Grid Hierarchy
The Grid component provides options for visualizing the relations between parent and child records by displaying data in a hierarchical manner through a detail template.
In this article:
Basics
To implement hierarchy in the Grid, define a DetailTemplate under the main tag of the grid. In this template, you can access the model for the concrete row through the context, and use other components to show detailed data from it (for example, another grid, or any other set of components and HTML).
When a detail template is defined, an expand/collapse button is rendered at the beginning of the row that the user can click to show and hide the detailed data.
Define a detail template to show hierarchical data from the model in a nested grid
Click the + icon to expand the row details
<TelerikGrid Data="salesTeamMembers">
<DetailTemplate>
@{
var employee = context as MainModel;
<TelerikGrid Data="employee.Orders" Pageable="true" PageSize="5">
<GridColumns>
<GridColumn Field="OrderId"></GridColumn>
<GridColumn Field="DealSize"></GridColumn>
</GridColumns>
</TelerikGrid>
}
</DetailTemplate>
<GridColumns>
<GridColumn Field="Id"></GridColumn>
<GridColumn Field="Name"></GridColumn>
</GridColumns>
</TelerikGrid>
@code {
List<MainModel> salesTeamMembers { get; set; }
protected override void OnInitialized()
{
salesTeamMembers = GenerateData();
}
private List<MainModel> GenerateData()
{
List<MainModel> data = new List<MainModel>();
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
MainModel mdl = new MainModel { Id = i, Name = $"Name {i}" };
mdl.Orders = Enumerable.Range(1, 15).Select(x => new DetailsModel { OrderId = x, DealSize = x^i }).ToList();
data.Add(mdl);
}
return data;
}
public class MainModel
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get;set; }
public List<DetailsModel> Orders { get; set; }
}
public class DetailsModel
{
public int OrderId { get; set; }
public double DealSize { get; set; }
}
}
The result of the code snippet above, after expanding the second row
To have more levels, simply nest more grids and name the
contextvariables. You can find an example in the Multi-Level Hierarchy KB article.
Expand Rows From Code
You can choose which detail templates will be expanded from your code through the grid state. Its ExpandedItems field contains a collection of the expanded Grid items (all detail templates are collapsed by default).
The ExpandedItems collection is compared against the Grid Data collection in order to determine which rows will be expanded. The default behavior of the framework is to compare objects by their reference.
When the ExpandedItems are obtained from a different data source to the Grid (e.g., from a separate service method and not from the view-model), the references may not match and so there will be no expanded items. In such cases, you have to override the Equals method of the underlying model class so that it matches them, for example, by a unique identifier rather than by reference so that two objects can be equal regardless of their origin, but according to their contents. When you are overriding the Equals method, it is also recommended to override the GetHashCode method as well. A similar example is available at Save and Load Grid State from Browser LocalStorage.
If you want to set an initial state to the Grid, use a similar snippet, but in the
OnStateInit event
Expand DetailTemplate hierarchy from code
@using Telerik.DataSource;
<TelerikButton ThemeColor="primary" OnClick="@ExpandHierarchy">Expand hierarchy from code</TelerikButton>
<TelerikGrid Data="salesTeamMembers" @ref="@GridRef">
<DetailTemplate>
@{
var employee = context as MainModel;
<TelerikGrid Data="employee.Orders" Pageable="true" PageSize="5">
<GridColumns>
<GridColumn Field="OrderId"></GridColumn>
<GridColumn Field="DealSize"></GridColumn>
</GridColumns>
</TelerikGrid>
}
</DetailTemplate>
<GridColumns>
<GridColumn Field="Id"></GridColumn>
<GridColumn Field="Name"></GridColumn>
</GridColumns>
</TelerikGrid>
@code {
private TelerikGrid<MainModel> GridRef { get; set; }
private async Task ExpandHierarchy()
{
var gridState = GridRef.GetState();
//expand the first two rows
gridState.ExpandedItems = new List<MainModel> {
salesTeamMembers[0],
salesTeamMembers[1]
};
await GridRef.SetStateAsync(gridState);
}
private List<MainModel> salesTeamMembers { get; set; }
protected override void OnInitialized()
{
salesTeamMembers = GenerateData();
}
private List<MainModel> GenerateData()
{
List<MainModel> data = new List<MainModel>();
for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
{
MainModel mdl = new MainModel { Id = i, Name = $"Name {i}" };
mdl.Orders = Enumerable.Range(1, 3).Select(x => new DetailsModel {
OrderId = i * 100 + x, DealSize = (x ^ i) + 1 }
).ToList();
data.Add(mdl);
}
return data;
}
public class MainModel
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public List<DetailsModel> Orders { get; set; }
}
public class DetailsModel
{
public int OrderId { get; set; }
public double DealSize { get; set; }
}
}
More Examples
The following articles and sample projects can be helpful when implementing hierarchy: