rails_admin Google Group

How do I get a time zone dropdown in the edit view?

j...@dopamineagency.com (Justin Schier) — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:44:28 UT

I'm trying to have a select input for time zone in the edit screen in one
of my models.
I know rails has a built-in time_zone_select form input helper, but how do
I use it in rails_admin? I've searched the docs high and low and can't find
anything. There's a reference to using partials, but I can't find examples

How to show restricted model's parent data in dropdown list with belongs_to?

wayc...@gmail.com (Watee) — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:47:20 UT

Let's me describe scenario.
I have 2 model, User and Organization, for user authorization and
authentication with CanCan and Devise.
User belongs to an organization and Organization has many user.
Each user has a role (admin, power_user or default_user) which defined
ability in cancan.
- Admin role can manage all organization and user data.

How to skip_before_filter in RailsAdmin

mo...@okcupidlabs.com (Daniel Moore) — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:32:41 UT

I have a general authentication filter for my app (a simple json api for
mobile) that is defined in ApplicationController. I want to ignore it when
inside Rails Admin.
How do I configure Rails Admin to skip the before filter?
Thanks!

Boolean toggle using rails_admin on list view

lee.b.gra...@gmail.com (Lee Graham) — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:42:31 UT

I have a basic rails_admin application and would like to be able to toggle
a boolean value in the *list view*of rails_admin.
For example, I have a scale model with an attribute 'activated'. When I log
in to the rails_admin dashboard I see the scale model and the lists of
various scales and the activated attribute with the boolean value.

Displaying other model attributes in the list view of rails_admin

lee.b.gra...@gmail.com (Lee Graham) — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:42:00 UT

I realize that the purpose of rails_admin is supposed to essentially be a
model admin tool, but I would like to have a list view for a model and
include attributes of associated models in the list of the of model.
For example. I have a scale model and a container model. The container has
an attribute 'weight', and the scale is associated via a 'has_one'

rails_admin CAS and devise hybrid authentication scheme

jknd...@gmail.com (John David Eriksen) — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:29:53 UT

Hello,
I am building an application that will have the following user types:
1. Application end-users authenticating via Devise
2. rails_admin admin users authenticating with an existing CAS server
and accounts

The application uses devise for authentication of end-users. Since devise
is present in the project Gemfile for this reason, I find that rails_admin

Best approach to assign role to object (rolify)

jalbert...@gmail.com (Jose Alberto Suárez López) — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:23:37 UT

Hi,
I'm trying to assign a role to an object using rolify (with mongoid), my
first try was to use custom actions, but I think it doesn't fits this task.
Second try is using model callbacks this way:
class User
include Mongoid::Document
include Mongoid::Timestamps
rolify
end

class Player
include Mongoid::Document

acts_as_taggable problem

ccf...@gmail.com (Chris Ian Fiel) — Sat, 04 May 2013 13:38:48 UT

Hello Gurus,
I am using acts_as_taggable and it create the tag table in my database. I
want to manage tag table but I can not see tag in the menu in rails_admin.
How can I show tag table in rails_admin? Any ideas? :)

Get parent ID in belongs_to model

bodyk...@gmail.com (body) — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:22:00 UT

Sorry for my bad English.
Variant 1
class Donor < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :visits
accepts_nested_attributes_for :visits, :allow_destroy => true
attr_accessible :visits_attributes, :allow_destroy => true
class Visit < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :donor
rails_admin do
edit do
field :serial_doc do

disabling model callbacks for rails_admin changes

jesse.oliver.sanf...@gmail.com (Jesse Oliver Sanford) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:40:28 UT

Hi community,
I'm using rails_admin on a mongo-based rails 3.2 app I inherited from some
previous coders. I gotta clean it up and make it useable in production.
The app is written such that timestamps are important for constructing
views and the model in question has an after_update callback that creates

Custom Actions per Action

k...@wikyd.org — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:13:49 UT

Hi,
I'm loving RailsAdmin and how much functionality it gives you out of the
box. I've been starting to extend my admin site with custom fields and
actions I'm trying to wrap my mind around how to specify a custom action
for just one model.
Looking at this tutorial<[link]>,

google map on rails_admin?

b.bayarj...@gmail.com (Bayarja Buyandelger) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:38:57 UT

how to render google map with default url on rails_admin. also how can i
get long and lati when clicking google map?

