Hmmm, that's a real shame (

Do you think I can do something through defining a CustomAggreagate?  Would I be able to format the value that way?

Andi, thank you for your help.  This is what I did:

function CheckEmptyGroups(controlId) {
   var WebGrid = ISGetObject(controlId);
   var groupRows = WebGrid.RootTable.GetGroupRows();

   for (var i = 0; i < groupRows.length; i++) {
    if (!groupRows[i].GetGroupChildRows() || groupRows[i].GetGroupChildRows().length == 0) {
     WebGrid.RootTable.GetGroupRows()[i].SetForceNoEdit();
     WebGrid.RootTable.GetGroupRows()[i].RowElement.cells[0].style.display = "none";
    }
   }    
}

And I assigned this method to WebGrid's OnAfterInitialize event.  This way my goups were loaded correctly when the grid was initially rendered if the groups were defined programmatically.  It was working great until I noticed that the expand image is restored after any FlyPostBack event like sorting, paging, or filtering.  Is there any way to 'lock' in my changes?

Hello Andi,

I believe I've been able to make some progress here.  What I did was I added an empty row with just the group header into my datatable.  Then i did this:

protected void ISGrid_InitializeRow(object sender, RowEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Row.Type == ISNet.WebUI.WebGrid.RowType.GroupHeader)
    {                    
        if (e.Row.Cells[0].Value.ToString() == "Not Started")
        {
             e.Row.Children.Clear();
        } 
    }       
}

This clears the child rows from that group, and essentialy creates an empty group with the proper cout of (0).

May last problem is how do I remove the Expand capability from this group? And how can i update the "Loaded" count at the bottom of the grid, which still counts my removed row?

Please see the attached image, note how the total count does not add up to the individual group couts.

Gordon, this is what i'm doing in code:

Handy, could you please tell me how to enable that feature?