Often there is a need to look at complex data in a complex way. A cool new feature I just learned about does just that!
A cool “post-lookup” filtering feature available in our reporting suite allows you to filter the data shown in a report. This little gem can be found by selecting the report smart tag and clicking the ellipsis next to the FilterString property:
Lets see how it can be used. Suppose we are building a categorized product report with the following structure:
Here we see that categories are at the root of the report with products under each category. Generally filtering data of this nature can be difficult. Enter our FilterString Editor:
Note that you can filter on the top level categories but also the sub-level products as well. This editor also shows you how this would look as a textual filter string:
Anyone out there using this feature? I’d love to see it in action!
As always, if there are any comments and/or questions, feel free to get a hold of me!
Seth Juarez
Email: sethj@devexpress.com
Twitter: @SethJuarez
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