Can't update user in Rails_Admin for any model with belongs_to :user

tohar...@gmail.com (Tim O'Hare) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:25:43 UT

Can anyone help with the following:
[link]
Thanks,
Tim

PR Navigation Icons

niclup...@gmail.com (Nicolas Lupien) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:37:34 UT

Hi, I just sent a PR ([link]) to
add icons in the main navigation.
I found later the CONTRIBUTING.md file telling that I should create a new
branch and add specs.
My change is only 4 lines and is pretty straightforward, anyway, will it be
rejected? Do I need to modify it according to the contributing guide?

disable export and history buttons

b.bayarj...@gmail.com (Bayarja Buyandelger) — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:04:22 UT

i'm using rails_admin 0.4.1 version on rails version 3.1.13. i don't know
how to disable export and history

Editing association model from multi-select widget

ten.vik...@gmail.com (Viktor Ten) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:40:52 UT

Hello!
I have a has_many :through relation with association model providing some
additional fields to this relation. Can I configure rails_admin so that
double clicking a model in multiselect widget brings up modal form of
association model and not of the model listed in widget?

How to integrate acts-as-taggable-on to RailsAdmin?

zolzaya.erdenebaa...@gmail.com (Zolzaya Erdenebaatar) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:19:28 UT

Is someone integrate acts-as-taggable-on to RailsAdmin? I'm trying
rails_admin_tag_list <[link]> but
it's not working for me.
My environments:
**Gems included by the bundle:
* actionmailer (3.2.13)
* actionpack (3.2.13)
* activemodel (3.2.13)
* activerecord (3.2.13)

Rails admin config is awful

pro.barsu...@gmail.com (Барсуков Владимир) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:26:46 UT

What do you think a write a best practices for code rails admin config. I
think when we have +100500 fields in models and models over 99999 rails
admin config is not good supported. What do you think how we need to
resolve this problem?

Showing model associations in the views of rails_admin

l...@dharmicdesign.com — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:17:43 UT

By default my model associations show up in the 'Add New' tab of
rails_admin. However, if I modify the rails_admin.rb file and use
config.model to customize what fields appear in the view, it obviously will
remove it from the view.
In my example, I have a Customer and a User.
User.rb
class User < ActiveRecord::Base

Better list view

adamwong...@gmail.com (Adam Wong) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:39:01 UT

First, I love rails_admin.
But I don't really like the list view. Wouldn't it make sense to it more
more like an spreadsheet? Why not have the table extend off screen? I'm ok
with paginating records but I hoped there was a way to see an entire record
at once. Currently, you psuedo-scroll the view area by clicking on the

Carrierwave Direct / S3 Direct Uploading

e...@mediavine.com (Eric Hochberger) — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:57:38 UT

I am currently running into a lot of Heroku timeout issues when it comes to
uploading large files using carrierwave. I've already moved processing to
the background but it's just not enough to function within the 30 second
window.
I was wondering if anyone else has come up with an easy solution to

Custom FIlters and Columns Limit

axs...@gmail.com (Axsuul) — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 04:33:51 UT

Is there any way to create a button/shortcut to a specific filter that we
always use? i.e. Filter this column for number between 1 and 2
Furthermore, is there any way to increase the number of columns that are
shown in the list view? Thanks

issue with has_many :through and nested forms

matthew.hillsboro...@gmail.com — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:28:59 UT

Hi all,
I have what seems to be a cookie cutter problem that even has an associated
wiki page
here: [link]
I'll try to be brief. I have a has_many :through relationship in an
application I'm building. The models involved are the following:

1:1 relationships

fre...@gmail.com (craig bowes) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:48:49 UT

I have a model called insights with a has_one to items. however, in
reality, they are a 1:1 relationship. Is there a way to add/edit both of
these in one screen using rails admin?
thanks,
craig

Customizing exported values?

gilbertbga...@gmail.com (Gilbert) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:16:23 UT

I have two models, Signup and Volunteers. A signup has many volunteers. I'm
using rails_admin's export feature for *Volunteers*.
For each exported Volunteer, it also exports its associated Signup values.
This is great. However, I need to change some associated Signup exported
values depending on its associated Volunteer.

