# How to bind a reference field to a symbol

**URL:** <https://forum.builder.io/t/how-to-bind-a-reference-field-to-a-symbol/636>\
**Category:** Technical Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/how-to-bind-a-reference-field-to-a-symbol/636 "2021-05-12T07:41:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![radikris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/48db29/32.png) [@radikris](https://forum.builder.io/u/radikris)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/how-to-bind-a-reference-field-to-a-symbol/636/3 "2022-02-08T15:58:07Z")

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What is the solution for it?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/builder/original/2X/a/a7d72d093c25300367aff5bddfeba500531a124f.png)

I bound this hero reference to my component, but try to bind the property for it:

Like this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/builder/original/2X/8/8be7e0dba2917308dc18671763b04b22fc31127d.png)

But I got undefined as you can see.  
(If I bind model instead of reference, this state.binding works, but not with reference, how can I bind my Hero reference properties like title, subtitle for it, so I can choose my entry on the fly, when I add my symbol to the page)

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