Worksheet in ASP.NET MVC Spreadsheet control

08 Apr 2021 / 3 minutes to read

Worksheet is a collection of cells organized in the form of rows and columns that allows you to store, format, and manipulate the data.

Add sheet

You can dynamically add or insert a sheet by one of the following ways,

Click the Add Sheet button in the sheet tab. This will add a new empty sheet next to current active sheet.
Right-click on the sheet tab, and then select Insert option from the context menu to insert a new empty sheet before the current active sheet.
Using insertSheet method, you can insert one or more sheets at your desired index.

The following code example shows the insert sheet operation in spreadsheet.

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insertSheetController.cs

@Html.EJS().Spreadsheet("spreadsheet").ShowRibbon(false).ShowFormulaBar(false).Created("created").Sheets(sheet =>
{
    sheet.Name("Shipment Details").Range(ranges =>
    {
        ranges.DataSource((IEnumerable<object>)ViewBag.DefaultData).Add();
  
    }).Columns(column =>
    {
        column.Width(130).Add();
        column.Width(220).Add();
        column.Width(90).Add();
        column.Width(140).Add();
        column.Width(90).Add();
        column.Width(100).Add();
        column.Width(100).Add();
    }).Add();
}).Render()

    <script>

    function created() {
      // Applies style formatting to the active sheet before inserting a new sheet
        this.cellFormat({ fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' }, 'A1:H1');
        this.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'D2:H11');
        // inserting a new sheet with data at 1st index
        // You can also insert empty sheets by specifying the start and end sheet index instead of sheet model
        this.insertSheet([{
            index: 1,
            name: 'Inserted Sheet',
            ranges: [{ dataSource: @Html.Raw(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(@ViewBag.DefaultData)) }],
            columns: [{ width: 150 }, { width: 110 }, { width: 110 }, { width: 85 }, { width: 85 }, { width: 85 }, { width: 85 },
                { width: 85 }]
        }]);
        // Applies style formatting for the inserted sheet
        this.cellFormat({ fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' }, 'Inserted Sheet!A1:H1');
        this.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'Inserted Sheet!D2:H15');
    }

    </script>

public IActionResult Index()
        {
           List<object> data = new List<object>()
            {
                new { CustomerName= "Romona Heaslip",  Model= "Taurus",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "07/11/2015",  Amount= "8529.22" },
                new { CustomerName= "Clare Batterton",  Model= "Sparrow",  Color= "Pink",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "7/13/2016",  Amount= "17866.19" },
                new { CustomerName= "Eamon Traise",  Model= "Grand Cherokee",  Color= "Blue",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "09/04/2015",  Amount= "13853.09" },
                new { CustomerName= "Julius Gorner",  Model= "GTO",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/15/2017",  Amount= "2338.74" },
                new { CustomerName= "Jenna Schoolfield",  Model= "LX",  Color= "Yellow",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "10/08/2014",  Amount= "9578.45" },
                new { CustomerName= "Marylynne Harring",  Model= "Catera",  Color= "Green",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "7/01/2017",  Amount= "19141.62" },
                new { CustomerName= "Vilhelmina Leipelt",  Model= "7 Series",  Color= "Goldenrod",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/20/2015",  Amount= "6543.30" },
                new { CustomerName= "Barby Heisler",  Model= "Corvette",  Color= "Red",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "11/24/2014",  Amount= "13035.06" },
                new { CustomerName= "Karyn Boik",  Model= "Regal",  Color= "Indigo",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "05/12/2014",  Amount= "18488.80" },
                new { CustomerName= "Jeanette Pamplin",  Model= "S4",  Color= "Fuscia",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "12/30/2014",  Amount= "12317.04" },
                new { CustomerName= "Cristi Espinos",  Model= "TL",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/18/2013",  Amount= "6230.13" },
                new { CustomerName= "Issy Humm",  Model= "Club Wagon",  Color= "Pink",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "02/02/2015",  Amount= "9709.49" },
                new { CustomerName= "Tuesday Fautly",  Model= "V8 Vantage",  Color= "Crimson",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "11/19/2014",  Amount= "9766.10" },
                new { CustomerName= "Rosemaria Thomann",  Model= "Caravan",  Color= "Violet",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "02/08/2014",  Amount= "7685.49" },
            };
            ViewBag.DefaultData = data;
            return View();
        }

Delete sheet

The Spreadsheet has support for removing an existing worksheet. You can dynamically delete the existing sheet by the following way,

Right-click on the sheet tab, and then select Delete option from context menu.

