PivotGridField.CellFormat Property

Gets or sets the string used to format the cells. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.PivotGrid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.PivotGrid.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.PivotGrid

Declaration

C#

public string CellFormat { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property CellFormat As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A string used to format the cells.

Remarks

This property allows you to format values using the format strings described in the Standard Numeric Format Strings, Custom Numeric Format Strings, Standard Date and Time Format Strings and Custom Date and Time Format Strings topics in MSDN.

To learn more, see Standard Formatting.

Example

The following example shows how to format Order Date field values and summaries corresponding to the Extended Price field. Order Date field values are formatted using a long date pattern while Extended Price summaries are formatted as integer currency values.

The result of the code is shown below:

XAML

<dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>
    <dxpg:PivotGridField Area="DataArea" FieldName="Extended_Price" CellFormat="c0"/>
    <dxpg:PivotGridField Area="RowArea" FieldName="OrderDate" GroupInterval="Date" ValueFormat="D"/>
    <dxpg:PivotGridField Area="ColumnArea" FieldName="Country"/>  
</dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-pivotgrid-hide-column-totals/CS/HowToBindToMDB/MainWindow.xaml#L22

</dxpg:PivotGridField>
<dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldUnitPrice"  Area="DataArea" CellFormat="c2">
    <dxpg:PivotGridField.DataBinding>

wpf-pivot-custom-group-intervals/CS/HowToCustomGroupInterval/MainWindow.xaml#L17

    <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldExtendedPrice" FieldName="Extended Price"
                         Area="DataArea" CellFormat="c0" />
</dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>

wpf-pivot-grid-obtain-underlying-data/CS/ObtainUnderlyingData/MainWindow.xaml#L102

Area="DataArea"
CellFormat="c0"
Name="fieldExtendedPrice" >

wpf-pivot-grid-create-field-value-template/CS/HowToCreateFieldValueTemplate/MainWindow.xaml#L42

</dxpg:PivotGridField>
<dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldExtendedPrice" Area="DataArea" CellFormat="c0" >
    <dxpg:PivotGridField.DataBinding>

wpf-pivot-grid-define-custom-cell-template-to-performing-data-editing/CS/HowToEditCell/MainWindow.xaml#L84

Caption="Percent Of Column"
CellFormat="p"
Name="fieldExtendedPrice2">

VB.NET

wpf-pivot-grid-connect-to-an-access-database-in-code/VB/HowToBindToMDB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L45

' Specify the formatting setting to format summary values as integer currency amount.
fieldExtendedPrice.CellFormat = "c0"
' Add the fields to the control's field collection.