# Edit patient from coreapps dashboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Implementing\ **Tags:** coreapps, registration-app, openmrs\ **Created:** [April 23, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/edit-patient-from-coreapps-dashboard/33233 "2021-04-23T20:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![greenshellit](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/greenshellit/32/10234_2.png) [@greenshellit](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/greenshellit)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/edit-patient-from-coreapps-dashboard/33233/1 "2021-04-23T20:18:36Z")
Hi everyone. I have added some sections to the patient registration app. I’m able to see the “Show contact info” on the coreapps dashboard. The only problem is that the custom sections are missing from the “Show contact info” part. Without these sections, I’m not able to modify these parts of the patient information. Is there anything I can do to see the custom sections after adding them to the registration application? Is there any other way to edit the patient’s custom section information? ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/edit-patient-from-coreapps-dashboard/33233/2 "2021-04-24T20:46:02Z")
Do they show up when you click the `Edit Regitration Information` link under `General Actions`? ---
**Author:** ![greenshellit](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/greenshellit/32/10234_2.png) [@greenshellit](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/greenshellit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/edit-patient-from-coreapps-dashboard/33233/3 "2021-04-25T06:21:49Z")
Yes, they do. But I can only see and edit the Address and phone number. The Address in edition mode is different from the one we added to the registration app. The custom section like relationship, gender, and birthdate are missing, see the difference below: Creation in registration app ![Screen Shot 2021-04-25 at 7.19.17 AM](https://talk.openmrs.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/36b7fd6f930337cab0746d058b5f383f47f666be.png)What I have in coreapps dashboard: ![Screen Shot 2021-04-25 at 7.18.52 AM](https://talk.openmrs.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0f90a5b1b2d4e50d06b03417a1964fbc6114014a.png)And this is what i got when i click on the edit link : ![Screen Shot 2021-04-25 at 7.29.56 AM](https://talk.openmrs.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e91ad1b9d0f8cc44f3f2782a33d965b7cc01540f.png)and even that is different from what we should have because we customized the address to be like below: ![Screen Shot 2021-04-25 at 7.34.39 AM](https://talk.openmrs.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a59a93a7f68e61f9f985f834c9099636d2470b0b.png) ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/edit-patient-from-coreapps-dashboard/33233/4 "2021-04-25T19:37:18Z")
How did you add the custom sections? ---
**Author:** ![greenshellit](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/greenshellit/32/10234_2.png) [@greenshellit](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/greenshellit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/edit-patient-from-coreapps-dashboard/33233/5 "2021-04-25T21:14:07Z")
By configuring registration app as described [here](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Registration+App+Configuration#RegistrationAppConfiguration-CustomSectionsandFieldsontheRegistrationApp) And [this](https://pastebin.com/TFM6sKA7) is a simple example of configuration on my local instance ---
**Author:** ![greenshellit](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/greenshellit/32/10234_2.png) [@greenshellit](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/greenshellit)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/edit-patient-from-coreapps-dashboard/33233/6 "2021-04-26T11:39:46Z")
Is there a solution for me or is a modification of the coreapps module necessary to achieve my goal? ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/edit-patient-from-coreapps-dashboard/33233/7 "2021-04-26T21:06:49Z")
Do you notice any effects of your id containing the `registerPatient` string as described in the wiki link that you gave above? ---
**Author:** ![jason](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/jason/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@jason](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jason)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/edit-patient-from-coreapps-dashboard/33233/8 "2021-07-27T03:55:43Z")
Just wondering if you got this to work? I added a field to the contactInfo section and would like to edit it from the dropdown, but it takes me to a form with only the original contactInfo fields