Show model values as multi select options in admin - django

Question

I am trying to store use the values from two different models to show as choices in form and store them in new model.
Here is what I have now.
models.py
class Employee(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
class Product(models.Model):
code = models.CharField(primary_key=True, max_length=5)
class JobQueue(models.Model):
emp_name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
product_code = models.CharField(max_length=5)
forms.py
class JobQueueForm(forms.ModelForm):
emp_choices = Employee._meta.get_field('name').choices
product_code_choices = Product._meta.get_field('code').choices
emp_name = forms.ChoiceField(choices = emp_choices)
product_code =forms.MultipleChoiceField(widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple, choices=product_code_choices)
def save(self, commit=True):
return super(JobQueueForm, self).save(commit = commit)
class Meta:
model = JobQueue
fields = ('emp_name', 'product_code')
admin.py
class JobQueueAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
form = JobQueueForm
fieldsets = (
(None,{
'fields': ('emp_name', 'product_code'),}),
)
def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
super(JobQueueAdmin, self).save_model(request, obj, form, change)
admin.site.register(models.Employee, AuthorAdmin)
admin.site.register(models.Product, ProductAdmin)
admin.site.register(models.JobQueue, JobQueueAdmin)
I do have values stored in Employee and Product models, but I dont see them as options in JobQueue model in Admin portal.
Am I missing anything here?

Answer 1

emp_choices = Employee._meta.get_field('name').choices
This line doesn't make sense. It tries to get the choices for the Employee.name field, but you did not specify any choices for the name field in your model.
class Employee(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
If you want generate a list of choices from all the existing employees in the database, then you can define a method that does this:
def get_names():
return Employee.objects.values_list('name', 'name')
Then use this method in your form:
class JobQueueForm(forms.ModelForm):
emp_name = forms.ChoiceField(choices=get_names)
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