Editing of embedded documents in (using Mongoid adapter) in rails admin

cue300...@gmail.com (Juan Felipe Rincon) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:42:14 UT

I'm hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction.
I have two mongoid models
class Balance
include Mongoid::Document
embeds_many :transactions, cascade_callbacks: true
accepts_nested_attributes_for :transactions

field :balance_in_cents
...
end
class Transaction
include Mongoid::Document

Problem when filtering and custom Ability class & Mongoid

pantu...@gmail.com (Juan Lupión) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:31:16 UT

Hello,
I'm writing a small app to help me learn Rails_Admin. This applications ia
small recipe cookbook where every user can only see the stuff she has
created. So, in my ability.rb:
class Ability
include CanCan::Ability
def initialize(user)
if user
can :access, :rails_admin
can :dashboard

Dashboard - Model counts progress bar not animating

matt...@matthewlang.co.uk (Matthew L.) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:36:50 UT

When I open my dashboard locally, my app animates the record counts
progress bar for each model, but when I push my app to Heroku, the
animation for the record counts progress bar that happens on the dashboard
locally, doesn't happen on Heroku.
I've followed the advice given on the RailsAdmin wiki about using the asset

Using dynamic enum methods in nested forms

lukegre...@gmail.com — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:16:28 UT

Hi all,
I appreciate any help I can get with this. I'm not sure if what I'm trying
to do is a rails_admin issue or something that never was implemented.
Anyway, I've currently declared an enum method inside my rails_admin.rb
initializer:
config.model IngredientMapping do
And I've got this dynamic enum method in my ingredient_mapping.rb file:

Customizing a view

dave.ekh...@gmail.com (Dave Ekhaus) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:43:36 UT

Hi
I'm completely new to RailsAdmin having extensively used ActiveAdmin for
quite some time.
I'd like to give RailsAdmin a try on a new project and have a few questions
whose answers I can't seem to find in the documentation. The most
pressing is how do I customize a form. Many of my forms use nested models

Merging Rails Admin Model Configurations

e...@mediavine.com (Eric Hochberger) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:11:34 UT

So, in my set up I have a shared mountable engine used by several apps. My
engine includes a default rails_admin configuration for models and then my
apps often need to customize it.
In the old version of RA (<= 0.3), I was able to simply call config.model
multiple times and it would merge. Now with the new versions and lazy

iPhone App - 20/20 Vision

yiwwbbr...@gmail.com (Twenty Twenty Vision) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:27:50 UT

iPhone App - 20/20 Vision - [link]

LocalJumpError in RailsAdmin::MainController#dashboard

montesin...@gmail.com (Victor Moreira) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:25:43 UT

Hello folks,
I installed Rails_Admin gem, ran the install and migrated the database.
However, when I go to localhost:3000/admin, I get the following error.
LocalJumpError in RailsAdmin::MainController#das hboard
no block given
This is the top of the trace:
sugar-high (0.7.3) lib/sugar-high/dsl.rb:3:in `instance_exec'

Testing before_filters

francesco.rigo...@gmail.com (Francesco Rigotti) — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:15:31 UT

Hi,
a requirement in my app is that among the various user roles, the *root* and
*admin *roles are able to manage users.
*
*
*root* users can manage users of any role, while *admin* can only manage
users having a role below *admin*.
This means that when editing a user, the choices available for the

Routing Error for a model with a join_table and has_many :through

marcamill...@gmail.com (Marc Gayle) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:26:59 UT

So I have 3 models: `category`, `product`, `category_products`.
This is my `category.rb`
attr_accessible :name
has_many :category_products do
def with_products
includes(:product)
end
end

has_many :products, :through => :category_products
This is my `product.rb`

Default values for multiselect widget

44c...@gmail.com — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:47:09 UT

Hi, I am using rails_admin 0.3.0 with mongoid,
I've a n-n association between two models (has_and_belongs_to_many)
so in the edit/create/update form I get a multiselect widget.
Is possible to set some defaults values?
Thanks,
CHAN

How to include Delayed::Job model in rails_admin interface?

m.a.gart...@gmail.com (Marcus Gartner) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:04:13 UT

I'm trying to add the Delayed::Job model to the rails_admin interface. I'm
using the Mongoid ORM. I've bee able to get "Delayed::Job" to be listed on
the admin dashboard by adding 'Delayed::Job' to the included_models in the
config. However, when trying to view the list of jobs (i.e.
/admin/delayed~backend~mongoid ~job), I get the error:

How do I enable a multi select interface for a one to many or many to many relation?

limrat...@gmail.com (William Limratana) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:46:14 UT

I am using rails admin with a lot of success. However I cannot seem to
figure out how to enable the multi-select interface similar to what is seen
on the demo site for 'fans' and 'teams', which are joined by the fans_teams
table. I have an identical relation in my database and I created the model

How to include only certain pages from rails_admin

kalp...@palmtreeinfotech.com (Achaius) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:35:40 UT

I already built a rails3 app. Now I want to include rails_admin 'Drag and
drop tree view' plugin only to my page /admin/posts. How to configure
rails_admin to do this?

