Dynamic Column Header(Title) in Kendo Grid MVC

[Chinonso]

Hi there guys, i am trying to make the value of a column header(Title) different from what the column is bound to. So my grid have a few columns where the value displayed in the column is different from what the column header say. So instead of the title being static like.

columns.Bound(c => c.CurrentPlanStatus).ClientTemplate("<a href='"+ "Plan/EditTab" + "?pkid=#= ProjectKeyID #&pid=#=ProjectID #&fyid=#=CurrentFiscalYearID #&ptid=#=ProjectTypeID #&prgmid=#=ProgramID #'" + ">#=CurrentPlanStatus#</a>").Title("FY 18");

 

i want it  to be something like

columns.Bound(c => c.CurrentPlanStatus).ClientTemplate("<a href='"+ "Plan/EditTab" + "?pkid=#= ProjectKeyID #&pid=#=ProjectID #&fyid=#=CurrentFiscalYearID #&ptid=#=ProjectTypeID #&prgmid=#=ProgramID #'" + ">#=CurrentPlanStatus#</a>").Title("FY" + c => c.CurrentFiscalYear.ToString());

 

How do i go about doing this? thanks.

[Stefan]

Hello, Chinonso,

Currently, the Grid only supports a HeaderTemplate, but this will not have access to the Grid values directly. This function approach can be used to call an external function which based on some calculations can display the desired result:

https://docs.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/api/Kendo.Mvc.UI.Fluent/GridColumnBuilderBase#methods-HeaderTemplate(System.Action)

https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#configuration-columns.headerTemplate

I can suggest submitting feature request describing, which values will be helpful inside the headerTemplate. Then based on its popularity we may implement them in a future release:

http://kendoui-feedback.telerik.com/forums/127393-kendo-ui-feedback/category/170280-grid

Regards,
Stefan
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[Chinonso]

Thanks for getting back to me, i will go ahead and submit a feature request. However, at the moment, i found a quick work around.

This is what i did 

columns.Bound(c => c.CurrentPlanStatus).ClientTemplate("<a href='"+ "Plan/EditTab" + "?pkid=#= ProjectKeyID #&pid=#=ProjectID #&fyid=#=CurrentFiscalYearID #&ptid=#=ProjectTypeID #&prgmid=#=ProgramID #'" + ">#=CurrentPlanStatus#</a>").HeaderTemplate(@<text> FY @ViewBag.CurrentFY </text>);