
Example : If I add additional variable : name of the person in the qfield app . Then how do I retrieve this as attribute to layer. Is there a way out? Where can I use the variables already present in Qfield app and how.
My basic idea is to get the name of the person as an attribute without he actually inputting it in the attribute list.
Can this be possible in postgis layer
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_Imported from [GitHub discussion](https://github.com/opengisch/qfield/discussions/3221) by @MonikaShah on 2022-08-20T08:00:01Z_
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 May 2025 03:04 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/adding-explicit-variable-in-qfield-app/841/2 "2025-05-14T03:04:47Z")
Basically duplicate of [Usage of variables in Qfield app · opengisch/QField · Discussion #3207 · GitHub](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/3207)
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_Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/3221#discussioncomment-3436314) by @suricactus on 2022-08-20T08:20:50Z_