ASP.net MVC, calling a view from different Controller

Question

I have an EmployeeController and ShiftController . In the Index View of EmployeeController I show EmployeeDetails with options of Edit , Delete and GetShifts (this gets all the shifts of that employee - EmpShifts.aspx). In EmpShifts.aspx, I want to give a link to Create New Shift . I want to know how to call Create View of Shifts from EmpShifts.aspx .

Am I having the wrong design structure. Suggestions on that are welcome.

Answer 1

When generating links you can specify the action and controller they are pointing to:

<%= Html.ActionLink("Create new shift", "create", "shift") %>

Same for HTML forms allowing you to POST:

<% using (Html.BeginForm("create", "shift")) <% { %>
    ...
<% } %>

Your design is correct. It is perfectly normal for having links/forms in some view pointing to other controller actions.