[CLOSED] Feature Grouping

  1. #1

    [CLOSED] Feature Grouping

    Hello Members

    i was wondering if its posible to make a grid that has a grouping feature to group only by a date and not a datetime.

    I am trying to make a grid thats displays events and i would like to group them by what date the event/s occurs

    I am using a DateColumn to handle the formating of the date.
    Does a grouping feature uses the data before the conversion occurs and thous the grouping i done by the datetime and not the format in the datecolumn.

    Regards

    Akpenob
    Last edited by Daniil; May 07, 2013 at 3:43 AM. Reason: [CLOSED]
  2. #2
    Hi @Akpenob,

    The data is grouped at a Store level, i.e. by a ModelField. So, you have to provide respective data on a Store level.
  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Daniil View Post
    Hi @Akpenob,

    The data is grouped at a Store level, i.e. by a ModelField. So, you have to provide respective data on a Store level.
    Thanks for the quick respones.

    i have sat up a modelField like this..

    First this is calledd

    
    switch (i.DateField)
                        {
                            case LiaUICtrlDateType.DATETIME:
                                AddDateFieldColumn(i, "dd-mm- HH:i");
                                break;
                            case LiaUICtrlDateType.DATETIMESEC:
                                AddDateFieldColumn(i, "dd-m-Y HH:i:ss");
                                break;
                            case LiaUICtrlDateType.DATE:
                                AddDateFieldColumn(i, "dd-m-Y");
                                break;
                            case LiaUICtrlDateType.TIME:
                                AddDateFieldColumn(i,"HH:m");
                                break;
                        }
    The mehod AddDateFieldColumn

     public void AddDateFieldColumn(LiaGridLayoutItem item,String dateFormat)
            {
                AddStoreField(new ModelField(item.RField, ModelFieldType.Date, dateFormat));
    
                DateColumn col = new DateColumn() { DataIndex = item.RField, Text = item.Label, Width = item.Width, Hidden = item.Hidden };
                col.Format = dateFormat;
                col.MenuDisabled = true;
                col.Align = Alignment.Left;
                col.Sortable = item.Sortable;
                col.Text = _liaBase.Translate.GetText("Columns", item.RField, item.Label);
                col.CustomConfig.Add(new ConfigItem("type", ModelFieldType.Date.ToString(), ParameterMode.Value));
                col.CustomConfig.Add(new ConfigItem("filterable", Convert.ToString(item.Filterable).ToLower(), ParameterMode.Value));
                this.ColumnModel.Columns.Add(col);
            }

    The method AddStoreField

    
    public void AddStoreField(ModelField field)
            {
                if (_gridType != LiaGridType.PAGING_GRID && _gridType != LiaGridType.DRAG_DROP_GRID)
                {
                    dataStore.Model[0].Fields.Add(field);
                    return;
                }
                liaStore.model.Fields.Add(field);
            }
    And on the grid this method is called

    
     public void AddGrouping(String GroupField, bool StartCollapsed)
            {
                if (_gridType == LiaGridType.PAGING_GRID) return;
    
                this.dataStore.GroupField = GroupField;
    
                Grouping grp = new Grouping
                {
                    ID = this.ID + "_Grouping",
                    HideGroupedHeader = true,
                    StartCollapsed = StartCollapsed,
                    GroupHeaderTplString = "{name} ({[values.rows.length]} {[values.rows.length > 1 ? 'Items' : 'Item']})"
                };
    
                grp.CustomConfig.Add(new ConfigItem("locStartCollapsed", StartCollapsed ? "collapse" : "", ParameterMode.Value));
    
                this.Features.Add(grp);
            }
    As you can see i have setup both the ModelField and added the grouping field but still i cant make group by the dateformat.

    any suggestion to what i could do...

    Regards

    Akpenob
  4. #4
    It is difficult to follow your code snippets and understand what you should do.

    We should start with a simple example. The example below groups by dates with success.

    Could you modify it to reproduce the problem that you are facing?

