Enhance answer aggregation logic in exam review to handle diverse answer formats and improve robustness

generic/views.py

@@ -1206,8 +1206,57 @@ class ExamViews(View, LoginRequiredMixin):
             total_responses = ua_qs.count()
 
             counts = {}
+            # Some UserAnswer models (e.g. physics) do not have a single 'answer'
+            # field. Try the simple values_list first; on failure fall back to
+            # iterating objects and using get_answer() or composing from
+            # per-field parts (a,b,c,d,e, or longs sections).
+            try:
                 for ans in ua_qs.values_list("answer", flat=True):
                     counts[ans] = counts.get(ans, 0) + 1
+            except Exception:
+                for ua in ua_qs:
+                    ans_val = None
+                    # Prefer model helper if available
+                    try:
+                        if hasattr(ua, "get_answer"):
+                            ans_val = ua.get_answer()
+                    except Exception:
+                        ans_val = None
+
+                    if not ans_val:
+                        parts = []
+                        # Common single-letter fields used by physics
+                        for fld in ("a", "b", "c", "d", "e"):
+                            if hasattr(ua, fld):
+                                v = getattr(ua, fld)
+                                if v is None:
+                                    continue
+                                if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
+                                    parts.extend([str(x) for x in v])
+                                else:
+                                    parts.append(str(v))
+
+                        # Long-form answer fields (longs)
+                        for fld in (
+                            "answer_observations",
+                            "answer_interpretation",
+                            "answer_principle_diagnosis",
+                            "answer_differential_diagnosis",
+                            "answer_management",
+                        ):
+                            if hasattr(ua, fld):
+                                v = getattr(ua, fld)
+                                if v:
+                                    parts.append(str(v))
+
+                        if parts:
+                            ans_val = ", ".join(parts)
+
+                    # Final fallback
+                    if ans_val is None:
+                        ans_val = ""
+
+                    counts[ans_val] = counts.get(ans_val, 0) + 1
 
             if total_responses:
                 pcts = {k: round(100.0 * v / total_responses, 1) for k, v in counts.items()}
@@ -1386,8 +1435,49 @@ class ExamViews(View, LoginRequiredMixin):
                 ua_qs = question.cid_user_answers.filter(exam=exam)
                 total_responses = ua_qs.count()
                 counts = {}
+                try:
                     for ans in ua_qs.values_list("answer", flat=True):
                         counts[ans] = counts.get(ans, 0) + 1
+                except Exception:
+                    for ua in ua_qs:
+                        ans_val = None
+                        try:
+                            if hasattr(ua, "get_answer"):
+                                ans_val = ua.get_answer()
+                        except Exception:
+                            ans_val = None
+
+                        if not ans_val:
+                            parts = []
+                            for fld in ("a", "b", "c", "d", "e"):
+                                if hasattr(ua, fld):
+                                    v = getattr(ua, fld)
+                                    if v is None:
+                                        continue
+                                    if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
+                                        parts.extend([str(x) for x in v])
+                                    else:
+                                        parts.append(str(v))
+
+                            for fld in (
+                                "answer_observations",
+                                "answer_interpretation",
+                                "answer_principle_diagnosis",
+                                "answer_differential_diagnosis",
+                                "answer_management",
+                            ):
+                                if hasattr(ua, fld):
+                                    v = getattr(ua, fld)
+                                    if v:
+                                        parts.append(str(v))
+
+                            if parts:
+                                ans_val = ", ".join(parts)
+
+                        if ans_val is None:
+                            ans_val = ""
+
+                        counts[ans_val] = counts.get(ans_val, 0) + 1
 
                 # Compute percentages per answer key
                 pcts = {}

physics/views.py

@@ -466,16 +466,47 @@ def exam_review_question_summary(request, pk: int, q_index: int):
     # Physics answers may be stored as tuples/lists or named fields; attempt to aggregate
     counts = defaultdict(int)
     other_count = 0
+    # Try simple 'answer' field aggregation first; if not present, fall
+    # back to iterating objects and using get_answer() or composing parts.
+    try:
         for ans in ua_qs.values_list("answer", flat=True):
             if not ans:
                 other_count += 1
                 continue
-        # normalize iterable answers to a string key
             if isinstance(ans, (list, tuple)):
                 key = ", ".join([str(x) for x in ans])
             else:
                 key = str(ans)
             counts[key] += 1
+    except Exception:
+        for ua in ua_qs:
+            ans_val = None
+            try:
+                if hasattr(ua, "get_answer"):
+                    ans_val = ua.get_answer()
+            except Exception:
+                ans_val = None
+
+            if not ans_val:
+                parts = []
+                for fld in ("a", "b", "c", "d", "e"):
+                    if hasattr(ua, fld):
+                        v = getattr(ua, fld)
+                        if v is None:
+                            continue
+                        if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
+                            parts.extend([str(x) for x in v])
+                        else:
+                            parts.append(str(v))
+
+                if parts:
+                    ans_val = ", ".join(parts)
+
+            if not ans_val:
+                other_count += 1
+                continue
+
+            counts[ans_val] += 1
 
     counts["unanswered"] = other_count