DashboardFlatDataSource.GetDisplayTextColumn(String) Method

Gets the display text column corresponding to the data item.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Dashboard.Core

Declaration

C#

public DashboardFlatDataColumn GetDisplayTextColumn(
    string dataItemId
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetDisplayTextColumn(
    dataItemId As String
) As DashboardFlatDataColumn

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
dataItemId	String	A data item’s unique id.

Returns

Type	Description
DashboardFlatDataColumn	A data column that contains formatted string values.

Remarks

The DashboardFlatDataSource object contains data columns with unformatted measure and dimension values. You can use display text columns to visualize formatted values in the resulting custom item’s view. These columns contain formatted string values for each data column in DashboardFlatDataSource. To visualize formatted values in a custom item, follow the steps below:

1. Set the AddDisplayTextColumns property to true and pass the DashboardFlatDataSourceOptions object to the CustomItemData.GetFlatData(DashboardFlatDataSourceOptions) method to include display text columns in DashboardFlatDataSource.

2. Call the GetDisplayTextColumn method to get a display text column for a data item and bind column values to a custom control. The formatted values for the data item will be visualized in the custom item.

The following code snippet gets display text columns for the custom Sankey item:

C#

using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using DevExpress.DashboardWin;

namespace CustomItemsSample {
  public class SankeyItemControlProvider : CustomControlProviderBase {
    DashboardFlatDataSource flatData;
    CustomDashboardItem<SankeyItemMetadata> dashboardItem;

    protected override void UpdateControl(CustomItemData customItemData) {
        flatData = customItemData.GetFlatData(new DashboardFlatDataSourceOptions() { AddColoringColumns = true, AddDisplayTextColumns = true });
        SetDataBindings(flatData);
    }

    void SetDataBindings(DashboardFlatDataSource flatData) {
        sankey.Colorizer = new SankeyItemColorizer(flatData);
        sankey.SourceDataMember = flatData.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Source.UniqueId).Name;
        sankey.TargetDataMember = flatData.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Target.UniqueId).Name;
        if(dashboardItem.Metadata.Weight != null)
            sankey.WeightDataMember = dashboardItem.Metadata.Weight.UniqueId;
        try {
            sankey.DataSource = flatData;
        } catch {
            sankey.DataSource = null;
        }
    }  
  }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon
Imports DevExpress.DashboardWin

Namespace CustomItemsSample
  Public Class SankeyItemControlProvider
      Inherits CustomControlProviderBase

    Private flatData As DashboardFlatDataSource
    Private dashboardItem As CustomDashboardItem(Of SankeyItemMetadata)

    Protected Overrides Sub UpdateControl(ByVal customItemData As CustomItemData)
        flatData = customItemData.GetFlatData(New DashboardFlatDataSourceOptions() With {
            .AddColoringColumns = True,
            .AddDisplayTextColumns = True
        })
        SetDataBindings(flatData)
    End Sub

    Private Sub SetDataBindings(ByVal flatData As DashboardFlatDataSource)
        sankey.Colorizer = New SankeyItemColorizer(flatData)
        sankey.SourceDataMember = flatData.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Source.UniqueId).Name
        sankey.TargetDataMember = flatData.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Target.UniqueId).Name
        If dashboardItem.Metadata.Weight IsNot Nothing Then
            sankey.WeightDataMember = dashboardItem.Metadata.Weight.UniqueId
        End If
        Try
            sankey.DataSource = flatData
        Catch
            sankey.DataSource = Nothing
        End Try
    End Sub
  End Class
End Namespace