Sorry folks... if I got this
@Entity @ClassDescriptor(hasCyclicRelationships = true) @BeanModels( { @BeanModel(pageType = PageType.LIST, include = "player, gp, g, a, pts", exclude="") }) public class PlayerStats implements Cloneable, Serializable { private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(PlayerStats.class); private Integer id = null; private Player player = null; private Year year = null; can I do this ? myModel = beanModelSource.createDisplayModel(PlayerStats.class, messages); myModel.add("action", null); myModel.include("player.number", "player.lastName", "player.lastName", "gp", "g", "a", "pts"); myModel.get("player.firstName").sortable(false); myModel.get("player.lastName").label("Surname");