Getting started with Angular Spreadsheet component

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This section explains the steps to create a simple Spreadsheet component with basic features in an Angular environment.

To get start quickly with Angular Spreadsheet using CLI, you can check on this video:

Dependencies

The following list of dependencies are required to use the Spreadsheet component in your application.

  |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-spreadsheet
      |-- @syncfusion/ej2-angular-base
      |-- @syncfusion/ej2-spreadsheet
          |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
          |-- @syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns
          |-- @syncfusion/ej2-navigations
          |-- @syncfusion/ej2-grids

Setup Angular Environment

You can use Angular CLI to setup your Angular applications. To install Angular CLI use the following command.

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create an Angular Application

Start a new Angular application using below Angular CLI command.

ng new my-app

This command prompts you to configure settings such as whether to include Angular routing and which stylesheet format to use.

? Which stylesheet format would you like to use? (Use arrow keys)
> CSS             [ https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/CSS                     ]
  Sass (SCSS)     [ https://sass-lang.com/documentation/syntax#scss                ]
  Sass (Indented) [ https://sass-lang.com/documentation/syntax#the-indented-syntax ]
  Less            [ http://lesscss.org                                             ]

By default, it will create a CSS-based application.

Navigate to the created application folder:

cd my-app

Installing Syncfusion Spreadsheet package

Syncfusion packages are distributed in npm as @syncfusion scoped packages. You can get all the Angular Syncfusion package from npm link.

Currently, Syncfusion provides two types of package structures for Angular components,

  1. Ivy library distribution package format
  2. Angular compatibility compiler(Angular’s legacy compilation and rendering pipeline) package.

Ivy library distribution package

Syncfusion Angular packages(>=20.2.36) has been moved to the Ivy distribution to support the Angular Ivy rendering engine and the package are compatible with Angular version 12 and above. To download the package use the below command.

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-spreadsheet package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-spreadsheet --save

Angular compatibility compiled package(ngcc)

For Angular version below 12, you can use the legacy (ngcc) package of the Syncfusion Angular components. To download the ngcc package use the below.

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-spreadsheet@ngcc package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-spreadsheet@ngcc --save

To mention the ngcc package in the package.json file, add the suffix -ngcc with the package version as below.

@syncfusion/ej2-angular-spreadsheet:"20.2.38-ngcc"

The above command does the following configuration to your Angular app,

  • Adds @syncfusion/ej2-angular-spreadsheet package and its peer dependencies to your package.json file.
  • Imports the SpreadsheetAllModule in your application module app.module.ts.
  • Registers the Syncfusion UI default theme (material) in the angular.json file.

Note: If the ngcc tag is not specified while installing the package, the Ivy Library Package will be installed and this package will throw a warning.

Adding CSS reference

The following CSS files are available in ../node_modules/@syncfusion package folder.
This can be referenced in [src/styles.css] using following code.

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-spreadsheet/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-grids/styles/material.css';

Add Spreadsheet component

Modify the template in [src/app/app.component.ts] file to render the spreadsheet component. Add the Angular Spreadsheet by using <ejs-spreadsheet> selector in template section of the app.component.ts file.

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { SpreadsheetAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-spreadsheet'

@Component({
  imports: [
        SpreadsheetAllModule
    ],
  selector: 'app-root',
  // specifies the template string for the Spreadsheet component
  template: `<ejs-spreadsheet> </ejs-spreadsheet>`
})
export class AppComponent { }

Run the application

Use the following command to run the application in the web browser

ng serve

The following example shows a basic Spreadsheet component

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { SpreadsheetAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-spreadsheet'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [
        SpreadsheetAllModule
    ],

standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: '<ejs-spreadsheet > </ejs-spreadsheet>'
})
export class AppComponent { }
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

You can refer to our Angular Spreadsheet feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our Angular Spreadsheet example that shows you how present and manipulate data, including editing, formulas, formatting, importing, and exporting.

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