Data binding
14 Feb 201924 minutes to read
Binding pivot grid to collection
This section demonstrates binding a collection to the pivot grid control as data source. For more information on this data source, refer the following links:
If you are using the WebAPI controller, refer the “Datasource Initialization” section under the following link.
If you are using the WCF Service, refer the “Datasource Initialization” section below:
WCF
Adding a WCF service
To add a WCF service in an existing web application, right-click the project in the solution explorer and select Add > New Item. In the Add New Item window, select the WCF service and name it RelationalService.svc, and then click Add.
Now, the WCF service is added to the application, which, in-turn, comprises the following files. The utilization of these files will be explained in the immediate sections.
- RelationalService.svc
- RelationalService.svc.cs
- IRelationalService.cs
Configuring WCF service class
Remove the “DoWork” method present in both RelationalService.svc.cs and IRelationalService.cs files. Next, add “AspNetCompatibilityRequirements” attribute on top of the main class present in the RelationalService.svc.cs and set the “RequirementsMode” value to “Allowed”.
namespace PivotGridDemo
{
[AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)]
public class RelationalService : IRelationalService
{
}
}List of dependency libraries
Next, you can add the below-mentioned dependency libraries to your web application. These libraries can be found in the GAC (Global Assembly Cache).
To add them to your web application, right-click References in the solution explorer and select Add Reference. In the Reference Manager dialog, under Assemblies > Extension, the following Syncfusion libraries are found.
NOTE
If you have installed any version of Essential Studio, then the location of Syncfusion libraries is [system drive:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\24.2.3\Assemblies].
- Syncfusion.Compression.Base
- Syncfusion.Linq.Base
- Syncfusion.Olap.Base
- Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.Base
- System.Data.SqlServerCe (Version: 4.0.0.0)
- Syncfusion.XlsIO.Base
- Syncfusion.Pdf.Base
- Syncfusion.DocIO.Base
- Syncfusion.EJ
- Syncfusion.EJ.Export
- Syncfusion.EJ.Pivot
- Syncfusion.EJ.Web
List of namespaces
Following are the list of namespaces to be added on top of the main class in the RelationalService.svc.cs file:
using Syncfusion.JavaScript;
using Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.Base;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.ServiceModel.Activation;
using System.Data.SqlServerCe;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
using OLAPUTILS = Syncfusion.JavaScript.Olap;
namespace PivotGridDemo
{
[AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)]
public class RelationalService : IRelationalService
{
}
}Data source initialization
A simple collection is provided as a data source for the pivot grid in this demo section. The data source is placed in a separate class named “ProductSales” in the RelationalService.svc.cs file. Refer the following code sample:
namespace PivotGridDemo
{
[AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)]
public class RelationalService : IRelationalService
{
……
……
}
internal class ProductSales
{
public string Product { get; set; }
public string Date { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
public string State { get; set; }
public int Quantity { get; set; }
public double Amount { get; set; }
public static ProductSalesCollection GetSalesData()
{
/// Geography
string[] countries = new string[] { "Australia", "Canada", "France", "Germany", "United Kingdom", "United States" };
string[] ausStates = new string[] { "New South Wales", "Queensland", "South Australia", "Tasmania", "Victoria" };
string[] canadaStates = new string[] { "Alberta", "British Columbia", "Brunswick", "Manitoba", "Ontario", "Quebec" };
string[] franceStates = new string[] { "Charente-Maritime", "Essonne", "Garonne (Haute)", "Gers", };
string[] germanyStates = new string[] { "Bayern", "Brandenburg", "Hamburg", "Hessen", "Nordrhein-Westfalen", "Saarland" };
string[] ukStates = new string[] { "England" };
string[] ussStates = new string[] { "New York", "North Carolina", "Alabama", "California", "Colorado", "New Mexico", "South Carolina" };
/// Time
string[] dates = new string[] { "FY 2005", "FY 2006", "FY 2007", "FY 2008", "FY 2009" };
/// Products
string[] products = new string[] { "Bike", "Van", "Car" };
Random r = new Random(123345345);
int numberOfRecords = 2000;
ProductSalesCollection listOfProductSales = new ProductSalesCollection();
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfRecords; i++)
{
ProductSales sales = new ProductSales();
sales.Country = countries[r.Next(1, countries.GetLength(0))];
sales.Quantity = r.Next(1, 12);
/// 1 percent discount for 1 quantity
double discount = (30000 * sales.Quantity) * (double.Parse(sales.Quantity.ToString()) / 100);
sales.Amount = (30000 * sales.Quantity) - discount;
sales.Date = dates[r.Next(r.Next(dates.GetLength(0) + 1))];
sales.Product = products[r.Next(r.Next(products.GetLength(0) + 1))];
switch (sales.Product)
{
case "Car":
{
sales.Date = "FY 2005";
break;
}
}
switch (sales.Country)
{
case "Australia":
{
sales.State = ausStates[r.Next(ausStates.GetLength(0))];
break;
}
case "Canada":
{
sales.State = canadaStates[r.Next(canadaStates.GetLength(0))];
break;
}
case "France":
{
sales.State = franceStates[r.Next(franceStates.GetLength(0))];
break;
}
case "Germany":
{
sales.State = germanyStates[r.Next(germanyStates.GetLength(0))];
break;
}
case "United Kingdom":
{
sales.State = ukStates[r.Next(ukStates.GetLength(0))];
break;
}
case "United States":
{
sales.State = ussStates[r.Next(ussStates.GetLength(0))];
break;
}
}
listOfProductSales.Add(sales);
}
return listOfProductSales;
}
public override string ToString()
{
return string.Format("{0}-{1}-{2}", this.Country, this.State, this.Product);
}
public class ProductSalesCollection : List<ProductSales>
{
}
}
}Service methods in WCF service
First, declare the service methods in the IRelationalService interface, find in the IRelationalService.cs file which was created while adding the WCF service to the application.
