How to: Bind a PivotGridControl to an OLAP Cube Using the ADOMD.NET Data Provider

• Aug 01, 2019
• 2 minutes to read

The following example demonstrates how to bind a PivotGridControl to an OLAP cube via the ADOMD.NET data provider.

In this example, the PivotGridControl.OLAPDataProvider property is used to specify that the Pivot Grid Control should use the ADOMD.NET data provider to access an OLAP cube. OLAP connection parameters are specified in a connection string passed to the PivotGridControl.OLAPConnectionString property. The following parameters are provided:

• Data Source - a path to a local cube file that will serve as a datasource.
• Initial Catalog - a data catalog that contains cubes.
• Cube Name - the name of the cube that provides OLAP data.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-bind-to-an-olap-cube-using-the-adomdnet-data-provider-e3705

Form1.cs

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid;

namespace XtraPivotGrid_ADOMD {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {

            // Specifies that PivotGridControl should use the ADOMD.NET data provider
            // to bind to an OLAP cube.
            pivotGridControl1.OLAPDataProvider = OLAPDataProvider.Adomd;

            // Configures a data connection.
            // Specifies a string that encapsulates connection parameters 
            // required to access the desired OLAP cube.
            pivotGridControl1.OLAPConnectionString =
                "Data Source=http://demos.devexpress.com/Services/OLAP/msmdpump.dll;" +
                "Initial Catalog=Adventure Works DW Standard Edition;Cube Name=Adventure Works;";
        }
    }
}

Form1.vb

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid

Namespace XtraPivotGrid_ADOMD
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub
        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

            ' Specifies that PivotGridControl should use the ADOMD.NET data provider
            ' to bind to an OLAP cube.
            pivotGridControl1.OLAPDataProvider = OLAPDataProvider.Adomd

            ' Configures a data connection.
            ' Specifies a string that encapsulates connection parameters 
            ' required to access the desired OLAP cube.
            pivotGridControl1.OLAPConnectionString = _
                "Data Source=http://demos.devexpress.com/Services/OLAP/msmdpump.dll;" & _
                "Initial Catalog=Adventure Works DW Standard Edition;Cube Name=Adventure Works;"
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace