Inline formset in Django - removing certain fields

Question

I need to create an inline formset which

a) excludes some fields from MyModel being displayed altogether

b) displays some some fields MyMode

Answer 1

I just had a similar issue (not for admin - for the user-facing site) and discovered you can pass the formset and fields you want displayed into inlineformset_factory like this:

factory = inlineformset_factory(UserProfile, PointTransaction, 
                formset=PointTransactionFormset,
                fields=('description','points_type'))
formset = factory(instance=user_profile, data=request.POST)

where user_profile is a UserProfile.

Be warned that this can cause validation problems if the underlying model has required fields that aren't included in the field list passed into inlineformset_factory, but that's the case for any kind of form.