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Allow object properties and custom fields in dropdown context #11265

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opened 2025-12-29 21:42:40 +01:00 by adam · 2 comments
adam commented 2025-12-29 21:42:40 +01:00
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Originally created by @llamafilm on GitHub (Jun 5, 2025).

NetBox version

v4.3.1

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

#15104 allows customizing the appearance of dropdown lists in custom scripts for ObjectVars. I'd like to extend this functionality to support any object property or custom field in the context.

Use case

Here are two examples where I would use this in custom scripts.

We use a space_number custom field on each Location which references an external database run by the real estate team. I'd like to display that as the description like this:

    location = ObjectVar(
        model=Location,
        context={
            "description": "cf__space_number",
        },
     )

Note: that code doesn't work, but it's how I would like it work. If I use id instead, it looks like this:
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Another example, in a PowerOutlet variable, I'd like to display the outlet type like this:

    outlet = ObjectVar(
        model=PowerOutlet,
        context = {
            "description": "type.label",
            "disabled": "_occupied",
        },
    )

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Originally created by @llamafilm on GitHub (Jun 5, 2025). ### NetBox version v4.3.1 ### Feature type Change to existing functionality ### Proposed functionality #15104 allows customizing the appearance of dropdown lists in custom scripts for ObjectVars. I'd like to extend this functionality to support any object property or custom field in the context. ### Use case Here are two examples where I would use this in custom scripts. We use a `space_number` custom field on each Location which references an external database run by the real estate team. I'd like to display that as the description like this: ```py location = ObjectVar( model=Location, context={ "description": "cf__space_number", }, ) ``` Note: that code doesn't work, but it's how I would like it work. If I use `id` instead, it looks like this: ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/19559ae6-c8d9-4b32-8d46-ae7625b8edc8) Another example, in a PowerOutlet variable, I'd like to display the outlet type like this: ```py outlet = ObjectVar( model=PowerOutlet, context = { "description": "type.label", "disabled": "_occupied", }, ) ``` ### Database changes _No response_ ### External dependencies _No response_
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adam commented 2025-12-29 21:42:40 +01:00
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