MVC passing list from controller to view

Question

I have a controller that returns a list of view models, like so:

public ActionResult Index()
{
   List<DailyPlanListViewModel> viewModels = new List<DailyPlanListViewModel>();
   //do some stuff with the list
   return View(viewModels);
}

and a view that takes the list and should display the information

@model List<IEnumerable<D2D.Web.ViewModels.DailyPlan.DailyPlanListViewModel>>

BUT I get this error, because of the IEnumerable type:

The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List1[D2D.Web.ViewModels.DailyPlan.DailyPlanListViewModel]', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List1[System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[D2D.Web.ViewModels.DailyPlan.DailyPlanListViewModel]]'.

I can't get it to work. What can I do?

@model IEnumerable<D2D.Web.ViewModels.DailyPlan.DailyPlanListViewModel> — haim770
– haim770, Commented Nov 19, 2015 at 10:24
@model List<D2D.Web.ViewModels.DailyPlan.DailyPlanListViewModel> — user3559349
– user3559349, Commented Nov 19, 2015 at 10:24
try @model List<D2D.Web.ViewModels.DailyPlan.DailyPlanListViewModel — Denis Elkhov
– Denis Elkhov, Commented Nov 19, 2015 at 10:24
List<IEnumerable<...>> should be quite obvious what the error is getting at. — Ric
– Ric, Commented Nov 19, 2015 at 10:25

Darren Gourley · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-19 10:25:18Z

2

You need to remove the IEnumerable part:

@model List<D2D.Web.ViewModels.DailyPlan.DailyPlanListViewModel>

Your list is the IEnumerable.

A better way to approach this would be to create another class to wrap this list, so you're only passing one model back to the view instead of a list of models.

answered Nov 19, 2015 at 10:25

Darren Gourley

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