Bind List of complex types to grid

[GM72]

Hi,
I have a complex object like

ID 
Name
Dob
EmploymentDetailsObject
EmergencyContactObject

I want to bind this to a Kendo Grid so the ID/Name/Dob/ are the parent row and the EmploymentDetails and EmergencyContact are child rows to this parent
I return a collection of these from an API. I thought I could just bind this collection to the Grid but it doesn't seem to work?
 Can I do this? What do I need to do?

Thanks

[Viktor Tachev]

Hi,

Please examine the following thread that discusses similar functionality to the one you describe.

• http://www.telerik.com/forums/binding-the-grid-to-a-complex-objet-collection

Regards,
Viktor Tachev
Telerik

 

 

[GM72]

Hi,

Thanks for the answer -a no would have done!

That's a shame as this was one of the key features of your grids in asp.net and silverlight.

While I can see a limited work around for this with regard to the hierarchical grid it looks limited to one child for each parent - is this the case or can you provide an example that has multiple children per parent?

Thanks

[Viktor Tachev]

Hello,


You could show a field that is a complex object using the approach from the following online example. Check out the Category field.

• http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/grid/editing-custom

With that said, please note that having complex objects as data source is not available out of the box and there may be some limitations. The DataSource is designed to work with flat data.

Also, please examine the thread below that also elaborates on the matter.

• http://www.telerik.com/forums/'complex'-datasource-model-validation#oAYb_82mjUqx97PVj5SnAA

Regards,
Viktor Tachev
Telerik