PivotGridFieldBase.UnboundType Property

Gets or sets the field’s data type and binding mode.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid

Assembly: DevExpress.PivotGrid.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.PivotGrid.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(UnboundColumnType.Bound)]
public UnboundColumnType UnboundType { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(UnboundColumnType.Bound)>
Public Property UnboundType As UnboundColumnType

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
UnboundColumnType	Bound	A UnboundColumnType enumeration value representing the field’s data type and binding mode.

Available values:

Name	Description
Bound	Indicates that the column is bound to a field in the control’s underlying data source. The type of data this column contains is determined by the bound field.
Integer	Indicates that the column is unbound and it contains integer values (the Int32 type).
Decimal	Indicates that the column is unbound and it contains decimal values (the Decimal type).
DateTime	Indicates that the column is unbound and it contains date/time values (the DateTime type).
String	Indicates that the column is unbound and it contains string values (the String type).
Boolean	Indicates that the column is unbound and it contains Boolean values (the Boolean type).
Object	Indicates that the column is unbound and it contains values of any type. A TextEdit editor is assigned for the in-place editing of such a column.

Remarks

Note

This member is not supported in Optimized, OLAP, and Server modes. Use ExpressionDataBinding/OlAPExpressionBinding instead.

PivotGridControl supports unbound fields. These fields are not bound to any field in the control’s data source specified by the PivotGridControl.DataSource and PivotGridControl.DataMember properties.

To provide data for unbound fields, use one of the following approaches

• calculate unbound field values by specifying an expression (the PivotGridFieldBase.UnboundExpression property);
• handle the PivotGridControl.CustomUnboundFieldData event.

To make a field unbound, change its UnboundType property from UnboundColumnType.Bound to the required value type (UnboundColumnType.String, UnboundColumnType.Decimal, etc.).

If the field’s UnboundType property is set to UnboundColumnType.Bound, it’s assumed that this field is bound to a specific field in the data source specified by the PivotGridFieldBase.FieldName property.

Note

The PivotGridFieldBase.FieldName property value of an unbound field must be unique, and not match any field name in the underlying data source. Otherwise, it is treated differently in Legacy (PivotDataProcessingEngine.Legacy) and LegacyOptimized (PivotDataProcessingEngine.LegacyOptimized) modes - matching field names indicate that the field is bound in the Legacy mode.

Example

The code snippet below demonstrates how to create an unbound field in code and supply it with data using the PivotGridControl.CustomUnboundFieldData event. In this example, extended price values are calculated manually using the formula UnitPrice * Quantity * (1-Discount).

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid;

// ...
        public Form1() {
            // ...
            pivotGridControl1.CustomUnboundFieldData += PivotGridControl1_CustomUnboundFieldData;

            PivotGridField fieldExtendedPrice = new PivotGridField() { Caption = "Extended Price", Area = PivotArea.DataArea };
            fieldExtendedPrice.UnboundFieldName = "fieldExtendedPrice";
            fieldExtendedPrice.UnboundType = DevExpress.Data.UnboundColumnType.Decimal;

            pivotGridControl1.Fields.Add(fieldExtendedPrice);
        }

        private void PivotGridControl1_CustomUnboundFieldData(object sender, CustomFieldDataEventArgs e) {
            if (e.Field.UnboundFieldName == "fieldExtendedPrice") {
                decimal unitPrice = Convert.ToDecimal(e.GetListSourceColumnValue(fieldUnitPrice.ExpressionFieldName));
                int qty = Convert.ToInt32(e.GetListSourceColumnValue(fieldQuantity.ExpressionFieldName));
                decimal discount = Convert.ToDecimal(e.GetListSourceColumnValue(fieldDiscount.ExpressionFieldName));
                e.Value = unitPrice * qty * (1 - discount);
            }
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid

' ...
        Public Sub New()
            ' ...

            AddHandler pivotGridControl1.CustomUnboundFieldData, AddressOf PivotGridControl1_CustomUnboundFieldData

            Dim fieldExtendedPrice As New PivotGridField() With {.Caption = "Extended Price", .Area = PivotArea.DataArea}
            fieldExtendedPrice.UnboundFieldName = "fieldExtendedPrice"
            fieldExtendedPrice.UnboundType = DevExpress.Data.UnboundColumnType.Decimal

            pivotGridControl1.Fields.Add(fieldExtendedPrice)
        End Sub

        Private Sub PivotGridControl1_CustomUnboundFieldData(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomFieldDataEventArgs)
            If e.Field.UnboundFieldName = "fieldExtendedPrice" Then
                Dim unitPrice As Decimal = Convert.ToDecimal(e.GetListSourceColumnValue(fieldUnitPrice.ExpressionFieldName))
                Dim qty As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(e.GetListSourceColumnValue(fieldQuantity.ExpressionFieldName))
                Dim discount As Decimal = Convert.ToDecimal(e.GetListSourceColumnValue(fieldDiscount.ExpressionFieldName))
                e.Value = unitPrice * qty * (1 - discount)
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the UnboundType property.

Note

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C#

winforms-pivot-grid-display-kpi-graphics/CS/WindowsFormsApp_RegularDataSourceKPI/Form1.cs#L27

// Sets a column's unbound type and specifies an unbound expression.
unboundField.UnboundType = DevExpress.Data.UnboundColumnType.Integer;
unboundField.UnboundExpression =

winforms-pivotgrid--display-the-difference-of-income-and-outlay-in-totals/CS/PivotGridCustomSummaryExample/Form1.cs#L75

fieldValueTotal.UnboundExpression = "Sum(Iif([Type]='Income', [Value], -[Value]))";
fieldValueTotal.UnboundType = DevExpress.Data.UnboundColumnType.Decimal;
fieldValueTotal.UnboundExpressionMode = UnboundExpressionMode.UseAggregateFunctions;

VB.NET

winforms-pivot-grid-display-kpi-graphics/VB/WindowsFormsApp_RegularDataSourceKPI/Form1.vb#L22

' Sets a column's unbound type and specifies an unbound expression.
unboundField.UnboundType = DevExpress.Data.UnboundColumnType.Integer
unboundField.UnboundExpression = String.Format("(Iif([{0}]<100000,-1,Iif([{0}]<150000,0,1)))", fieldExtendedPrice1.ExpressionFieldName)

winforms-pivotgrid--display-the-difference-of-income-and-outlay-in-totals/VB/PivotGridCustomSummaryExample/Form1.vb#L61

fieldValueTotal.UnboundExpression = "Sum(Iif([Type]='Income', [Value], -[Value]))"
fieldValueTotal.UnboundType = DevExpress.Data.UnboundColumnType.Decimal
fieldValueTotal.UnboundExpressionMode = UnboundExpressionMode.UseAggregateFunctions