DataSource Group by multiple fields remotely

[Aparna]

Hi,

I would like to group data by multiple fields remotely on server. What is the data format for the grouping and grouped items ? For eg.,

I have a list of employees as follows :

Employee[] empList = new Employee[6];

 

empList[0] = new Employee() { Name = "CA", State = "A", Department = "xyz" };

empList[1] = new Employee() { Name = "ZP", State = "B", Department = "xyz" };

empList[2] = new Employee() { Name = "AC", State = "B", Department = "xyz" };

empList[3] = new Employee() { Name = "AA", State = "A", Department = "xyz" };

empList[4] = new Employee() { Name = "A2", State = "A", Department = "pqr" };

empList[5] = new Employee() { Name = "BA", State = "B", Department = "pqr" };

I would like to group the employee list by State and then by Department.   So my groupings  and grouped items would be :
A - XYZ   
    - EMP[0], EMP[3]
A - PQR
   - EMP[4]
B- XYZ
  - EMP[1], EMP[2]
  B - PQR
 - EMP[5]

What is the format in which datasource requires these groupings and grouped items  ?  I saw this post http://www.kendoui.com/forums/framework/data-source/datasource-remote-grouping.aspx    but could not figure out how to present multiple key values.

Thanks

[Aparna]

Any response ?

[Vladimir Iliev]

Hi Aparna,

For remote grouping operation you should specify the field which contains the groups in the Schema.groups configuration option. 

Kind Regards,
Vladimir Iliev
the Telerik team