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CalculatedField Class

A calculated field that allows you to apply complex expressions to data fields obtained from the data source.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Dashboard.Core

Declaration

public class CalculatedField :
    INamedItem,
    INameContainer,
    ISupportPrefix

Remarks

The DevExpress Dashboard allows you to create calculated fields for the following data source types:

To manage calculated fields of the specified data source, use the CalculatedFields property (for instance, DashboardSqlDataSource.CalculatedFields for SQL data sources or DashboardExcelDataSource.CalculatedFields for Excel data sources).

To learn more about calculated fields, see the following topics.

Example

The following code snippet shows how to create a new calculated field based on the values of the ‘UnitPrice’ and ‘Discount’ data fields, and add it to the existing DashboardSqlDataSource.

using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
//...

            CalculatedField priceWithDiscount = new CalculatedField("[UnitPrice] * (1 - [Discount])");
            priceWithDiscount.DataMember = "SalesPerson";
            priceWithDiscount.Name = "Price with discount";
            sqlDataSource.CalculatedFields.Add(priceWithDiscount);

Inheritance

Object
CalculatedField
See Also