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V24.1

DashboardExcelDataSource.ConnectionName Property

Specifies the name of the created connection to an Excel data source.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Dashboard.Core

Declaration

[DefaultValue(null)]
public string ConnectionName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Default Description
String null

A connection name.

Remarks

Use the ConnectionName property to identify the data source for which the ConfigureDataConnection event is raised.

The following code snippet shows how to configure a data connection to an Excel data source:

using System.Web.Routing;
using DevExpress.DashboardWeb;
using DevExpress.DashboardWeb.Mvc;
using System.Web.Hosting;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.Excel;
using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;

namespace DashboardMVC {
    public static class DashboardConfig {
        public static void RegisterService(RouteCollection routes) {
            routes.MapDashboardRoute("dashboardControl");

            DashboardFileStorage dashboardFileStorage = new DashboardFileStorage("~/App_Data/Dashboards");
            DashboardConfigurator.Default.SetDashboardStorage(dashboardFileStorage);
            DataSourceInMemoryStorage dataSourceStorage = new DataSourceInMemoryStorage();
            // Registers an Excel data source.
            DashboardExcelDataSource excelDataSource = new DashboardExcelDataSource("Excel Data Source");
            excelDataSource.ConnectionName = "Excel Data Source ID";
            excelDataSource.SourceOptions = new ExcelSourceOptions(new ExcelWorksheetSettings("Sheet1"));
            dataSourceStorage.RegisterDataSource("excelDataSource", excelDataSource.SaveToXml());
            DashboardConfigurator.Default.SetDataSourceStorage(dataSourceStorage);
            DashboardConfigurator.Default.ConfigureDataConnection += Configurator_ConfigureDataConnection;
        }
         private static void Configurator_ConfigureDataConnection(object sender, ConfigureDataConnectionWebEventArgs e) {
            if (e.ConnectionName == "Excel Data Source ID") {
                ExcelDataSourceConnectionParameters excelParams = new ExcelDataSourceConnectionParameters(HostingEnvironment.MapPath(@"~/App_Data/Sales.xlsx"));
                e.ConnectionParameters = excelParams;
            }
        }
    }
}

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