react-openapi/components/EnhancedTable.tsx

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import VisibilityIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Visibility';
 import MoreVertIcon from '@mui/icons-material/MoreVert';
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { ResourceConfig } from '../types/config';
+import { getFieldOptions, toGridValueOptions } from '../utils/options';
 
 interface EnhancedTableProps {
   config: ResourceConfig;
@@ -96,8 +97,7 @@ export default function EnhancedTable({
       }
 
       if (muiType === 'singleSelect' && field.options) {
-        // @ts-ignore
-        col.valueOptions = field.options;
+        col.valueOptions = toGridValueOptions(getFieldOptions(field));
       }
 
       return col;
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ function FieldRenderer({ params, field, fieldKey, config, onNavigate, navigate,
     
     if (field.type === 'datetime' || field.type === 'date') return value ? new Date(value).toLocaleString() : '';
 
+    if (field.type === 'enum' && field.options) {
+      const opt = getFieldOptions(field).find(o => o.key === value);
+      return opt?.value ?? value;
+    }
+
     if (isPk && !isMobile) {
         return (
             <Chip 

react-openapi/components/FilterBar.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 import DoneIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Done";
 import FilterListIcon from "@mui/icons-material/FilterList";
 import { ResourceField, ResourceMode } from "../types/config";
+import { getFieldOptions } from "../utils/options";
 
 function FilterAutocomplete({
   options,
@@ -110,7 +111,9 @@ function extractOptions(
 ): string[] {
   const values = new Set<string>();
 
-  if (field.options) return field.options;
+  if (field.type === 'enum' && field.options) {
+    return getFieldOptions(field).map(o => o.key);
+  }
   if (!data) return [];
 
   const pull = (item: any): string | null => {

react-openapi/components/fields/FormField.tsx

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   Divider,
 } from '@mui/material';
 import { ResourceField } from '../../types/config';
+import { getFieldOptions } from '../../utils/options';
 import ImageUploadField from './ImageUploadField';
 
 interface FormFieldProps {
@@ -73,40 +74,40 @@ export default function FormField({
   if (field.relation && relationDataMap[field.relation]) {
     const relationData = relationDataMap[field.relation].data;
     const isArrayRelation = field.type === 'array';
-    
-    // Determine how to display the related item
-    const getOptionLabel = (option: any) => {
-        if (!option) return "";
-        if (field.displayField && option[field.displayField]) return option[field.displayField];
-        // Standard naming fields
-        return option.name || option.title || option.label || option.id || JSON.stringify(option);
-    };
+    const options = getFieldOptions(field, relationData);
+    const keyField = field.enumOption?.key ?? 'id';
 
-    const getOptionValue = (option: any) => {
-        // Return the whole object to maintain identity
-        return option;
-    };
+    // Normalize value: API returns whole objects on GET, but form uses key strings
+    const normalizedValue = (() => {
+      if (isArrayRelation && Array.isArray(value)) {
+        return value.map((v: any) => (v != null && typeof v === 'object' ? String(v[keyField] ?? '') : String(v)));
+      }
+      if (value != null && typeof value === 'object') {
+        return String(value[keyField] ?? '');
+      }
+      return value ?? (isArrayRelation ? [] : "");
+    })();
 
     return (
       <FormControl fullWidth>
         <InputLabel shrink>{label}</InputLabel>
         <Select
           multiple={isArrayRelation}
-          value={value || (isArrayRelation ? [] : "")}
+          value={normalizedValue}
           label={label}
           displayEmpty
           onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
           disabled={disabled}
           renderValue={(selected: any) => {
             if (isArrayRelation) {
-              return (selected as any[]).map(getOptionLabel).join(', ');
+              return (selected as string[]).map(k => options.find(o => o.key === k)?.value ?? k).join(', ');
             }
-            return getOptionLabel(selected);
+            return options.find(o => o.key === selected)?.value ?? selected;
           }}
         >
-          {relationData.map((option) => (
-            <MenuItem key={option.id || JSON.stringify(option)} value={getOptionValue(option)}>
-              {getOptionLabel(option)}
+          {options.map((opt) => (
+            <MenuItem key={opt.key} value={opt.key}>
+              {opt.value}
             </MenuItem>
           ))}
         </Select>
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ export default function FormField({
 
