Nested Grouping- Managing subheader layouts

[Dylan]

I have a radgrid that uses nested groups by specifying two GridGroupByExpressions on the front-end. Unfortunately, I cannot find an effective way to apply separate GroupHeaderTemplates to each group level. Here's what I've tried:

<GroupByExpressions>
    <telerik:GridGroupByExpression>
        <SelectFields>
            <telerik:GridGroupByField FieldName="GroupName" />
        </SelectFields>
        <GroupByFields>
            <telerik:GridGroupByField FieldName="GroupName" SortOrder="Ascending" />
        </GroupByFields>
    </telerik:GridGroupByExpression>
    <telerik:GridGroupByExpression>
        <SelectFields>
            <telerik:GridGroupByField FieldName="Date" FormatString="{0:MMMM yyyy}" />
        </SelectFields>
        <GroupByFields>
            <telerik:GridGroupByField FieldName="Date" SortOrder="Ascending" />
        </GroupByFields>
    </telerik:GridGroupByExpression>
</GroupByExpressions>
<GroupHeaderTemplate>
    <asp:Label ID="lblGroupName" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("GroupName") %>' />
</GroupHeaderTemplate>
<GroupHeaderTemplate>
    <asp:Label ID="lblDate" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Date") %>' />
</GroupHeaderTemplate>

The GroupByExpressions work just fine, but when I try to add the GroupHeaderTemplates, the following exception is thrown on the second GroupHeaderTemplate: "'System.Data.DataRowView' does not contain a property with the name 'Date'." If I remove the second one, both groups are given the same template (e.g. the nested Date group displays the current GroupName). Is there a way to manage group headers and group subheaders independently?

[Konstantin Dikov]

Hello Dylan,

When you set multiple GroupHeaderTemplate, only the last one will be taken into account. 

For handling different group headers you should use the approach shown in our online help article "Group Header and Footer Templates". As you will see, the visible property of the labels depends on the current group header. Thus will allow you to get the desired result.

Hope that helps.

 

Regards,
Konstantin Dikov
Telerik