Cannot see extended User model field in admin interface

Question

I have added a field to my User model called extra, as follows:-

class ExtendedUser(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User)
extra = models.CharField(max_length=30, null=True)

# when a user is created, make sure an ExtendedUser is created too
def create_extended_user(sender, instance, created, *args, **kwargs):
    if created:
        extended_user = ExtendedUser(user=instance)
        extended_user.save()
post_save.connect(create_extended_user, sender=User)

In my admin.py, I try to ensure that I can edit this extra field when I'm editing a user:-

class ExtendedUserInline(admin.TabularInline):
    model = ExtendedUser
    fk_name = 'user'
    max_num = 1

class ExtendedUserAdmin(UserAdmin):
    inlines = [ExtendedUserInline]

admin.site.unregister(User)
admin.site.register(User, ExtendedUserAdmin)

However, I can't see the extra field in the admin page for User.

What have I done wrong?

nope, that doesn't work either. – bodger Feb 25 '13 at 08:20 — bodger, Feb 25 '13 at 08:20
Adding an extra comma doesn't make any difference. – bodger Feb 26 '13 at 15:09 — bodger, Feb 26 '13 at 15:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Have you restarted the development server since editing admin.py?

See also this very similar thread.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Feb 24 '13 at 17:20

edkay

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Yup, restarted the dev server - makes no difference. – bodger Feb 24 '13 at 18:14

chirinosky · Answer 2 · 2013-02-24T18:54:03.720

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Your first block of code looks ok to me, although you might want to use the decorators for readability. Here's an updated example.

class ExtendedUser(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User)
extra = models.CharField(max_length=30, null=True)

# when a user is created, make sure an ExtendedUser is created too
@receiver(post_save, sender=User)    
def create_extended_user(sender, instance, created, *args, **kwargs):
        if created:
            extended_user = ExtendedUser(user=instance)
            extended_user.save()

Updated Answer:

You need to set AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'app_name.ExtendedUser'

Here's a post that did pretty much the same as you. Some of the comments below are worth reading.

edited Feb 24 '13 at 18:54

answered Feb 24 '13 at 17:35

chirinosky

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Sadly, that doesn't work. Surely the UserAdmin is the wrong class name here anyway? The one I used was ExtendedUserAdmin - as I was extending the usual UserAdmin. – bodger Feb 24 '13 at 18:12
You're right. Answer deleted. Going to try replicating with your code. – chirinosky Feb 24 '13 at 18:40
That doesn't seem to do it either. Still can't see the extra field in the admin interface. – bodger Feb 24 '13 at 20:38

Cannot see extended User model field in admin interface

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