PivotDashboardItem.FormatRules Property

Provides access to format rules of the Pivot dashboard item.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public PivotItemFormatRuleCollection FormatRules { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property FormatRules As PivotItemFormatRuleCollection

Property Value

Type	Description
PivotItemFormatRuleCollection	A PivotItemFormatRuleCollection object that is a collection of Pivot format rules.

Remarks

The Pivot dashboard item allows you to apply conditional formatting to data cells or field value cells. The FormatRules property provides access to a collection of the PivotItemFormatRule objects that are used to define format settings.

To add a new format rule, create the PivotItemFormatRule object and specify the following settings.

• Create a required condition (the FormatConditionBase descendant), specify its settings and assign the resulting object to the DashboardItemFormatRule.Condition property.
• Set a measure/dimension whose values are checked using the specified condition by specifying the CellsItemFormatRule.DataItem property. The CellsItemFormatRule.DataItemApplyTo property specifies the measure/dimension to whose values a formatting should be applied.
• Specify the intersection level used to apply formatting using the PivotItemFormatRule.IntersectionLevelMode property. If the PivotItemFormatRule.IntersectionLevelMode property is set to FormatConditionIntersectionLevelMode.SpecificLevel, specify the intersection level manually using the PivotItemFormatRule.Level property.
• Optionally, enable the CellsItemFormatRule.ApplyToRow/PivotItemFormatRule.ApplyToColumn flags to apply formatting to the entire pivot row/column.

Finally, add the created format rule to the FormatRules collection. You can use the DashboardItemFormatRule.Enabled property to specify whether the current format rule is enabled.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to apply conditional formatting to Pivot cells at different detail levels.

• The Value format condition (FormatConditionValue) is used to apply formatting to the first-level data cells.
• The Range Gradient condition (FormatConditionRangeGradient) is used to highlight the last-level data cells
• The Color Range condition (FormatConditionRangeSet) is used to classify values of Grand Total cells.
• The Top-Bottom condition (FormatConditionTopBottom) highlights row field values corresponding to top 3 categories.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-apply-conditional-formatting-to-pivot-cells-t267344.

Form1.vb

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors
Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Namespace Pivot_ConditionalFormatting
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits XtraForm

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            Dim dashboard As New Dashboard()
            dashboard.LoadFromXml("..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml")
            Dim pivot As PivotDashboardItem =
                CType(dashboard.Items("pivotDashboardItem1"), PivotDashboardItem)

            Dim firstLevelRule As New PivotItemFormatRule(pivot.Values(0))
            Dim greaterThanCondition As New FormatConditionValue()
            greaterThanCondition.Condition = DashboardFormatCondition.Greater
            greaterThanCondition.Value1 = 30000
            greaterThanCondition.StyleSettings =
                New AppearanceSettings(FormatConditionAppearanceType.Green)
            firstLevelRule.Condition = greaterThanCondition
            firstLevelRule.IntersectionLevelMode = FormatConditionIntersectionLevelMode.FirstLevel

            Dim lastLevelRule As New PivotItemFormatRule(pivot.Values(0))
            Dim rangeCondition As New  _
                FormatConditionRangeGradient(FormatConditionRangeGradientPredefinedType.WhiteGreen)
            lastLevelRule.Condition = rangeCondition
            lastLevelRule.IntersectionLevelMode = FormatConditionIntersectionLevelMode.LastLevel

            Dim grandTotalRule As New PivotItemFormatRule(pivot.Values(0))
            Dim rangeTotalCondition As New  _
                FormatConditionRangeSet(FormatConditionRangeSetPredefinedType.ColorsPaleRedGreenBlue)
            grandTotalRule.Condition = rangeTotalCondition
            grandTotalRule.IntersectionLevelMode = FormatConditionIntersectionLevelMode.SpecificLevel
            grandTotalRule.Level.Row = pivot.Rows(0)

            Dim topCategoryRule As New PivotItemFormatRule(pivot.Values(0))
            Dim topCondition As New FormatConditionTopBottom()
            topCondition.TopBottom = DashboardFormatConditionTopBottomType.Top
            topCondition.RankType = DashboardFormatConditionValueType.Number
            topCondition.Rank = 3
            topCondition.StyleSettings = New IconSettings(FormatConditionIconType.RatingFullGrayStar)
            topCategoryRule.Condition = topCondition
            topCategoryRule.IntersectionLevelMode = FormatConditionIntersectionLevelMode.SpecificLevel
            topCategoryRule.Level.Row = pivot.Rows(0)
            topCategoryRule.DataItemApplyTo = pivot.Rows(0)

            pivot.FormatRules.AddRange(firstLevelRule, lastLevelRule, grandTotalRule, topCategoryRule)
            dashboardViewer1.Dashboard = dashboard
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Form1.cs

using DevExpress.XtraEditors;
using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;

namespace Pivot_ConditionalFormatting {
    public partial class Form1 : XtraForm {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
            Dashboard dashboard = new Dashboard();
            dashboard.LoadFromXml(@"..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml");
            PivotDashboardItem pivot = (PivotDashboardItem)dashboard.Items["pivotDashboardItem1"];

            PivotItemFormatRule firstLevelRule = new PivotItemFormatRule(pivot.Values[0]);
            FormatConditionValue greaterThanCondition = new FormatConditionValue();
            greaterThanCondition.Condition = DashboardFormatCondition.Greater;
            greaterThanCondition.Value1 = 30000;
            greaterThanCondition.StyleSettings =
                new AppearanceSettings(FormatConditionAppearanceType.Green);
            firstLevelRule.Condition = greaterThanCondition;
            firstLevelRule.IntersectionLevelMode = FormatConditionIntersectionLevelMode.FirstLevel;

            PivotItemFormatRule lastLevelRule = new PivotItemFormatRule(pivot.Values[0]);
            FormatConditionRangeGradient rangeCondition =
                new FormatConditionRangeGradient(FormatConditionRangeGradientPredefinedType.WhiteGreen);
            lastLevelRule.Condition = rangeCondition;
            lastLevelRule.IntersectionLevelMode = FormatConditionIntersectionLevelMode.LastLevel;

            PivotItemFormatRule grandTotalRule = new PivotItemFormatRule(pivot.Values[0]);
            FormatConditionRangeSet rangeTotalCondition = 
                new FormatConditionRangeSet(FormatConditionRangeSetPredefinedType.ColorsPaleRedGreenBlue);
            grandTotalRule.Condition = rangeTotalCondition;
            grandTotalRule.IntersectionLevelMode = FormatConditionIntersectionLevelMode.SpecificLevel;
            grandTotalRule.Level.Row = pivot.Rows[0];

            PivotItemFormatRule topCategoryRule = new PivotItemFormatRule(pivot.Values[0]);
            FormatConditionTopBottom topCondition = new FormatConditionTopBottom();
            topCondition.TopBottom = DashboardFormatConditionTopBottomType.Top;
            topCondition.RankType = DashboardFormatConditionValueType.Number;
            topCondition.Rank = 3;
            topCondition.StyleSettings = new IconSettings(FormatConditionIconType.RatingFullGrayStar);
            topCategoryRule.Condition = topCondition;
            topCategoryRule.IntersectionLevelMode = FormatConditionIntersectionLevelMode.SpecificLevel;
            topCategoryRule.Level.Row = pivot.Rows[0];
            topCategoryRule.DataItemApplyTo = pivot.Rows[0];

            pivot.FormatRules.AddRange(firstLevelRule, lastLevelRule, grandTotalRule, topCategoryRule);
            dashboardViewer1.Dashboard = dashboard;
        }
    }
}