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Following the Getting started (Part 2), it shows assigning a defined Model Type to the Sitecore Model.Item.

However, when I open the Model.Item it does not seem to have a Model.Type input.

Through Sitecore Rocks No fields to show

And Sitecore Content Editor No fields to show

And as expected, when attaching the model to the Rendering:

@using Sitecore.Mvc
@model Sitecore_first.Models.Car

<div>
   @Html.Sitecore().Field("Name")
</div>

I get the error:

Inner Exception: Model definition item does not contain a model type name. Item path: /sitecore/layout/Models/Car. Model type field name: Model Type

What could cause the behavior of no Model.Type input field to define the Model class path?

Specifications

  • Sitecore rocks 2.0.39.0
  • Visual studio 2015 Community
  • Sitecore 8.2
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  • Can you see the Model Type field if you view the item in Sitecore?
    – Richard Seal ♦
    Commented Feb 23, 2017 at 13:50
  • @RichardSeal Sadly not, it also shows the warning: "The current item does not contain any fields."
    – nkmol
    Commented Feb 23, 2017 at 13:51
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    Sounds like your template is messed up. Check the template setup against a clean install of the same version of Sitecore.
    – Richard Seal ♦
    Commented Feb 23, 2017 at 14:22

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You need to specify a model type for your model. It's the name of the class and name of the assembly. Something like : namespace.yourclass,assembly

Please see attached picture from Content Editor

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  • Thanks for your comment, but my problem is that the "Data" part does not show. I have also added a screenshot of the "Content Editor, to show this.
    – nkmol
    Commented Feb 23, 2017 at 13:57
  • What sitecore version do you have? can you check if the template has same id like my template id ? {FED...
    – Vlad Iobagiu
    Commented Feb 23, 2017 at 14:02
  • I have version 8.2 of Sitecore (rev 161221) and my template ID looks the same: {FED6A14F-0D05-4E18-B160-17C0588A2005}
    – nkmol
    Commented Feb 23, 2017 at 14:06
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    looks like somebody delete that field, I verified a Sitecore 8.2 rev 161221 clean solution and it exist. Can you verify recycle bin maybe you will find it there?
    – Vlad Iobagiu
    Commented Feb 23, 2017 at 14:19
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After installing a second instance, I copied the Model layout fields to my other instance. Apparently, my current Model layout was completely empty.

Acter changing the values to the original values, all worked perfect!

New values

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