data.py

 [{u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'Breaking Bits', u'id': 4},
 {u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'Head Down', u'id': 3},
 {u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'Machine will not start', u'id': 1},
 {u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'Making Noise', u'id': 5},
 {u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'No Power', u'id': 2},
 {u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'Panel not functioning', u'id': 6}]
  
 # need to have it look like this for the spinner.values I think.

['Machine will not start',
 'No Power',
 'Head down',
 'Breaking Bits',
 'Making Noise',
 'Panel not functioning']

my solution...

from pprint import pprint
from operator import itemgetter
reason_codes = [
{u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'Breaking Bits', u'id': 4},
{u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'Head Down', u'id': 3},
{u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'Machine will not start', u'id': 1},
{u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'Making Noise', u'id': 5},
{u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'No Power', u'id': 2},
{u'hold_maintenance_reason': u'Panel not functioning', 'id': 6}
]
rows_by_reason = sorted(reason_codes, key=itemgetter('hold_maintenance_reason'))
pprint(rows_by_reason)
print
rows_by_id = sorted(reason_codes, key=itemgetter('id'))
pprint(rows_by_id)
print
value_list = [u'Press here to select reason for the maintenance hold']
for reason_code in rows_by_id:
value_list.append(reason_code['hold_maintenance_reason'])
pprint(value_list)
print
value_list = tuple(item for item in value_list)
pprint(value_list)