A very useful function of any reporting tool is the ability to turn certain sections of the report on or off depending on the needs of the user. For example, you might want to only show certain sections of a report, or choose to hide the data rows and only show group headings and totals (useful if the user just needs a summary and not the whole thing), or you may want to only show group headers and sub totals where there is more than one data row. This is all pretty basic stuff and you would expect even the most basic of reporting tool to support this function.
You can use a DataBinding to the visibility property to turn it's visibility on and off. This works in so much as it makes whatever you have specified either visible or invisible but it does not support the collapsed function that is standard with most WPF controls. By just making data rows invisible, the report will just show white space (in practice this could be many pages of white space). Obviously, just making areas of the report invisible without collapsing them is rarely of practical use.
Does Infragistics Reporting currently support this collapsed functionality and I've just missed it, or is it something that is likely to be added in the future.
Hi Travis,
Good. Our management team pay attention to the most popular ideas and respond to our customers' requests.
If you go to this general site you can also see the other Reporting ideas. You might want to vote for some of them as well.
http://ideas.infragistics.com/forums/211536-reporting
I already voted. thanks
It looks like others agree with you about adding Collapsed. There is a Product Idea that I think you should add your vote to. It appears that the idea is under review.
http://ideas.infragistics.com/forums/211536-reporting/suggestions/4276112-add-collapsed-to-the-visibility-property
Please let me know if I can help you further.
This is pretty ridiculous that this is not supported. I honestly can't even believe this is the case. Makes Reporting nearly useless.
Hi,
Your idea of supporting “Collaped” for the Visibility property of elements within Reports would be considered a new feature for the NetAdvantage Reporting product.
You can suggest new product ideas for future versions (or vote for existing ones) at <http://ideas.infragistics.com>.
The Product Ideas site allows you to suggest new product features, new functionalities in existing products and controls, and even request new controls and products altogether. Members of the Infragistics Community can then vote for the features and suggestions they want to see added to the products, resulting in the most popular features bubbling up to the top. When planning new releases, our Product Management team will look at the most popular features and use your feedback to prioritize upcoming work.
This new Infragistics Product Ideas site is simple to use and we encourage you to take a look at it today:
1) Log into the Infragistics Product Idea site at http://ideas.infragistics.com (creating a new login if needed).
2) Navigate to the product / platform channel of your choice (e.g. WPF, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, HTML5 / Ignite UI, iOS / NucliOS, etc.)
3) Add your product idea and be sure to be specific and provide as much detail as possible. Explain the context in which a feature would be used, why it is needed, why it can’t be accomplished today, and who would benefit from it. You can even add screenshots to build a stronger case. Remember that for your suggestion to be successful, you need other members of the community to vote for it. Be convincing!
The Product Idea site puts you in the driver’s seat and you can even track the progress of your ideas at any time, see how many votes it got, read comments from other developers in the community, and see if someone from the product team has additional questions for you.
Thank you for your suggestion. I’m sure there are others who would also like to see your idea implemented in our product.