From 3ca2a18a3fb99e9256ea9044c2411fbda4a7add2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:29:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce AdminModel base class to provide enhanced UI
 functionality for Owner

---
 netbox/netbox/models/__init__.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 netbox/users/models/owners.py    |  9 +++------
 netbox/utilities/querydict.py    |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/models/__init__.py b/netbox/netbox/models/__init__.py
index e6f1ecfd4..1e2846748 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/models/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/models/__init__.py
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ from netbox.models.features import *
 from netbox.models.mixins import OwnerMixin
 from utilities.mptt import TreeManager
 from utilities.querysets import RestrictedQuerySet
-from utilities.views import get_viewname
-
 
 __all__ = (
+    'AdminModel',
     'ChangeLoggedModel',
     'NestedGroupModel',
     'NetBoxModel',
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ class NetBoxFeatureSet(
         return f'{settings.STATIC_URL}docs/models/{self._meta.app_label}/{self._meta.model_name}/'
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
+        from utilities.views import get_viewname
         return reverse(get_viewname(self), args=[self.pk])
 
 
@@ -222,3 +222,26 @@ class OrganizationalModel(OwnerMixin, NetBoxModel):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
+
+
+class AdminModel(
+    BookmarksMixin,
+    CloningMixin,
+    CustomLinksMixin,
+    CustomValidationMixin,
+    EventRulesMixin,
+    ExportTemplatesMixin,
+    NotificationsMixin,
+    BaseModel,
+):
+    """
+    A model which represents an administrative resource.
+    """
+    description = models.CharField(
+        verbose_name=_('description'),
+        max_length=200,
+        blank=True
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
diff --git a/netbox/users/models/owners.py b/netbox/users/models/owners.py
index 6765d3034..bf24e43f8 100644
--- a/netbox/users/models/owners.py
+++ b/netbox/users/models/owners.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
+from netbox.models import AdminModel
 from utilities.querysets import RestrictedQuerySet
 
 __all__ = (
@@ -9,17 +10,12 @@ __all__ = (
 )
 
 
-class Owner(models.Model):
+class Owner(AdminModel):
     name = models.CharField(
         verbose_name=_('name'),
         max_length=150,
         unique=True,
     )
-    description = models.CharField(
-        verbose_name=_('description'),
-        max_length=200,
-        blank=True
-    )
     groups = models.ManyToManyField(
         to='users.Group',
         verbose_name=_('groups'),
@@ -36,6 +32,7 @@ class Owner(models.Model):
     )
 
     objects = RestrictedQuerySet.as_manager()
+    clone_fields = ('groups', 'users')
 
     class Meta:
         ordering = ('name',)
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/querydict.py b/netbox/utilities/querydict.py
index 73d40bfc4..17a0c8c2b 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/querydict.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/querydict.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
 from django.http import QueryDict
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
-from netbox.models import CloningMixin
+from netbox.models.features import CloningMixin
 
 __all__ = (
     'dict_to_querydict',