Dimension Column

• Dec 22, 2020
• 2 minutes to read

The dimension column displays values from the bound data item “as is”.

A dimension column accepts values of any type:

Type	Example	Description
string		Displays string values.
numeric		Displays numeric (integer or float) values.
date		Displays date-time values. For these values, you can change a group interval. Right-click the data item and select the required group interval.
boolean		Displays boolean values as true or false.
object		The dimension column can display images if it is bound to a data source containing images. You can choose whether the dimension column shows data as images or text (strings that encode images in the base64 format). To do this, click the data item’s Options button and specify how to show values.

In code, dimension columns are represented by the GridDimensionColumn class. Use the following properties to change column options.

GridDimensionColumn.Dimension	Gets or sets a dimension that provides cell values.
GridDimensionColumn.DisplayMode	Gets or sets how to display cell values.

The following code snippet creates the Dimension column:

C#

var grid = new GridDashboardItem();
grid.DataSource = dataSource;

var gridDimension = new GridDimensionColumn();
gridDimension.Dimension = new Dimension("Category");

grid.Columns.Add(gridDimension);

VB.NET

Dim grid As New GridDashboardItem()
grid.DataSource = dataSource

Dim gridDimension As New GridDimensionColumn()
gridDimension.Dimension = New Dimension("Category")

grid.Columns.Add(gridDimension)