Customization for autogenrated index view not working - entity-framework

Question

I am using MVC 4.0 and entity-framework 5 to generate model.
I m trying to understand concept of customization, i followed same steps given in tutorials site like this and this
only difference is I am adding this customization class code in different sub folder because when directly try to add this in model folder it shows error employee class already created in this ( autogenrated by entity framwork)
Auto generated code By Entity Framework
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <auto-generated>
// This code was generated from a template.
//
// Manual changes to this file may cause unexpected behavior in your application.
// Manual changes to this file will be overwritten if the code is regenerated.
// </auto-generated>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace CustomizationConceptUmang.Models
{
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public partial class employee
{
public int id { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string email { get; set; }
}
}
Code for customization
namespace CustomizationConceptUmang.Models.ViewModel
{
[MetadataType(typeof(employeeMetaData))]
public partial class employee
{
}
public class employeeMetaData
{
[Display(Name="Employee Name")]
public string name { get; set; }
}
}
View
<th>
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.name)
</th>
Still it showing name instead of Employee Name
please suggest me how to resolve this Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The partials are in different namespaces, so they're two separate classes and the metadata is not applied to the employee entity.
Match up the namespace to combine multiple partial classes into one.
Anyway don't use Entity Framework models as viewmodels. Create a separate class with annotations for a viewmodel, and map to and from your entity. You'll thank me later.