PivotGridFieldCollection.AddDataSourceColumn(String, PivotArea, PivotGroupInterval) Method

Adds a field to the PivotGridFieldCollection collection.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public PivotGridField AddDataSourceColumn(
    string columnName,
    PivotArea area,
    PivotGroupInterval groupInterval
)

VB.NET

Public Function AddDataSourceColumn(
    columnName As String,
    area As PivotArea,
    groupInterval As PivotGroupInterval
) As PivotGridField

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
columnName	String	A String value that specifies a column name.
area	PivotArea	A PivotArea value that identifies the area in which the new PivotGridField object will be positioned.
groupInterval	PivotGroupInterval	A PivotGroupInterval enumeration that specifies how the values are combined into groups.’

Returns

Type	Description
PivotGridField	The Pivot Grid field added to the collection.

Remarks

AddDataSourceColumn creates a Pivot Grid field, populates it with data, and adds the field to PivotGridFieldCollection. The AddDataSourceColumn method creates the DataSourceColumnBinding object for a Pivot Grid field by ColumnName in OLAP, Server, and Optimized modes. The Pivot Grid field obtains its values from the column in the data source.

You can specify the following field settings:

• ColumnName
• GroupInterval
• Area

To create Pivot Grid fields for all columns in the bound data source, call PivotGridControl.RetrieveFields.

Use the PivotGridControl.Fields property to access PivotGridFieldCollection. You can add or remove fields in the collection. For instance, you can add a calculated field to the collection that contains arbitrary data in the Pivot Grid control. Refer to the following topic for more information about calculated fields: Bind Pivot Grid Fields to Calculated Expressions.

The following code snippet shows how to create fields and populate the Pivot Grid with data:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace testWinApp {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
            // This line of code is generated by Data Source Configuration Wizard
            // Fill the SqlDataSource
            sqlDataSource1.Fill();
            pivotGridControl1.OptionsData.DataProcessingEngine = PivotDataProcessingEngine.Optimized;

            FillPivot(pivotGridControl1);
            pivotGridControl1.BestFitRowArea();
            pivotGridControl1.CollapseAllRows();
        }
        public static void FillPivot(PivotGridControl pivot) {
            pivot.Fields.AddDataSourceColumn("Country", PivotArea.ColumnArea);
            pivot.Fields.AddDataSourceColumn("ProductName", PivotArea.RowArea).AreaIndex = 1;
            pivot.Fields.AddDataSourceColumn("CategoryName", PivotArea.RowArea, PivotGroupInterval.Alphabetical).AreaIndex = 0;
            pivot.Fields.AddDataSourceColumn("ExtendedPrice", PivotArea.DataArea);
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Namespace testWinApp
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            ' This line of code is generated by Data Source Configuration Wizard
            ' Fill the SqlDataSource
            sqlDataSource1.Fill()
            pivotGridControl1.OptionsData.DataProcessingEngine = PivotDataProcessingEngine.Optimized

            FillPivot(pivotGridControl1)
            pivotGridControl1.BestFitRowArea()
            pivotGridControl1.CollapseAllRows()
        End Sub
        Public Shared Sub FillPivot(ByVal pivot As PivotGridControl)
            pivot.Fields.AddDataSourceColumn("Country", PivotArea.ColumnArea)
            pivot.Fields.AddDataSourceColumn("ProductName", PivotArea.RowArea).AreaIndex = 1
            pivot.Fields.AddDataSourceColumn("CategoryName", PivotArea.RowArea, PivotGroupInterval.Alphabetical).AreaIndex = 0
            pivot.Fields.AddDataSourceColumn("ExtendedPrice", PivotArea.DataArea)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

The image below illustrates the result.