asp.net mvc - Viewmodel set up Aspt.net MVC 6 -

i'm having trouble understanding how implement viewmodel in asp.net mvc, have following tables:

form

id, data

report

id, formid, owner, category, status, submissiondate

reportvalues

id, reportid, title, value

i'm looking way display , edit report , reportvalues in 1 viewmodel reportvalues.reportid = report.id

reportvalues have multiple entries relate report.

i have had @ similiar questions on here , tried following tutorial ( http://techfunda.com/howto/262/list-data-using-viewmodel ) , coming empty handed.

if need more information let me know , in advance replies!

your view model nothing more class. can solve many ways, here's example.

create 3 classes would.

public class form {     public int id { get; set; }     public string data { get; set; } }  public class reportvalues {     public int id { get; set; }     public int reportid { get; set; }     public string title { get; set; }     public string value { get; set; } }  public class report {     public int id { get; set; }     public int formid { get; set; }     public string owner { get; set; }     public string category { get; set; }     public string status { get; set; }     public datetime submissiondate { get; set; } } 

then, create viewmodel class include 3 above classes this.

public class reportviewmodel {     public form form { get; set; }     public reportvalues reportvalues { get; set; }     public report report { get; set; } } 

in view can access 3 classes , properties in controller. model.form.id

depending on data types, reportvalues property of report, that's entirely data structure. need populate classes using whatever method want (entity framework, ado, etc.) before can pass them view , use them.