c# - MVC 4 how pass data correctly from controller to view -

i have controller linq statement passing data view. trying find more efficient , better coding method this. home controller statement follows.

var melt   furnace1 =            (from item in db.tbl_dppithr            item.productionhour >= startshift && item.productionhour <= enddate            select item).sum(x => x.furnace1total),  viewdata["furnace1total"] = melt.furnace1; 

in view reference viewdata show this. using

 @model dynamic 

now have quite alot of linq statements inside index method. , each 1 doing viewdata[]

i hoping can show how pass more 1 var controller across view without viewdata or viewbag methods. , how access within view.

you should create viewmodel of data needed , pass down view.

public class viewmodel  {    public list<int> melt1 { get; set; }     public void loadmeltproperties()     {         if (melt1 == null)         {           melt1 = new list<int>();        }         melt1 = (from item in db.tbl_dppithr        item.productionhour >= startshift && item.productionhour <= enddate        select item).sum(x => x.furnace1total).tolist();    }     public viewmodel load()    {        loadmeltproperties();        return this;    } }  public actionresult yourcontrolleraction()  {       var vm = new viewmodel().load();       return view("viewname", vm); } 

then in view can use strongly typed model rather dynamic

@model viewmodel 

you can iterate on viewmodel properties via:

foreach(var melt in model.melt1) {      // require }