namespace PivotGridDemo
{
[ServiceContract]
public interface IRelationalService
{
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> InitializeGrid(string action);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> FetchMembers(string action, string headerTag, string sortedHeaders, string currentReport);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> Filtering(string action, string filterParams, string sortedHeaders, string currentReport);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> NodeStateModified(string action, string headerTag, string dropAxis, string sortedHeaders, string filterParams, string currentReport);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> NodeDropped(string action, string dropAxis, string headerTag, string sortedHeaders, string filterParams, string currentReport);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> Sorting(string action, string sortedHeaders, string currentReport);
[OperationContract]
void Export(System.IO.Stream stream);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> DeferUpdate(string action, string filterParams, string sortedHeaders, string currentReport);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> CalculatedField(string action, string headerTag, string currentReport);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> CellEditing(string action, string index, string valueHeaders, string summaryValues, string currentReport);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> SaveReport(string reportName, string operationalMode, string olapReport, string clientReports);
[OperationContract]
Dictionary<string, object> LoadReportFromDB(string reportName, string operationalMode, string olapReport, string clientReports);
}
}Then, elaborate the service methods in the main class that is found in the RelationalService.svc.cs file.
namespace PivotGridDemo
{
[AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)]
public class RelationalService : IRelationalService
{
PivotGrid htmlHelper = new PivotGrid();
JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
Dictionary<string, object> dict = new Dictionary<string, object>();
string conStringforDB = ""; //Enter appropriate connection string to connect database for saving and loading operation of reports
public Dictionary<string, object> InitializeGrid(string action)
{
htmlHelper.PivotReport = BindDefaultData();
dict = htmlHelper.GetJsonData(action, ProductSales.GetSalesData());
return dict;
}
public Dictionary<string, object> FetchMembers(string action, string headerTag, string sortedHeaders, string currentReport)
{
htmlHelper.PopulateData(currentReport);
dict = htmlHelper.GetJsonData(action, ProductSales.GetSalesData(), headerTag, sortedHeaders);
return dict;
}
public Dictionary<string, object> Filtering(string action, string filterParams, string sortedHeaders, string currentReport)
{
htmlHelper.PopulateData(currentReport);
dict = htmlHelper.GetJsonData(action, ProductSales.GetSalesData(), filterParams, sortedHeaders);
return dict;
}
public Dictionary<string, object> NodeStateModified(string action, string headerTag, string dropAxis, string sortedHeaders, string filterParams, string currentReport)
{
htmlHelper.PopulateData(currentReport);
dict = htmlHelper.GetJsonData(action, ProductSales.GetSalesData(), headerTag, dropAxis, filterParams, sortedHeaders);
return dict;
}
public Dictionary<string, object> NodeDropped(string action, string dropAxis, string headerTag, string sortedHeaders, string filterParams, string currentReport)
{
htmlHelper.PopulateData(currentReport);
dict = htmlHelper.GetJsonData(action, ProductSales.GetSalesData(), dropAxis, headerTag, filterParams, sortedHeaders);
return dict;
}
public Dictionary<string, object> Sorting(string action, string sortedHeaders, string currentReport)
{
htmlHelper.PopulateData(currentReport);
dict = htmlHelper.GetJsonData(action, ProductSales.GetSalesData(), sortedHeaders);
return dict;
}
public Dictionary<string, object> CalculatedField(string action, string headerTag, string currentReport)
{
htmlHelper.PopulateData(currentReport);
dict = htmlHelper.GetJsonData(action, ProductSales.GetSalesData(), null, headerTag);
return dict;
}
public void Export(System.IO.Stream stream)
{
System.IO.StreamReader sReader = new System.IO.StreamReader(stream);
string args = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.UrlDecode(sReader.ReadToEnd()).Remove(0, 5);
Dictionary<string, string> gridParams = serializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, string>>(args);
htmlHelper.PopulateData(gridParams["currentReport"]);
string fileName = "Sample";
htmlHelper.ExportPivotGrid(ProductSales.GetSalesData(), args, fileName, System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response);
}
public Dictionary<string, object> SaveReport(string reportName, string operationalMode, string olapReport, string clientReports)
{
string mode = operationalMode;
bool isDuplicate = true;
SqlCeConnection con = new SqlCeConnection() { ConnectionString = conStringforDB };
