How to: Apply Default Filtering to Master Filters in DashboardViewer

• Mar 31, 2018
• 3 minutes to read

This example demonstrates how to initialize master filter in a dashboard loaded in the DashboardViewer control. The code for the DashboardDesigner control is the same, because the DashboardDesigner’s events have the same name and functionality.

The following code initializes master filter items:

• The DashboardViewer.MasterFilterDefaultValues event is handled to apply filtering to Grid and Tree View.
• The DashboardViewer.RangeFilterDefaultValue event is used to select the specified date range in the Range Filter.

Master filter initialization can apply one item’s master filter to another master filter item - a mutual filtering occurs. In that scenario, the MasterFilterDefaultValues event has limitations if the Neutral Filter mode is disabled. Refer to the How to apply default filtering to master filter items that affect each other example for more information.

Note

The complete sample project How to initialize master filters in Dashboard Viewer is available in the DevExpress Examples repository.

C#

using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using System;
using System.Linq;

namespace Dashboard_MFDefaultValues
{
    public partial class Form1 : DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
            dashboardViewer1.UseNeutralFilterMode = true;
            dashboardViewer1.ConfigureDataConnection += DashboardViewer1_ConfigureDataConnection;
            dashboardViewer1.MasterFilterDefaultValues += DashboardViewer1_MasterFilterDefaultValues;
            dashboardViewer1.RangeFilterDefaultValue += DashboardViewer1_RangeFilterDefaultValue;

            dashboardViewer1.Dashboard = new Dashboard1();
        }

        private void DashboardViewer1_ConfigureDataConnection(object sender, DashboardConfigureDataConnectionEventArgs e)
        {
            ExtractDataSourceConnectionParameters connParameters = e.ConnectionParameters as ExtractDataSourceConnectionParameters;
            connParameters.FileName = "Data\\SalesPerson.dat";
        }

        private void DashboardViewer1_MasterFilterDefaultValues(object sender, MasterFilterDefaultValuesEventArgs e) {
            if (e.ItemComponentName == "gridDashboardItem1") {
                e.FilterValues = e.AvailableFilterValues.Where(v => (string)v["Sales Person"] == "Laura Callahan");
            }
            if (e.ItemComponentName == "treeViewDashboardItem1") {
                e.FilterValues = e.AvailableFilterValues.Where(v => (string)v["Category"] == "Beverages" || 
                    (string)v["Product"] == "Aniseed Syrup");
            }
        }

        private void DashboardViewer1_RangeFilterDefaultValue(object sender, RangeFilterDefaultValueEventArgs e) {
            if (e.DashboardItemName == "rangeFilterDashboardItem1") {
                e.Range = new RangeFilterSelection(new DateTime(2015, 06, 01), new DateTime(2016, 04, 01));
            }
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon
Imports System
Imports System.Linq

Namespace Dashboard_MFDefaultValues
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            dashboardViewer1.UseNeutralFilterMode = True
            AddHandler dashboardViewer1.ConfigureDataConnection, AddressOf DashboardViewer1_ConfigureDataConnection
            AddHandler dashboardViewer1.MasterFilterDefaultValues, AddressOf DashboardViewer1_MasterFilterDefaultValues
            AddHandler dashboardViewer1.RangeFilterDefaultValue, AddressOf DashboardViewer1_RangeFilterDefaultValue

            dashboardViewer1.Dashboard = New Dashboard1()
        End Sub

        Private Sub DashboardViewer1_ConfigureDataConnection(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DashboardConfigureDataConnectionEventArgs)
            Dim connParameters As ExtractDataSourceConnectionParameters = TryCast(e.ConnectionParameters, ExtractDataSourceConnectionParameters)
            connParameters.FileName = "Data\SalesPerson.dat"
        End Sub

        Private Sub DashboardViewer1_MasterFilterDefaultValues(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MasterFilterDefaultValuesEventArgs)
            If e.ItemComponentName = "gridDashboardItem1" Then
                e.FilterValues = e.AvailableFilterValues.Where(Function(v) CStr(v("Sales Person")) = "Laura Callahan")
            End If
            If e.ItemComponentName = "treeViewDashboardItem1" Then
                e.FilterValues = e.AvailableFilterValues.Where(Function(v) CStr(v("Category")) = "Beverages" OrElse CStr(v("Product")) = "Aniseed Syrup")
            End If
        End Sub

        Private Sub DashboardViewer1_RangeFilterDefaultValue(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RangeFilterDefaultValueEventArgs)
            If e.DashboardItemName = "rangeFilterDashboardItem1" Then
                e.Range = New RangeFilterSelection(New Date(2015, 06, 01), New Date(2016, 04, 01))
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace