Send Dropdown Selected Value from View to Controller using "DropDownListFor" in MVC

Question

Unable to send selected Value from view to controller.I am using DropdownlistFor to send data with From Tag.

@using (var form = Html.Bootstrap().Begin(new Form("ReportList", "Report").Type(FormType.Vertical).FormMethod(FormMethod.Post).HtmlAttributes(new { @id = "reportForm", @data_bv_message = "This value is not valid", @data_bv_feedbackicons_valid = "fa fa-check", @data_bv_feedbackicons_invalid = "fa fa-times", @data_bv_feedbackicons_validating = "fa fa-refresh", area = "Admin" }))) {

                        <div class="col-md-2">@Html.Label("Status:", new { @class = "" })  </div>
                        <div class="col-md-4">@Html.DropDownListFor(a => a.Status, new List<SelectListItem>
                                                                  { new SelectListItem(){ Text="NEW", Value = "NEW" },
                                                                    new SelectListItem(){ Text="PAID", Value = "PAID" },
                                                                    new SelectListItem(){ Text="PENDING", Value = "PENDING" },
                                                                    new SelectListItem(){ Text="FAULT", Value = "FAULT" },
                                                                    new SelectListItem(){ Text="PROCESS", Value = "PROCESS" }
                                                                  }, "Select Status", new { @class = "form-control " })</div>

                        <div class="col-md-2"><button type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Submit</button> </div>

                        </div>

                        }

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 public ActionResult ReportList()
        {
            List<ReportModel> reportList = new List<ReportModel>();

            string FilterStatusList = reportmodel.SelectedStatus;

            List<InsuranceDetails> insuranceList = _insuranceDetailsService.GetAllInsurances().ToList();

            //Stroed Procedure calling
            // List<InsuranceDetails> filterdata = _insuranceDetailsService.GetDatatableFilterbyStatus().Where(a => a.InsuranceStatus.Equals("DropdownValue")).ToList();
            try
            {
                foreach (InsuranceDetails currentitem in insuranceList)
                {
                    ReportModel currentItemmodel = new ReportModel();

                    currentItemmodel.InsuranceId = currentitem.InsuranceId;
                    currentItemmodel.EncodedInsuranceId = Encode(currentitem.InsuranceId.ToString());
                    currentItemmodel.PlateNumber = currentitem.PlateNumber;
                    currentItemmodel.ReceiptNumber = currentitem.ReceiptNumber;
                    currentItemmodel.VehicleType = currentitem.VehicleType;
                    currentItemmodel.CustomerName = currentitem.CustomerName;
                    currentItemmodel.InsurancePreiod = string.Concat(currentitem.PeriodStartDate, "-", currentitem.PeriodEndDate);
                    currentItemmodel.UserName = currentitem.UserName;
                    currentItemmodel.BranchName = currentitem.BranchName;
                    currentItemmodel.TotalPremiumPrice = currentitem.TotalPremiumPrice;
                    currentItemmodel.InvoiceNumber = currentitem.InvoiceNumber;
                    currentItemmodel.InsuranceStatus = currentitem.InsuranceStatus;
                    currentItemmodel.UploadedImagePath = string.IsNullOrEmpty(currentitem.InvoiceImage) ? "" : ImageBaseUrl + "ImageUploads/" + "OriginalSize/" + currentitem.InvoiceImage;      
                    reportList.Add(currentItemmodel);
                }

            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                string message = AppLogger.CreateMessage(e);
                AppLogger.LogFileWrite(message);
            }
            TempData["ReportList"] = reportList;
            return View(reportList);
        }

Answer 1

DropdownList must have id property as in your Model. So change 'Status' to 'SelectedStatus' as below

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.SelectedStatus, new List<SelectListItem>
                                                                  { new SelectListItem(){ Text="NEW", Value = "NEW" },
                                                                    new SelectListItem(){ Text="PAID", Value = "PAID" },
                                                                    new SelectListItem(){ Text="PENDING", Value = "PENDING" },
                                                                    new SelectListItem(){ Text="FAULT", Value = "FAULT" },
                                                                    new SelectListItem(){ Text="PROCESS", Value = "PROCESS" }
                                                                  }, "Select Status", new { @class = "form-control " })