con.Open();
SqlCeCommand cmd1 = null;
foreach (DataRow row in GetDataTable().Rows)
{
if ((row.ItemArray[0] as string).Equals(reportName))
{
isDuplicate = false;
cmd1 = new SqlCeCommand("update ReportsTable set Report=@Reports where ReportName like @ReportName", con);
}
}
if (isDuplicate)
{
cmd1 = new SqlCeCommand("insert into ReportsTable Values(@ReportName,@Reports)", con);
}
cmd1.Parameters.Add("@ReportName", reportName);
//cmd1.Parameters.Add("@Reports", OLAPUTILS.Utils.GetReportStream(clientReports).ToArray());
if (mode == "serverMode")
cmd1.Parameters.Add("@Reports", OLAPUTILS.Utils.GetReportStream(clientReports).ToArray());
else if (mode == "clientMode")
cmd1.Parameters.Add("@Reports", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(clientReports).ToArray());
cmd1.ExecuteNonQuery();
con.Close();
return null;
}
public Dictionary<string, object> LoadReportFromDB(string reportName, string operationalMode, string olapReport, string clientReports)
{
byte[] reportString = new byte[2 * 1024];
PivotReport report = new PivotReport();
var reports = "";
string mode = operationalMode;
Dictionary<string, object> dictionary = new Dictionary<string, object>();
if (mode == "serverMode" && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(clientReports))
{
reports = clientReports;
}
else
{
foreach (DataRow row in GetDataTable().Rows)
{
if ((row.ItemArray[0] as string).Equals(reportName))
{
if (mode == "clientMode")
{
reportString = (row.ItemArray[1] as byte[]);
dictionary.Add("report", Encoding.UTF8.GetString(reportString));
break;
}
else if (mode == "serverMode")
{
reports = OLAPUTILS.Utils.CompressData(row.ItemArray[1] as byte[]);
break;
}
}
}
}
if (reports != "") {
report = htmlHelper.DeserializedReports(reports);
htmlHelper.PivotReport = report;
dictionary = htmlHelper.GetJsonData("loadOperation", ProductSales.GetSalesData(), "Load Report", reportName);
}
return dictionary;
}
private DataTable GetDataTable()
{
SqlCeConnection con = new SqlCeConnection() { ConnectionString = conStringforDB };
con.Open();
DataSet dSet = new DataSet();
new SqlCeDataAdapter("Select * from ReportsTable", con).Fill(dSet);
con.Close();
return dSet.Tables[0];
}
public Dictionary<string, object> DeferUpdate(string action, string filterParams, string sortedHeaders, string currentReport)
{
htmlHelper.PopulateData(currentReport);
dict = htmlHelper.GetJsonData(action, ProductSales.GetSalesData(), null, null, null, sortedHeaders, filterParams);
return dict;
}
public Dictionary<string, object> CellEditing(string action, string index, string valueHeaders, string summaryValues, string currentReport)
{
htmlHelper.PopulateData(currentReport);
dict = htmlHelper.GetJsonData(action, ProductSales.GetSalesData(), index, summaryValues, valueHeaders);
return dict;
}
private PivotReport BindDefaultData()
{
PivotReport pivotSetting = new PivotReport();
pivotSetting.PivotRows.Add(new PivotItem { FieldMappingName = "Product", FieldHeader = "Product", TotalHeader = "Total" });
pivotSetting.PivotColumns.Add(new PivotItem { FieldMappingName = "Country", FieldHeader = "Country", TotalHeader = "Total" });
pivotSetting.PivotCalculations.Add(new PivotComputationInfo { CalculationName = "Amount", Description = "Amount", FieldHeader = "Amount", FieldName = "Amount", Format = "C", SummaryType = Syncfusion.PivotAnalysis.Base.SummaryType.DoubleTotalSum });
return pivotSetting;
}
}
.....
..... // Initialize the datasource
.....
}Configuring web configuration file
The services can be exposed through the properties such as binding, contract, and address by using an endpoint.
- Contract: This property indicates that the contract of the endpoint is exposed. Refer to the IRelationalService contract, and thus it is PivotGridDemo.IRelationalService.
- Binding: In your application, you can use webHttpBinding to post and receive requests and responses between the client-end and the service.
- BehaviorConfiguration: This property contains the name of the behavior to be used in the endpoint.
The endpointBehaviors are illustrated as follows:
<system.serviceModel>
……
……
<services>
<service name="PivotGridDemo.RelationalService">
<endpoint address="" behaviorConfiguration="PivotGridDemo.RelationalServiceAspNetAjaxBehavior"
binding="webHttpBinding" contract="PivotGridDemo.IRelationalService" />
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>The endpointBehaviors contain all behaviors for an endpoint. You can link each endpoint to the respective behavior only by using the name property.
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="PivotGridDemo.RelationalServiceAspNetAjaxBehavior">
<enableWebScript />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
……
……
</system.serviceModel>NOTE
In this example, the “PivotGridDemo” indicates the name and root namespace of the web application created in the Visual Studio IDE, and the “RelationalService” indicates the name of the created WCF service.
Now, pivot grid will be rendered with sales amount over a set of products across different customer geographic locations.
