Presenting Data – An Alternative to the View Control

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Dojo DataGrid Features

• Infinite scrolling

• Adjustable, re-orderable, sortable columns

• Hover and selection highlighting

• In-Grid editing feature

• Enhanced DataGrid: Filtering plugin

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Dojo DataGrid control - System Requirements

• Release 9 Domino and Designer

– Built in to release 9

• Available for Release 8.5 after installing one of the following …

– IBM Upgrade Pack 1 for Release 8.5

- or -

– XPages Extension Library from OpenNTF

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Steps to Create

1. Create a REST Service to provide a data source for the Grid

2. Add the Dojo DataGrid control to the page and bind it to the REST Service

3. Add Dojo DataGrid Column controls into the grid for the field data to display

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Step 1: Create the REST Service

i. Add the REST Service control to the XPage

ii. Choose one of the following service types:

xe:viewJsonService – read only service

xe:viewItemFileService – read/write service

iii. Set the appropriate properties for the service

– databaseName and viewName

– contentType=“application/json”

– defaultColumns=“true”

– sortColumn

– var

– And others depending on the application

iv. Set the pathInfo property for quick testing of the service

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Step 2: Add the Dojo DataGrid control

i. Add the Dojo DataGrid control to the page

ii. Bind the DataGrid to the REST Service

iii. Set the appropriate properties for the DataGrid

– autoHeight

– rowsPerPage

– And others depending on the application

iv. Add dojoAttributes to the DataGrid

– autoWidth=“true”

– columnReordering=“true”

– canSort

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Step 3: Add the Dojo DataGrid Column controls

i. Add a Dojo DataGrid Column controls into the DataGrid and set these properties

– field

– label

– width

– And others depending on the application

ii. Repeat to add additional columns

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Disabling Column Sorting

• For all columns

• For a specific column

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Create a Custom Column in the REST Service

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The arguments[0] object

• Represents a row object in the DataGrid

• Is passed to the onRowClick, onRowDblClick and onStyleRow events

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Adding a column formatter function

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Search and Filter properties of xe:viewJsonService

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• search

• searchMaxDocs

• categoryFilter

• keys

• keysExactMatch

Enabling In-Grid Editing

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1. Must use xe:viewItemFileService (read/write)

– Set jsId=“restServiceObj” for client-side access

2. Add Dojo Data Grid, bind to REST service and …

– Set jsId=“gridObj” for client-side access

– Optionally set singleClickEdit=“true”

3. For each column to enable in-grid editing …

– set editable="true"

4. To save changes call in a client-side script …

restServiceObj.save();

5. To cancel changes call …

restServiceObj.close();

gridObj._refresh();

In-Grid Editing with Style

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OnStyleRow fires …

• New row is added

• Row is hovered

• Row is selected

• Row is changed

Deleting Selected Entries in a Dojo Data Grid

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gridObj.selection.getSelected()

restServiceObj.deleteItem(selectedItem)

Creating Entries Directly in a Grid

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1. Must use xe:viewJsonService

2. Set jsId=“restServiceObj2” for client-side access

3. Add Dojo Data Grid, bind to REST service and …

– Set jsId=“gridObj” for client-side access

4. Add a Dialog control to enter the values for the new entry and code a Save button …var rsStore = restServiceObj2;rsStore.newItem(newEntry);rsStore.save(); rsStore.close();

gridObj._refresh();…

The Dojo Enhanced DataGrid and the Filter Plugin

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1. Must use xe:viewItemFileService

2. Add the following Dojo Modules and StyleSheets

3. Add the dojox.grid.EnhancedGrid type and the filter plugin in the Dojo properties for the grid

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