public ActionResult Products(int?page, int?categoryId) { // Declare a list of ProductVM // List<ProductViewModel> listOfProductVM; List <Product> listOfProduct; ProductViewModel fetchedData = null; var config = new MapperConfiguration(cfg => { cfg.CreateMap <ProductViewModel, Product>(); }); IMapper mapper = config.CreateMapper(); Product sensitiveData = mapper.Map <ProductViewModel, Product>(fetchedData); // Set page number var pageNumber = page ?? 1; // Init the list listOfProduct = shopBL.ListOfProduct(sensitiveData, categoryId); // Populate categories select list ViewBag.Categories = (shopBL.SelectListItem(), "Id", "Name"); // Set selected category ViewBag.SelectedCategory = categoryId.ToString(); // Set pagination var onePageOfProducts = listOfProduct.ToPagedList(pageNumber, 3); ViewBag.OnePageOfProducts = onePageOfProducts; // Return view with list return(View(listOfProduct)); }