Django-tables2: Change text displayed in column title

django, django-tables2

Solution

Just add the columns whose names you want to override in your tables.py. For instance

#tables.py
import django_tables2 as tables
from models import Dashboard

class DashboardTable(tables.Table):
  devenv = tables.Column(verbose_name= 'Development Environment' )

  class Meta:
    model = Dashboard
    attrs = {'class': 'paleblue'}

Another (probably more DRY) solution is to leave tables.py as is and add verbose_name in your model definition:

#models.py
class Dashboard(models.Model):
    devenv = models.CharField(max_length=30, primary_key=True, verbose_name='Development Environment')
    numberofissues = models.BigIntegerField(verbose_name='Number of Issues')
    class Meta:
        managed=False
        db_table = 'stability_dashboard'

Problem

I am working with a MySQL view (Create View as Select ...) and have successfully manged to connect the view to a model like this: ``` #models.py class Dashboard(models.Model): devenv = models.CharField(max_length=30, primary_key=True) numberofissues = models.BigIntegerField() class Meta: managed=False db_table = 'stability_dashboard' ``` I have also managed to display data in a table using the boiler plate code from the example: ``` #tables.py class DashboardTable(tables.Table): class Meta: model = Dashboard attrs = {'class': 'paleblue'} #views.py def dashboard(request): table = DashboardTable(Dashboard.objects.all()) RequestConfig(request).configure(table) return render(request, 'uptime/dash.html', {'table': table}) ``` I would now like to change the title displayed in each column to something more understandable including spaces e.g. Instead of 'devenv' => 'Development Environment'

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