RadGrid

[Anthony]

Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if someone can provide me with some help or guidance.  I have a RadGrid that is being fill manually(code behind) using entity framework. One of the column contain a foreign key ID(DataField="CostCenterType_ID") which will make no sense to a user.  How can I get it to display primary table description column?  Below is the columns for my grid and code behind to fill it. Thank you in advance....

01.<Columns>
02.        <telerik:GridEditCommandColumn ButtonType="ImageButton" />
03.        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ID" HeaderText="ID" ReadOnly="true"
04.                    ForceExtractValue="Always" ConvertEmptyStringToNull="true" DataType="System.Int32" />
05.                <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="CostCenterNumber" HeaderText="Cost Center No" Visible="true" DataType="System.Int32" />
06.                <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="CostCenterName" HeaderText="Cost Center Name" />
07.                <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="CostCenterType_ID" HeaderText="Cost Type"/>
08.                <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="UpdateBy" HeaderText="Last Update by" ReadOnly="True" Visible="True" AllowFiltering="False" />
09.                <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="UpdateDateTime" HeaderText="UpdateDateTime" Visible="true" DataType="System.DateTime" ReadOnly="True" AllowFiltering="False" />
10.                 <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="RowVersion" HeaderText="Row Version" DataType="System.Byte" Visible="false" ReadOnly="true"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
11.                <telerik:GridButtonColumn ConfirmText="Delete this product?" ConfirmDialogType="RadWindow"
12.                    ConfirmTitle="Delete" ButtonType="ImageButton" CommandName="Delete" />
13.         </Columns>

1.//Supply RadGrid with data from Entity Framework
2.       protected void RadGrid1_NeedDataSource(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridNeedDataSourceEventArgs e)
3.       {
4.           RadGrid1.DataSource = DbContext.CostCenters;
5.       }

[Kostadin]

Hi Anthony,

Could you please let me know whether you have the description already stored in your database? If that is correct then you could simply use another column which will show the description and hide the one which contains the ID. Otherwise could you please elaborate a little bit more on the scenario which you are trying to achieve?

Regards,
Kostadin
Telerik

 

 

[Anthony]

Hi Kostadmin,

I forget to post back the answer.  After a good night of rest, I figure out what to do which is pretty simile. I just had to modify my Entity query to include the Discription field and hide the ID like you recommended.  Thank you.

//RadGrid1.DataSource = DbContext.CostCenters;
            var query = (from c in DbContext.CostCenters
                         select new { c.ID, c.CostCenterNumber, c.CostCenterName, c.CostCenterTypeID, c.CostCenterType.NameType, c.UpdateBy, c.UpdateDateTime, c.RowVersion }).ToList();
            RadGrid1.DataSource = query;