diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7753cfe2..00000000
--- a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-from django.contrib import admin
-
-from hope_dedup_engine.apps.api.models import (
-    DeduplicationSet,
-    Duplicate,
-    HDEToken,
-    Image,
-)
-
-admin.site.register(DeduplicationSet)
-admin.site.register(Duplicate)
-admin.site.register(HDEToken)
-admin.site.register(Image)
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/__init__.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f008d63d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from .deduplicationset import DeduplicationSetAdmin  # noqa
+from .duplicate import DuplicateAdmin  # noqa
+from .hdetoken import HDETokenAdmin  # noqa
+from .image import ImageAdmin  # noqa
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/deduplicationset.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/deduplicationset.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c933f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/deduplicationset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from django.contrib.admin import ModelAdmin, register
+
+from adminfilters.dates import DateRangeFilter
+from adminfilters.filters import ChoicesFieldComboFilter, DjangoLookupFilter
+from adminfilters.mixin import AdminFiltersMixin
+
+from hope_dedup_engine.apps.api.models import DeduplicationSet
+
+
+@register(DeduplicationSet)
+class DeduplicationSetAdmin(AdminFiltersMixin, ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = (
+        "id",
+        "short_name",
+        "reference_pk",
+        "state",
+        "created_at",
+        "updated_at",
+        "deleted",
+    )
+    readonly_fields = (
+        "id",
+        "state",
+        "external_system",
+        "created_at",
+        "created_by",
+        "updated_at",
+        "updated_by",
+        "deleted",
+    )
+    search_fields = ("name",)
+    list_filter = (
+        ("state", ChoicesFieldComboFilter),
+        ("created_at", DateRangeFilter),
+        ("updated_at", DateRangeFilter),
+        DjangoLookupFilter,
+    )
+
+    def short_name(self, obj):
+        if obj.name:
+            return (obj.name[:50] + "...") if len(obj.name) > 50 else obj.name
+        return "-"
+
+    def has_add_permission(self, request):
+        return False
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/duplicate.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/duplicate.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6cfb641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/duplicate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from django.contrib.admin import ModelAdmin, register
+
+from adminfilters.filters import (
+    DjangoLookupFilter,
+    NumberFilter,
+    RelatedFieldComboFilter,
+)
+from adminfilters.mixin import AdminFiltersMixin
+
+from hope_dedup_engine.apps.api.models import Duplicate
+
+
+@register(Duplicate)
+class DuplicateAdmin(AdminFiltersMixin, ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = (
+        "id",
+        "deduplication_set",
+        "score",
+        "first_reference_pk",
+        "second_reference_pk",
+    )
+    list_filter = (
+        ("deduplication_set", RelatedFieldComboFilter),
+        ("score", NumberFilter),
+        DjangoLookupFilter,
+    )
+
+    def has_add_permission(self, request):
+        return False
+
+    def has_delete_permission(self, request, obj=None):
+        return False
+
+    def has_change_permission(self, request, obj=None):
+        return False
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/hdetoken.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/hdetoken.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d299bd4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/hdetoken.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.contrib.admin import ModelAdmin, register
+
+from hope_dedup_engine.apps.api.models import HDEToken
+
+
+@register(HDEToken)
+class HDETokenAdmin(ModelAdmin):
+    pass
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/image.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/image.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc9b1afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/admin/image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from django.contrib.admin import ModelAdmin, register
+
+from adminfilters.dates import DateRangeFilter
+from adminfilters.filters import DjangoLookupFilter, RelatedFieldComboFilter
+from adminfilters.mixin import AdminFiltersMixin
+
+from hope_dedup_engine.apps.api.models import Image
+
+
+@register(Image)
+class ImageAdmin(AdminFiltersMixin, ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = (
+        "id",
+        "filename",
+        "deduplication_set",
+        "created_at",
+    )
+
+    list_filter = (
+        ("deduplication_set", RelatedFieldComboFilter),
+        ("created_at", DateRangeFilter),
+        DjangoLookupFilter,
+    )
+
+    def has_add_permission(self, request):
+        return False
+
+    def has_delete_permission(self, request, obj=None):
+        return False
+
+    def has_change_permission(self, request, obj=None):
+        return False
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/deduplication/process.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/deduplication/process.py
index bef9e030..5b171334 100644
--- a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/deduplication/process.py
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/deduplication/process.py
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ def find_duplicates(deduplication_set_id: str, serialized_lock: str) -> None:
         if lock_enabled:
             lock.release()
 
-    except Exception as e:
+    except Exception:
         deduplication_set.state = DeduplicationSet.State.ERROR
-        deduplication_set.error = str(e)
         deduplication_set.save()
         raise
     finally:
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/migrations/0003_remove_deduplicationset_error_and_more.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/migrations/0003_remove_deduplicationset_error_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b466f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/migrations/0003_remove_deduplicationset_error_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.7 on 2024-09-20 08:47
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("api", "0002_remove_duplicate_first_filename_and_more"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="deduplicationset",
+            name="error",
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="deduplicationset",
+            name="description",
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="deduplicationset",
+            name="name",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True, db_index=True, max_length=128, null=True, unique=True
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/migrations/0003_remove_deduplicationset_name.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/migrations/0003_remove_deduplicationset_name.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 72c01f68..00000000
--- a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/migrations/0003_remove_deduplicationset_name.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 5.0.6 on 2024-08-07 14:14
-
-from django.db import migrations
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
-    dependencies = [
-        ("api", "0002_remove_duplicate_first_filename_and_more"),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.RemoveField(
-            model_name="deduplicationset",
-            name="name",
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/models/deduplication.py b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/models/deduplication.py
index eea9f626..1597cb05 100644
--- a/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/models/deduplication.py
+++ b/src/hope_dedup_engine/apps/api/models/deduplication.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, override
+from typing import Any, Final, override
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 
 from hope_dedup_engine.apps.security.models import ExternalSystem
 
-REFERENCE_PK_LENGTH = 100
+REFERENCE_PK_LENGTH: Final[int] = 100
+DELIMITER: Final[str] = "|"
+EMPTY_PLACEHOLDER: Final[str] = "-"
+MAX_STR_DISPLAY_LENGTH: Final[int] = 25
 
 
 class DeduplicationSet(models.Model):
@@ -24,6 +27,10 @@ class State(models.IntegerChoices):
         ERROR = 3, "Error"  # Error occurred
 
     id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid4)
+    name = models.CharField(
+        max_length=128, unique=True, null=True, blank=True, db_index=True
+    )
+    description = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
     reference_pk = models.CharField(max_length=REFERENCE_PK_LENGTH)  # source_id
     state = models.IntegerField(
         choices=State.choices,
@@ -31,7 +38,6 @@ class State(models.IntegerChoices):
     )
     deleted = models.BooleanField(null=False, blank=False, default=False)
     external_system = models.ForeignKey(ExternalSystem, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-    error = models.CharField(max_length=255, null=True, blank=True)
     created_by = models.ForeignKey(
         settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
         on_delete=models.CASCADE,
@@ -50,6 +56,18 @@ class State(models.IntegerChoices):
     updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
     notification_url = models.CharField(max_length=255, null=True, blank=True)
 
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        def shorten(text: str, trim: int = MAX_STR_DISPLAY_LENGTH) -> str:
+            return (
+                (text[:trim] + "...")
+                if text and len(text) > trim
+                else text or EMPTY_PLACEHOLDER
+            )
+
+        if not self.name and not self.description:
+            return f"ID: {self.pk}"
+        return f"{shorten(self.name)} {DELIMITER} {shorten(self.description)}"
+
 
 class Image(models.Model):
     """