Django Admin Multiple Models and Dropdown list

[mab.mo...@gmail.com]

I have the following models and admin files and I would like to be able to show the text representation of the ExpenseCategory category field in the dropdown list on the Admin page. However, the dropdown list is displaying "ExpenseCategory Object(n)" instead of the actual text category such as "Utilities", "Office Supplies" etc. 

I need to insert the ExpenseCategory pk in the Expenses table but want a human readable drop down list to show the category text instead. 

Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance......

  

MAIN/MODELS>PY

class ExpenseCategory(models.Model):

    category = models.CharField(max_length=200)

    deductible = models.TextField(choices=BOOLEAN_CHOICE)

    def __int__(self):

       return self.category

class Expenses(models.Model):

    expense = models.CharField(max_length=200)

    category = models.ForeignKey(ExpenseCategory, on_delete=models.PROTECT)

    expense_amount = models.DecimalField(max_digits=8, decimal_places=2)

    expense_date = models.DateField(auto_now_add=False)

    expense_type = models.TextField(choices=SOURCE)

    description = models.CharField(max_length=200)

    source = models.CharField(max_length=200)

    def __int__(self):

       return self.expense

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MAIN/ADMIN.PY

class ExpenseCategoryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

   list_display = ['category','deductible']

   list_filter = ['deductible']

admin.site.register(models.ExpenseCategory, ExpenseCategoryAdmin)

class ExpensesAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

   list_display = ['expense','expense_amount','expense_date','category','expense_type']

   list_filter = ['expense_date','category','expense_type']

admin.site.register(models.Expenses, ExpensesAdmin)

[Julio Biason]

Hey Mab,

You probably need to replace you `__init__` to `__str__`. They are two different things.

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[mab.mo...@gmail.com]

Hi Julio, 

Thank you so much. I should have picked that up myself. It worked!

Thanks again.

Marc

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