On Dec 17, 12:03 pm, Streamweaver <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is it possible to display calculated values for models in the admin
> interface. I know about the list_display attribute for model.Admin
> but all I really want to do is add text to a model edit form so I can
> see calculated values.
>
> For instance I have a model called Profile with a DateField called
> birthday. I have a method as a @property that returns calculated age
> as of today. I'd like to display the calculated age as text in the
> model editing form in the admin interface.
>
> How would I do this.
>
> i.e. displaying the property below as text in the admin interface
>
> class Profile(models.Model):
> ...
>
> @property
> def age(self):
> """Returns age in years as of today."""
> today = date.today()
> return self.age_bydate(today)
>
> Thanks for any input.
You can add in fields to a custom form, which can do this.
class ProfileAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
form = forms.ProfileAdminForm
Matt
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