Using 2 models in one view in ASP.NET MVC 5 - asp.net-mvc

Question

I am new to ASP.NET MVC and I am kindly asking you to help me with this problem:
I have 2 models - Delegation:
public int idDelegation { get; set; }
public string Delegation_Name { get; set; }
public string Employee_Name { get; set; }
and Project:
public int idProject { get; set; }
public string Project_System_Name { get; set; }
public string Project_System_ID { get; set; }
I want to display in a view a list of current delegations and projects, with the Edit/Details/Delete options for each one.
I created a ViewModel DelegationProject:
public class DelegationProject
{
public IEnumerable<Delegation> delegations { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<Project> projects { get; set; }
}
In my Index view I have:
#model IEnumerable<....ViewModel.DelegationProject>
<table class="table">
<tr>
<th>#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.delegations.Employee_Name</th>
<th>#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.delegations.Delegation_Name</th>
</tr>
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
<tr>
<td>#Html.DisplayFor(itemModel => item.delegations.Employee_Name)</td>
<td>#Html.DisplayFor(itemModel => item.delegations.Delegation_Name</td>
<td>
#Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { x => x.idDelegation }) |
#Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { x => x.idDelegation }) |
#Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { x => x.idDelegation })
</td>
</tr>
}
</table>
When I run the application, I get these error messages:
Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.
Compiler Error Message: CS1061: 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable' does not contain a definition for 'Employee_Name' and no extension method 'Employee_Name' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
I tried different things (like List<> or Tuple) from stackoverflow topics and other sites posts, but I wasn't able to use to models in the same view and iterate through them.

Answer 1

I managed to find a solution for this problem.
The ViewModel DelegationProject remained the same, in my controller for Index action I have:
public ActionResult Index()
{
DelegationProject viewModel = new DelegationProject();
viewModel.delegations = GetDelegations();
viewModel.projects = GetProjects();
return View(viewModel);
}
And I created two methods in the respective controller - GetDelegations() and GetProjects():
public List<Delegation> GetDelegations()
{
var deleg = db.Delegation.Include(d => d.Project);
var list = new List<Delegation>(deleg).ToList();
return list;
}
public List<Project> GetProjects()
{
var projects = db.Project.Include(p => p.Country);
var list = new List<Project>(projects);
return list;
}
My View looks like this:
#model .......ViewModel.DelegationProject
#foreach (var item in Model.delegations)
{
<tr>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(itemModel => item.Employee_Name)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(itemModel => item.Delegation_Name)
</td>
</tr>
}
Hope this could be of any help to somebody.