    Example
    <%@ Page Language="C#" %>
    
    <%@ Register Assembly="Ext.Net" Namespace="Ext.Net" TagPrefix="ext" %>
    
    <script runat="server">
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (!X.IsAjaxRequest)
            {
                DateTime now = DateTime.Today;
                DateTime nowPlusOne = now.AddDays(1);
                
                Store store = this.GridPanel1.GetStore();
                store.DataSource = new object[] 
                { 
                    new object[] { now, "1", "1" },
                    new object[] { now, "11", "11" },
                    new object[] { now, "111", "111" },
                    new object[] { nowPlusOne, "2", "2" },
                    new object[] { nowPlusOne, "22", "22" },
                    new object[] { nowPlusOne, "222", "222" }
                };
                store.DataBind();
            }
        }
    </script>
    
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    
    <html>
    <head runat="server">
        <title>Ext.NET v2 Example</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form runat="server">
            <ext:ResourceManager runat="server" />
            <ext:GridPanel ID="GridPanel1" runat="server">
                <Store>
                    <ext:Store runat="server" GroupField="date">
                        <Model>
                            <ext:Model runat="server">
                                <Fields>
                                    <ext:ModelField Name="date" Type="Date" />
                                    <ext:ModelField Name="test1" />
                                    <ext:ModelField Name="test2" />
                                </Fields>
                            </ext:Model>
                        </Model>
                    </ext:Store>
                </Store>
                <ColumnModel runat="server">
                    <Columns>
                        <ext:DateColumn runat="server" Text="Date" DataIndex="date" />
                        <ext:Column runat="server" Text="Test1" DataIndex="test1" />
                        <ext:Column runat="server" Text="Test2" DataIndex="test2" />
                    </Columns>
                </ColumnModel>
                <Features>
                    <ext:Grouping runat="server" />
                </Features>
            </ext:GridPanel>
        </form>
    </body>
    </html>
  5. #5
    This is an great exsample and it shows how i could group them by date.

    But my problem is not that i cant group the a DateTime.

    No Problem is like this..

    I get a set of dates back from the db with time in them

    Ex.

    1 date = 2012-04-19 : 12:22:22
    2 date = 2012-04-19 : 14:00:00
    3 date = 2012-04-19 : 16:35:00

    4 date = 2012-04-21 : 05:35:37

    And so on..

    is there a way for me to group this values without each of them makes a group by them self..?

    Regards

    Akpenob
  6. #6
    You can define an additional ModelField with a field to group by. Its source can be an existing date/time field which you can clear time in a Convert handler.

    Example
    <%@ Page Language="C#" %>
     
    <%@ Register Assembly="Ext.Net" Namespace="Ext.Net" TagPrefix="ext" %>
     
    <script runat="server">
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (!X.IsAjaxRequest)
            {
                DateTime now = DateTime.Today;
                DateTime nowPlusOne = now.AddDays(1);
                 
                Store store = this.GridPanel1.GetStore();
                store.DataSource = new object[] 
                { 
                    new object[] { now, "1", "1" },
                    new object[] { now.AddHours(1), "11", "11" },
                    new object[] { now.AddHours(2), "111", "111" },
                    new object[] { nowPlusOne.AddHours(1), "2", "2" },
                    new object[] { nowPlusOne.AddHours(2), "22", "22" },
                    new object[] { nowPlusOne, "222", "222" }
                };
                store.DataBind();
            }
        }
    </script>
     
    <!DOCTYPE html>
     
    <html>
    <head runat="server">
        <title>Ext.NET v2 Example</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form runat="server">
            <ext:ResourceManager runat="server" />
            <ext:GridPanel ID="GridPanel1" runat="server">
                <Store>
                    <ext:Store runat="server" GroupField="date">
                        <Model>
                            <ext:Model runat="server">
                                <Fields>
                                    <ext:ModelField Name="dateAndTime" Type="Date" />                                
                                    <ext:ModelField Name="test1" />
                                    <ext:ModelField Name="test2" />
                                    <ext:ModelField Name="date" Type="Date">
                                        <Convert Handler="return Ext.Date.clearTime(record.data.dateAndTime);" />
                                    </ext:ModelField>
                                </Fields>
                            </ext:Model>
                        </Model>
                    </ext:Store>
                </Store>
                <ColumnModel runat="server">
                    <Columns>
                        <ext:DateColumn 
                            runat="server" 
                            Text="Date" 
                            DataIndex="dateAndTime" 
                            Format="yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm" />
    
                        <ext:Column runat="server" Text="Test1" DataIndex="test1" />
    
                        <ext:Column runat="server" Text="Test2" DataIndex="test2" />
                    </Columns>
                </ColumnModel>
                <Features>
                    <ext:Grouping 
                        runat="server" 
                        HideGroupedHeader="true" 
                        GroupHeaderTplString="{name:date('y/m/d')}" />
                </Features>
            </ext:GridPanel>
        </form>
    </body>
    </html>

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