# OK to use custom properties in Menu Tree or Tree perspective components?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ok-to-use-custom-properties-in-menu-tree-or-tree-perspective-components/35189>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, perspective\
**Created:** [May 31, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ok-to-use-custom-properties-in-menu-tree-or-tree-perspective-components/35189 "2020-05-31T03:24:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![321liftoff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/321liftoff/32/27544_2.png) [@321liftoff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/321liftoff)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ok-to-use-custom-properties-in-menu-tree-or-tree-perspective-components/35189/5 "2020-06-01T04:46:35Z")

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Also, just saw this already asked a year ago...

> [@Perspective MenuTree Additional props in Items](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-menutree-additional-props-in-items/24398):
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> I’m driving the items prop on a perspective menuTree via database table. I’d like to store the item’s ID along with it’s other properties. I’m able to do it and the tree behaves appropriately, however a little red error icon appears in the designer telling me not to do it (i.e. ‘additional properties are not allowed’). Should I approach this a different way?

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