public List <SelectListItem> GetAllParticipantSlItems() { var participants = _batchManager.GetAllParticipants(); var slItems = new List <SelectListItem>(); foreach (var participant in participants) { var sli = new SelectListItem(); sli.Text = participant.Name + " - " + participant.RegNo; sli.Value = participant.Id.ToString(); slItems.Add(sli); } return(slItems); }