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Hierarchical and child tables

WebGrid allows a hierarchical data source to be displayed in hierarchical navigation layout. It supports unlimited nested tables inside another table and provides sophisticated data analytical presentation. It also includes built-in automatic functionality that handles the process of retrieving child row based on defined relationships, as well as flexibility to load child data on demand The latest WebGrid now supports hierarchical data binding through ISDataSource component, enabling you to bind hierarchical data instantly.

Hierarchical and child tables

Self-referencing table

WebGrid lets you display self referencing hierarchical table by simply configure the settings through Component Designer. As advanced enterprise data visualization, WebGrid’s self-referencing feature also supports load-on-demand data retrieval capability, which is built upon FlyPostBack™ architecture. This enables developers to implement their own logic to fetch large data tables without performance trade-off.

Self-referencing table

Sorting in self-reference's child table

WebGrid now introduces a new enhancement to allow child data sorting in self reference layout mode. Simply set the ApplyChildSorting propertyin SelfReferenceSettings to enable this feature. This feature instructs WebGrid to perform sorting on the self referencing child data when user invokes column sorting operation.

Sorting in self-reference’s child table

Hierarchical strongly typed collection

Easily bind hierarchical business objects in the same way and manner as in DataSet objects. WebGrid is the first grid component that implements extensive support to bind your custom hierarchical objects in an elegant, strongly-typed object approach.

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