Simplest of groupings

[DoomerDGR8]

Hello. I'm trying to achieve the following look: The column columnUserName needs to be grouped and for all the counties that relates to a user, he should be repeated just once. I need the group NOT expanded. I also want the user NOT able to make any visual changes i.e. change grouping at run-time. Thanks.

<fieldset id="fieldsetCountyAssignments" style="width: 868px">
              <legend>
                County Assignments:
              </legend>
              <telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGridCountyAssignments2" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" AllowPaging="True"
                GridLines="None" Skin="Office2007" SkinID="RadGrid_UnPageable" DataSourceID="LinqDataSourceAssignedCounties"
                ShowGroupPanel="True">
                <MasterTableView DataKeyNames="OID" DataSourceID="LinqDataSourceAssignedCounties" GroupsDefaultExpanded="true">
                  <Columns>
                    <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="UserName" HeaderText="User" UniqueName="columnUserName"  />
                    <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="CountyName" HeaderText="County" UniqueName="columnCountyName" Groupable="False" />
                  </Columns>
                  <GroupByExpressions>
                    <telerik:GridGroupByExpression>
                      <SelectFields>
                        <telerik:GridGroupByField FieldName="UserName" />
                      </SelectFields>
                      <GroupByFields>
                        <telerik:GridGroupByField FieldName="UserName" />
                      </GroupByFields>
                    </telerik:GridGroupByExpression>
                  </GroupByExpressions>
                </MasterTableView>
                <ClientSettings AllowDragToGroup="True">
                </ClientSettings>
              </telerik:RadGrid>
              <asp:Button ID="ButtonModifyAssignments" runat="server" OnClick="ButtonModifyAssignments_Click" Text="Modify Assignments" />
            </fieldset>

[DoomerDGR8]

Help please.

[Marin]

Hi Hassan,

From the code snippet I see that the grid has been configured to group by UserName. In order to prevent the defaut expanding for the groups in the markup you should set:

GroupsDefaultExpanded="false"

Also to forbid grouping from the user at run-time you should set:

<ClientSettings AllowDragToGroup="False">

Let me know how this works for you and if you have any other questions.

All the best,
Marin
the Telerik team

[DoomerDGR8]

Well, I want the groups expanded but the UserName value be somewhat like merged (like in Excel). See image...

Thanks for replying.

Still need help :)

[Marin]

Hi Hassan,

I am afraid such functionality for merging cells is not supported by the current version of RadGrid.

Feel free to contact us again if other questions arise.

Regards,
Marin
the Telerik team

[DoomerDGR8]

Very well. Current RadGrid will have to do then. Thanks.