DxGrid.SortBy(String, GridColumnSortOrder, Int32) Method

Sorts data by column values in the specified order, and specifies the sorted column’s index.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor

Declaration

public void SortBy(
    string columnFieldName,
    GridColumnSortOrder sortOrder,
    int sortIndex
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
columnFieldName	String	Specifies the name of the data source field that supplies data for the processed column. If the grid does not contain the column that corresponds to the specified data field, an exception occurs.
sortOrder	GridColumnSortOrder	An enumeration value that specifies the column’s sort order.
sortIndex	Int32	An integer value that specifies the sorted column’s index (zero-based) among other sorted columns.

Remarks

The SortBy method allows you to sort grid data in code regardless of the DxGrid.AllowSort or DxGridDataColumn.AllowSort property value.

The code below demonstrates how to use different method overloads.

Razor

@using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
@inject IDbContextFactory<NorthwindContext> NorthwindContextFactory
@implements IDisposable

<DxGrid Data="GridDataSource"
        @ref="MyGrid">
    <Columns>
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="OrderDate"
                          DisplayFormat="d"/>
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="ShipName" />
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="ShipCity" />
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="Freight"
                          DisplayFormat="n2"
                          SortIndex="0"/>
    </Columns>
</DxGrid>

<DxButton Click="@(() => MyGrid.SortBy("OrderDate"))">Sort By Order Date</DxButton>
<DxButton Click="@(() => MyGrid.SortBy("OrderDate", GridColumnSortOrder.Descending))">Sort By Order Date (Descending Order)</DxButton>
<DxButton Click="@(() => MyGrid.SortBy("OrderDate", GridColumnSortOrder.Descending, 0))">Sort By Order Date (Descending Order, SortIndex = 0)</DxButton>

@code {
    IGrid MyGrid { get; set; }
    object GridDataSource { get; set; }
    NorthwindContext Northwind { get; set; }

    protected override void OnInitialized() {
        Northwind = NorthwindContextFactory.CreateDbContext();
        GridDataSource = Northwind.Orders.ToList();
    }

    public void Dispose() {
        Northwind?.Dispose();
    }
}

Order

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

#nullable disable

namespace Grid.Northwind {
    public partial class Order {
        public Order() {
            OrderDetails = new HashSet<OrderDetail>();
        }

        public int OrderId { get; set; }
        public string CustomerId { get; set; }
        public int? EmployeeId { get; set; }
        public DateTime? OrderDate { get; set; }
        public DateTime? RequiredDate { get; set; }
        public DateTime? ShippedDate { get; set; }
        public int? ShipVia { get; set; }
        public decimal? Freight { get; set; }
        public string ShipName { get; set; }
        public string ShipAddress { get; set; }
        public string ShipCity { get; set; }
        public string ShipRegion { get; set; }
        public string ShipPostalCode { get; set; }
        public string ShipCountry { get; set; }

        public virtual Customer Customer { get; set; }
        public virtual Shipper ShipViaNavigation { get; set; }
        public virtual ICollection<OrderDetail> OrderDetails { get; set; }
    }
}

NorthwindContext

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
#nullable disable

namespace Grid.Northwind {
    public partial class NorthwindContext : DbContext {

        public NorthwindContext(DbContextOptions<NorthwindContext> options)
            : base(options) {
        }
        // ...
        public virtual DbSet<Order> Orders { get; set; }
        // ...

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder) {
            if(!optionsBuilder.IsConfigured) {
                optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer("Server=.\\sqlexpress;Database=Northwind;Integrated Security=true");
            }
        }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder) {
            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("Relational:Collation", "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS");
            // ...
            modelBuilder.Entity<Order>(entity => {
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.CustomerId, "CustomerID");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.CustomerId, "CustomersOrders");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.EmployeeId, "EmployeeID");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.EmployeeId, "EmployeesOrders");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.OrderDate, "OrderDate");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.ShipPostalCode, "ShipPostalCode");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.ShippedDate, "ShippedDate");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.ShipVia, "ShippersOrders");
                entity.Property(e => e.OrderId).HasColumnName("OrderID");
                entity.Property(e => e.CustomerId)
                    .HasMaxLength(5)
                    .HasColumnName("CustomerID")
                    .IsFixedLength(true);
                entity.Property(e => e.EmployeeId).HasColumnName("EmployeeID");
                entity.Property(e => e.Freight)
                    .HasColumnType("money")
                    .HasDefaultValueSql("((0))");
                entity.Property(e => e.OrderDate).HasColumnType("datetime");
                entity.Property(e => e.RequiredDate).HasColumnType("datetime");
                entity.Property(e => e.ShipAddress).HasMaxLength(60);
                entity.Property(e => e.ShipCity).HasMaxLength(15);
                entity.Property(e => e.ShipCountry).HasMaxLength(15);
                entity.Property(e => e.ShipName).HasMaxLength(40);
                entity.Property(e => e.ShipPostalCode).HasMaxLength(10);
                entity.Property(e => e.ShipRegion).HasMaxLength(15);
                entity.Property(e => e.ShippedDate).HasColumnType("datetime");
                entity.HasOne(d => d.Customer)
                    .WithMany(p => p.Orders)
                    .HasForeignKey(d => d.CustomerId)
                    .HasConstraintName("FK_Orders_Customers");
                entity.HasOne(d => d.ShipViaNavigation)
                    .WithMany(p => p.Orders)
                    .HasForeignKey(d => d.ShipVia)
                    .HasConstraintName("FK_Orders_Shippers");
            });
            // ...
            OnModelCreatingPartial(modelBuilder);
        }

        partial void OnModelCreatingPartial(ModelBuilder modelBuilder);
    }
}

Program.cs

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
// ...
builder.Services.AddDbContextFactory<NorthwindContext>((sp, options) => {
    var env = sp.GetRequiredService<IWebHostEnvironment>();
    var dbPath = Path.Combine(env.ContentRootPath, "Northwind-5e44b51f.mdf");
    options.UseSqlServer("Server=(localdb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Integrated Security=true;AttachDbFileName=" + dbPath);
});

Watch Video: Grid - Sort Data

For more information about data sorting in the Grid component, refer to the following topic: Sort Data in Blazor Grid.

Implements

SortBy(String, GridColumnSortOrder, Int32)