Welcome @toddhaugen !
See the comments at:
- Django ERP admin - #4 by KenWhitesell
- The Design/Architecture for my Blood Donation Management in Django - #2 by KenWhitesell
- Table/Data architecture - #2 by KenWhitesell
In particular you want to be sure that you’re clear about the separation of what happens in the browser as opposed to what happens on the server, and that how you enter or display data does not necessarily have any direct relationship to how it’s stored and managed.