Segmentation Fault, models relation, admin DSL

niqu...@gmail.com (Carlos Castillo) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:15:02 UT

HI,
im using rails_admin to admin my application models, i have two differente
models and i made changes on the admin behaviour based on
the Railsadmin-DSL.
Also i have relations with others models, If i try to apply DSL to the
relation field on the two models i have the following error, but if i

[RailsAdmin] Could not load model xxxxx, assuming model is non existing warning

e...@mediavine.com (Eric Hochberger) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:22:33 UT

So I use the spree ([link]) style of monkey
patching using model_decorator.rb style files in my app folder. This is,
however, making RailsAdmin freak out in 0.2.x on in my warnings.
The files, like tag_decorator.rb, look like:
Tag.class_eval do
end
Ideas for a solution?

Sortable List

barker.came...@gmail.com (Cameron Barker) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:43:42 UT

Hi all,
I'm working on a project where we will be uploading a few pieces of art to
rails admin and then having the curator go in and be able to drag and drop
the art to the order he'd like.
I've seen the post about orderable lists for things with associations. But
my project has no associations just a model that has a title, author, and

Mongoid related question on embedded documents

box.s...@gmail.com (Cacofoniks) — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:42:45 UT

Hey guys,
I have figured out that the model associations are indicating also the way
that the data are represented on the rails_admin GUI. I have an embedded
"Task" model in "Job" and if when I try to add a Task through a Job, there
is always a Tab used.
For has_many associations, there is the very intuitive two-list display

Filter by certain fields only

mochat...@gmail.com (MochaTony) — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:17:07 UT

Hello
I try to customise rails admin to filter only by certain field of the
table, for example I would only like to filter by title or address and not
the other fields. I try to search the documentation but I couldn't find how
to customise the filtering by certain field only. Is there way to do it?

Excluding items from the railsadmin list view based on a field value

clarkeand...@gmail.com (Andrew Clarke) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:32:09 UT

Hi,
Is there an simple way, i.e. within the rails_admin initializer or
otherwise, to exclude items from the list view for a particular model in
the RailsAdmin ui, based on the value of a particular field.
I want to exclude items with a status field set to say 'deleted' from being
displayed in the RailsAdmin ui. (this allows me to clean up the ui without

Custom filter/search/column? (particularly: using "having")

jtrat...@gmail.com (Jeff Tratner) — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:24:35 UT

I'd like to add a custom search or filter method. Basically I want to be
able to do a search or filter on a calculated column. if I were going to
write it as a direct query, I would do something like:
MyModel.having(["SUM(payments. payment_amount) >= ?", 100.0)
and bonus points for being able to use a custom select like

has_many selector title

barker.came...@gmail.com (Cameron Barker) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:10:29 UT

Hi all,
Been testing out Rail_Admin on a new site I'm working on. Really enjoy it!
I have a 2 models, Country and Stores. Where country has_many stores and
stores belongs_to country. When I create a store a selector field named
Country has a pull down menu to choose which country the store will be

Is it possible to add custom links to sidebar navigation

sl.bug...@gmail.com (Alexander Grebennik) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:36:12 UT

I want to add 2 links to sidebar - one to open FnordMetric backed, on to
manage roles using gem the_role.

problem with inverse_of with mongoid

maserranocace...@gmail.com (Maria Serrano Cáceres) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:27:06 UT

I have these relationship with mongoid
Class User
include Mongoid::Document
has_many :orders, :class_name => 'Order', :inverse_of => :user
has_many :sold_orders, :class_name => 'Order', :inverse_of => :seller
end
Class Order
include Mongoid::Document
has_many :orders, :class_name => 'Order', :inverse_of => :user

Create action balance on dashboard

maserranocace...@gmail.com (Maria Serrano Cáceres) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:35:59 UT

I don't understand very good yet how it works rails_admin gem for create a
new action.
I want create a action "*balance*" in root.
I have created a file with name "*rails_admin_balance.rb*" lib folder like:
require 'rails_admin/config/actions'
require 'rails_admin/config/actions/ba se'
module RailsAdminBalance