   // 5. Enum Handling
   if (field.type === 'enum' && field.options) {
+    const options = getFieldOptions(field);
     return (
       <FormControl fullWidth>
         <InputLabel>{label}</InputLabel>
@@ -158,9 +160,9 @@ export default function FormField({
           onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
           disabled={disabled}
         >
-          {field.options.map((opt: string) => (
-            <MenuItem key={opt} value={opt}>
-              {opt}
+          {options.map((opt) => (
+            <MenuItem key={opt.key} value={opt.key}>
+              {opt.value}
             </MenuItem>
           ))}
         </Select>

react-openapi/types/config.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ export type FieldType =
   | 'object'
   | 'array';
 
+export interface SelectOption {
+  key: string;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+export interface EnumOption {
+  key: string;
+  value: string | string[];
+}
+
 export interface ResourceField {
   type: FieldType;
   label: string;
@@ -19,8 +29,10 @@ export interface ResourceField {
   schema?: Record<string, ResourceField>;
   displayField?: string | string[];
   formatter?: (value: any) => string;
-  relation?: string; // Name of the target resource
+  relation?: string;
   filterType?: "autocomplete" | "multiselect" | "number-range" | "date-range";
+  enumOption?: EnumOption;
+  enumLabels?: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
 export type ResourceMode = "server" | "client";
@@ -38,6 +50,7 @@ export interface ResourceConfig {
     mode?: ResourceMode;
     fields?: string[];
   };
+  enumOption?: EnumOption;
 }
 
 export interface AppConfig {

react-openapi/types/overrides.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-/**
- * This file contains application-specific overrides and configuration
- * for the generic Admin Panel.
- */
+export interface EnumOption {
+  key: string;
+  value: string | string[];
+}
 
 export interface FieldOverride {
   displayField?: string | string[];
   display?: boolean;
   formatter?: (value: any) => string;
   filterType?: "autocomplete" | "multiselect" | "number-range" | "date-range";
+  enumLabels?: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
 export interface ResourceOverride {
@@ -18,4 +19,5 @@ export interface ResourceOverride {
     mode?: "server" | "client";
     fields?: string[];
   };
+  enumOption?: EnumOption;
 }

react-openapi/utils/openapi_loader.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,21 @@ function parseSchemaFields(
     const relation = schemaToResourceMap.get(targetSchema);
     if (relation) {
       fields[key].relation = relation;
+
+      // Propagate enumOption from target resource config, or derive from target schema
+      const explicitEnumOption = configuration[relation]?.enumOption;
+      if (explicitEnumOption) {
+        fields[key].enumOption = explicitEnumOption;
+      } else {
+        const targetProps = targetSchema.properties || {};
+        const valueField = Object.entries(targetProps).find(
+          ([name, p]: [string, any]) => name !== 'id' && p.type === 'string'
+        )?.[0];
+        fields[key].enumOption = {
+          key: 'id',
+          value: valueField ?? 'id',
+        };
+      }
     }
 
     // Recursively parse nested objects (only if not a relation)

react-openapi/utils/options.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { ResourceField, SelectOption } from "../types/config";
+
+export function getFieldOptions(field: ResourceField, relationData?: any[]): SelectOption[] {
+  if (field.type === 'enum' && field.options) {
+    return field.options.map(opt => ({
+      key: opt,
+      value: field.enumLabels?.[opt] ?? opt,
+    }));
+  }
+
+  if (field.relation) {
+    const data = relationData ?? [];
+    const enumOption = field.enumOption ?? { key: 'id', value: 'name' };
+
+    return data.map(item => ({
+      key: String(item[enumOption.key] ?? ''),
+      value: Array.isArray(enumOption.value)
+        ? enumOption.value.map(k => item[k]).filter(v => v != null).join(' ')
+        : String(item[enumOption.value] ?? ''),
+    }));
+  }
+
+  return [];
+}
+
+export function toGridValueOptions(options: SelectOption[]): { value: string; label: string }[] {
+  return options.map(opt => ({ value: opt.key, label: opt.value }));
+}

src/openapi-config.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ export const configuration: Record<string, ResourceOverride> = {
       }
     },
   },
+  accounts: {
+    enumOption: {
+      key: 'id',
+      value: ['name', 'number']
+    }
+  },
+  tags: {
+    enumOption: {
+      key: 'id',
+      value: ['icon', 'name']
+    }
+  },
 };
 
 export const profileConfiguration = {