How to: Group Fields

• Aug 01, 2019
• 2 minutes to read

The following example demonstrates how to combine fields into a group.

In this example, three fields (“Country”, “Region” and “City”) are combined in a new group, in this order. This ensures that the “Country” field is followed by “Region”, which is in turn followed by “City”. If the “Region” field is dragged to another area, the other fields accompany it.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-group-fields-e2129.

MainWindow.xaml.cs

using System.Windows;
using DevExpress.Xpf.PivotGrid;
using HowToBindToMDB.NwindDataSetTableAdapters;

namespace HowToBindToMDB {
    public partial class MainWindow : Window {
        NwindDataSet.SalesPersonDataTable salesPersonDataTable = 
            new NwindDataSet.SalesPersonDataTable();
        SalesPersonTableAdapter salesPersonDataAdapter = new SalesPersonTableAdapter();
        public MainWindow() {
            InitializeComponent();
            pivotGridControl1.DataSource = salesPersonDataTable;
        }
        private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
            salesPersonDataAdapter.Fill(salesPersonDataTable);

            // Create a group at run-time
            PivotGridGroup group = pivotGridControl1.Groups.Add(fieldCategoryName, fieldProductName);
        }
    }
}

MainWindow.xaml

<Window x:Class="HowToBindToMDB.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:dxpg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/pivotgrid"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525"  Loaded="Window_Loaded">
    <Grid>
        <dxpg:PivotGridControl HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="pivotGridControl1" 
                               VerticalAlignment="Top">
            <dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldCountry" FieldName="Country" Area="RowArea" 
                                     Group="{Binding ElementName=groupCountryCustomer}" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldCustomer" FieldName="Sales Person" Area="RowArea" 
                                     Group="{Binding ElementName=groupCountryCustomer}" 
                                     Caption="Customer"/>
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldYear" FieldName="OrderDate" Area="FilterArea"
                                     Caption="Year" GroupInterval="DateYear" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldCategoryName" FieldName="CategoryName"
                                     Area="ColumnArea" Caption="Product Category" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldProductName" FieldName="ProductName"
                                     Area="ColumnArea" Caption="Product Name" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldExtendedPrice" FieldName="Extended Price"
                                     Area="DataArea" CellFormat="c0" />
            </dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>
            <dxpg:PivotGridControl.Groups>
                <dxpg:PivotGridGroup Name="groupCountryCustomer" />
            </dxpg:PivotGridControl.Groups>
        </dxpg:PivotGridControl>
    </Grid>
</Window>

MainWindow.xaml.vb

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Windows
Imports DevExpress.Xpf.PivotGrid
Imports HowToBindToMDB.NwindDataSetTableAdapters

Namespace HowToBindToMDB
    Partial Public Class MainWindow
        Inherits Window
        Private salesPersonDataTable As New NwindDataSet.SalesPersonDataTable()
        Private salesPersonDataAdapter As New SalesPersonTableAdapter()

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            pivotGridControl1.DataSource = salesPersonDataTable
        End Sub

        Private Sub Window_Loaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
            salesPersonDataAdapter.Fill(salesPersonDataTable)
            ' Create a group at run-time
            Dim group As PivotGridGroup = _
                pivotGridControl1.Groups.Add(fieldCategoryName, fieldProductName)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace