Sorting of Group column at client side

[Amol]

Hello we have one grid with group by column as in below code.
 
 @(Html.Kendo().Grid<Xyz>()
     .Name("OwnerGrid")
     .Columns(columns =>
     {
                columns.Bound(p => p.OwnerName).Hidden().ClientGroupHeaderTemplate("#= value #").HeaderHtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:left;" }).HtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:left;" });      
        columns.Bound(p => p.ShortDescription).Width("20%").HeaderHtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:left;" }).HtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:left;" });
         columns.Bound(p => p.Description).Width("30%").HeaderHtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:left;" }).HtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:left;" });
         columns.Bound(p => p.Status).Width("15%").HeaderHtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:left;" }).HtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:left;" });
         columns.Bound(p => p.Date).Width("10%").Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}").HeaderHtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:right;" }).HtmlAttributes(new { style = "text-align:right;" });
     })
  .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
         .Ajax()
  .ServerOperation(false)
         .Read(read => read.Action("GetData", "Home"))
        
        .Group(groups =>
         {
             groups.Add(p => p.OwnerName);
         })
 
So here we have Group by with "OwnerName".  Our requirement is when we sort by "ShortDescription" it should first sort by "OwnerName" and then by "ShortDescription".  I know its possble by custom binding at server side - i took help from below article http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/razor/grid/custombinding
 
But is it possible at client side? can we avoid server side trip? as .ServerOperation(false) works for normal grid.

[Dimiter Madjarov]

Hi Amol,


Since this is a duplicate of the question in the support thread, I will quote my answer here too

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The default behavior of the Grid is to first sort by the group field i.e. "OwnerName" in the current scenario and then by the field in each group. If that is not the case in the current scenario, could please provide some additional information so I could assist you further?

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As a side note, I would like to ask you to not post identical questions in multiple threads, so we could provide you a better assistance.

 

All the best,
Dimiter Madjarov
the Telerik team