Django present related_name objects in admin model

Question

I have the following models:

class A(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    c = models.ForeignKey(C, related_name='letters_c', null=True, blank=True)
    ...


class B(models.Model):
    id= models.CharField(max_length=200, blank=False, default="")
    a = models.ForeignKey(A, related_name='letters_a', default=0)
    ...

With the following admin:

class AAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    fields = ['name', 'c', 'letters_a']
    list_display = ['name']
    ordering = ['name']

I got an error

'letters_a' not found.

I guess I do not fully understand the logic between foreign keys and the representation of them in Django models.

I want to be able to add/edit and see in the Django admin the class A letters_a related_name objects.

How can I do it?

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '16 at 09:13

11

To have related model in your admin use InlineAdmin

in your case, add inline admin definition for class B:

class BInlineAdmin(admin.TabularInline):
    model = B

class AAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     fields = ['name', 'c']
     list_display = ['name']
     ordering = ['name']
     inlines = [BInlineAdmin]

answered Jun 28 '16 at 09:13

Jerzyk

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Exactly what I needed, working perfectly! Thank you :) – Jun 28 '16 at 10:35
updated link https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#inlinemodeladmin-objects – MikeSchem Jun 21 '22 at 19:19

Django present related_name objects in admin model

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