Exception Type: ValueError at /admin_tools_stats/dashboardstats/add/ Exception Value: Model instances passed to related filters must be saved.

Using Django The Admin
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Environment:

Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin_tools_stats/dashboardstats/add/

Django Version: 5.0.3
Python Version: 3.11.4
Installed Applications:
['admin_tools_stats',
 'django_nvd3',
 'django.contrib.admin',
 'django.contrib.auth',
 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 'django.contrib.sessions',
 'django.contrib.messages',
 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 'Outage_SLA']
Installed Middleware:
['django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware']
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Please post the text of the complete error message with the traceback in the body of the post.

Also, is this “admin_tools_stats” a third-party package or one that is part of your project?

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Environment:

Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin_tools_stats/dashboardstats/add/

Django Version: 5.0.3
Python Version: 3.11.4
Installed Applications:
['admin_tools_stats',
 'django_nvd3',
 'django.contrib.admin',
 'django.contrib.auth',
 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 'django.contrib.sessions',
 'django.contrib.messages',
 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 'Outage_SLA']
Installed Middleware:
['django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware']

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 55, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 197, in _get_response
    response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\options.py", line 716, in wrapper
    return self.admin_site.admin_view(view)(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\decorators.py", line 188, in _view_wrapper
    result = _process_exception(request, e)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\decorators.py", line 186, in _view_wrapper
    response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\views\decorators\cache.py", line 80, in _view_wrapper
    response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\sites.py", line 240, in inner
    return view(request, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\admin_tools_stats\app_label_renamer.py", line 58, in wrap
    return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\options.py", line 1945, in add_view
    return self.changeform_view(request, None, form_url, extra_context)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\decorators.py", line 48, in _wrapper
    return bound_method(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\decorators.py", line 188, in _view_wrapper
    result = _process_exception(request, e)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\decorators.py", line 186, in _view_wrapper
    response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\options.py", line 1804, in changeform_view
    return self._changeform_view(request, object_id, form_url, extra_context)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\options.py", line 1871, in _changeform_view
    form = ModelForm(initial=initial)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\admin_tools_stats\admin.py", line 89, in __init__
    self.fields["default_multiseries_criteria"].queryset = CriteriaToStatsM2M.objects.filter(
                                                           
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\manager.py", line 87, in manager_method
    return getattr(self.get_queryset(), name)(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\query.py", line 1476, in filter
    return self._filter_or_exclude(False, args, kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\query.py", line 1494, in _filter_or_exclude
    clone._filter_or_exclude_inplace(negate, args, kwargs)
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\query.py", line 1501, in _filter_or_exclude_inplace
    self._query.add_q(Q(*args, **kwargs))
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\sql\query.py", line 1613, in add_q
    clause, _ = self._add_q(q_object, self.used_aliases)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\sql\query.py", line 1645, in _add_q
    child_clause, needed_inner = self.build_filter(
                                 
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\sql\query.py", line 1559, in build_filter
    condition = self.build_lookup(lookups, col, value)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\sql\query.py", line 1389, in build_lookup
    lookup = lookup_class(lhs, rhs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\lookups.py", line 30, in __init__
    self.rhs = self.get_prep_lookup()
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields\related_lookups.py", line 147, in get_prep_lookup
    self.rhs = get_normalized_value(self.rhs, self.lhs)[0]
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\madha\OneDrive\Desktop\SLA Outage report\myenv\Lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields\related_lookups.py", line 45, in get_normalized_value
    raise ValueError("Model instances passed to related filters must be saved.")
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Exception Type: ValueError at /admin_tools_stats/dashboardstats/add/
Exception Value: Model instances passed to related filters must be saved.
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