# Property Builder

To setup your **RadPivotGrid** easily at design time you can invoke the RadPivotGrid Property Builder from the *SmartTag* menu of RadPivotGrid.

> caption Figure 1: Property Builder

![WinForms RadPivotGrid Property Builder](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/8538629a79cbbedd9e6dfc2cfec44d5d/pivotgrid-propertybuilder001.png)

The RadPivotGrid Property Builder is a design time wizard that consists of a preview pane on the right side and also three tabs on the left which contain different editors that allow you to modify the most commonly used properties:

* **General tab**: On this tab you can set the **DataSource** and **DataMember** properties, as well as the **ErrorString** and **EmptyValueString** properties. Additionally there are a bunch of boolean properties related to enabling or disabling the build-in features of RadPivotGrid: drag & drop, context menus, sorting, filtering, resizing, etc.

* **Layout tab**: On this tab you can edit the properties related to modifying the appearance of RadPivotGrid, like the layout type of the headers, the positions of the **SubTotals/GrandTotals** and the width or height of the different areas.

* **Fields**: On this tab there is a RadPivotFieldList control which allows you to organize the fields from your data source in the desired descriptor collection.

## See Also

* [Smart Tag](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/pivotgrid/design-time/smart-tag)
* [Structure](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/pivotgrid/structure)