# Trying to add a column to users returns "No data in schema update request"

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/trying-to-add-a-column-to-users-returns-no-data-in-schema-update-request/2610>\
**Category:** REST API\
**Created:** [May 3, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/trying-to-add-a-column-to-users-returns-no-data-in-schema-update-request/2610 "2016-05-03T14:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![tjenicek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@tjenicek](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/tjenicek)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/trying-to-add-a-column-to-users-returns-no-data-in-schema-update-request/2610/1 "2016-05-03T14:45:16Z")

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I’m new to DF and I’m having trouble adding a field to the users table. When I run the following through the API using db/\_schema - “updateAppdendbTables() - Update (patch) one or more tables.” I get “No data in schema update request”. Can someone tell me what I’m doing wrong? Thanks!

{  
“resource”: [  
{  
“name”: “users”,  
“field”: [  
{  
“name”: “ein”,  
“type”: “string”  
},  
]  
}  
]  
}

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**Author:** ![formerstaff](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.dreamfactory.com/formerstaff/32/1133_2.png) [@formerstaff](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/formerstaff)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/trying-to-add-a-column-to-users-returns-no-data-in-schema-update-request/2610/2 "2016-05-03T19:58:45Z")

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The users table is not editable (except directly in the database) and is not extensible at all in this way.  
If you wish to use additional fields associated with users, take a look at the user/custom api call.