I have a .net MVC page that has a form used to edit an entity from database. The form has some dynamic select list fields that need to be populated from Database also.

I pass a PageView Model that contains the Data for the entity, and a list of entities to populate the select list like so:

```
public class EditPortalPage
{
    public PortalViewModel Data { get; set; }
    public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> Cultures { get; set; }        
}

```

in my View I have 

> 
> @model Website.Models.Portals.EditPortalPage
> 
> 
> 

at the top of the page

I can easily populate my form doing this:

```
    @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Data.Name, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
    @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Data.Name)
    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Data.Name, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })

    @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Data.DefaultCultureId, new SelectList(Model.Cultures, "Value", "Text"), new { @class = "mdb-select colorful-select dropdown-info" })
    @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Data.DefaultCultureId)
    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Data.DefaultCultureId, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })

```

The problem is this produces messed up Id and Name attributes for my form fields. In the above example it produces:

```
Name Field ID: Data_Name 
Name Field Name: Data.Name

```

What is the correct way to set it up so I the name and ID does not include the 'Data' prefix

Can I pass the Data model directly to teh form?