# View as User - Too many with same name! **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [September 7, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879 "2023-09-07T17:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879/1 "2023-09-07T17:25:11Z")
How can I view more info on the users in the “View as User” dropdown? I can’t figure out how to get it to show more than first names and I don’t always have photos (which are too tiny to really help) Trying to type first and last name doesn’t work. I’m hoping this is a simple answer. I’m trying to troubleshoot a situation for a specific user and this shouldn’t be difficult, thanks! ![CleanShot 2023-09-07 at 10.20.30@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/7/7741490f42c6a96a51d0fea9ca2fda75c10a52f2.png) ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879/2 "2023-09-07T18:11:47Z")
What you see in “Viewing as” is what you’ve mapped in Name and Email on the User Profile tab. So you could create a template column, add the details you need there, and bind it to Name to add clarity in “Viewing as”, but I’m afraid this would mess up the User Profile tab. EDIT: Only basic columns can be used when setting up the User Profile tab. So using a template column here is not an option. ![CleanShot 2023-09-07 at 20.02.22](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/1/31a78d87d448ba9ccfae46251eac9e82e9a86628.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Hassan\_Nadeem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/hassan_nadeem/32/72956_2.png) [@Hassan\_Nadeem](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Hassan_Nadeem)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879/3 "2023-09-07T18:38:33Z")
Computed columns like template can’t be assigned to user name on user profile tab I believe ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879/4 "2023-09-07T18:47:02Z")
You’re totally right of course, only basic columns can be used when setting up the User Profile tab. I think Kathy might be out of luck. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879/5 "2023-09-07T18:54:19Z")
Try searching for email address instead of name. ---
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879/6 "2023-09-07T19:02:22Z")
I did that, and it worked, but that adds another step of looking up the email and was hoping there might be a simpler way. Thx. ---
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879/7 "2023-09-07T19:23:20Z")
I have found a work around, thanks to your explanation of how this works. During the profile setup, the users are adding a couple of pieces of info and then clicking a “Complete Profile” button, so I just added another set-column-value action to a new “Write full name” text column (I already had a full name template column set up). Then I pointed the Name value to this column, and copy/pasted all the existing user full names here as well and voila! Now all new users will have their full name written to this column when they complete their profiles. ![CleanShot 2023-09-07 at 12.17.21@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/7/a764dfcabbfaeb058afddb4ee2d0895a51a16546.png) ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879/8 "2023-09-07T19:27:17Z")
Beautiful. Your workaround makes it even better than what’s offered natively. ---
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879/9 "2023-09-07T19:31:18Z")
> [@nathanaelb](#): > > I think Kathy might be out of luck. You know I just took this as a dare to solve for it! 🤣🤣🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/view-as-user-too-many-with-same-name/65879/10 "2023-09-07T21:58:30Z")
Yeah, I wish Glide would let us map a template column as the name field.