Rename sheet

You can dynamically rename an existing worksheet in the following way,

Right-click on the sheet tab, and then select Rename option from the context menu.

Headers

By default, the row and column headers are visible in worksheets. You can dynamically show or hide worksheet headers by using one of the following ways,

Switch to View tab, and then select Hide Headers option to hide both the row and column headers.
Set showHeaders property in sheets as true or false to show or hide the headers at initial load. By default, the showHeaders property is enabled in each worksheet.

Gridlines

Gridlines act as a border like appearance of cells. They are used to distinguish cells on the worksheet. You can dynamically show or hide gridlines by using one of the following ways,

Switch to View tab, and then select Hide Gridlines option to hide the gridlines in worksheet.
Set showGridLines property in sheets as true or false to show or hide the gridlines at initial load. By default, the showGridLines property is enabled in each worksheet.

The following code example shows the headers and gridlines operation in spreadsheet.

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headerController.cs

@Html.EJS().Spreadsheet("spreadsheet").ShowFormulaBar(false).Created("created").Sheets(sheet =>
{
    sheet.Name("Shipment Details").ShowGridLines(false).ShowHeaders(false).Range(ranges =>
    {
        ranges.DataSource((IEnumerable<object>)ViewBag.DefaultData).Add();
  
    }).Columns(column =>
    {
        column.Width(130).Add();
        column.Width(220).Add();
        column.Width(90).Add();
        column.Width(140).Add();
        column.Width(90).Add();
        column.Width(100).Add();
        column.Width(100).Add();
    }).Add();
}).Render()

    <script>

    function created() {
       this.cellFormat({ fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' }, 'A1:H1');
        this.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'D2:H15');
        // The gridlines have been removed to set border for the range of cells
        this.setBorder({ border: '1px solid #e0e0e0' }, 'A1:H15');
    }

    </script>

public IActionResult Index()
        {
           List<object> data = new List<object>()
            {
                new { CustomerName= "Romona Heaslip",  Model= "Taurus",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "07/11/2015",  Amount= "8529.22" },
                new { CustomerName= "Clare Batterton",  Model= "Sparrow",  Color= "Pink",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "7/13/2016",  Amount= "17866.19" },
                new { CustomerName= "Eamon Traise",  Model= "Grand Cherokee",  Color= "Blue",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "09/04/2015",  Amount= "13853.09" },
                new { CustomerName= "Julius Gorner",  Model= "GTO",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/15/2017",  Amount= "2338.74" },
                new { CustomerName= "Jenna Schoolfield",  Model= "LX",  Color= "Yellow",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "10/08/2014",  Amount= "9578.45" },
                new { CustomerName= "Marylynne Harring",  Model= "Catera",  Color= "Green",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "7/01/2017",  Amount= "19141.62" },
                new { CustomerName= "Vilhelmina Leipelt",  Model= "7 Series",  Color= "Goldenrod",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/20/2015",  Amount= "6543.30" },
                new { CustomerName= "Barby Heisler",  Model= "Corvette",  Color= "Red",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "11/24/2014",  Amount= "13035.06" },
                new { CustomerName= "Karyn Boik",  Model= "Regal",  Color= "Indigo",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "05/12/2014",  Amount= "18488.80" },
                new { CustomerName= "Jeanette Pamplin",  Model= "S4",  Color= "Fuscia",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "12/30/2014",  Amount= "12317.04" },
                new { CustomerName= "Cristi Espinos",  Model= "TL",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/18/2013",  Amount= "6230.13" },
                new { CustomerName= "Issy Humm",  Model= "Club Wagon",  Color= "Pink",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "02/02/2015",  Amount= "9709.49" },
                new { CustomerName= "Tuesday Fautly",  Model= "V8 Vantage",  Color= "Crimson",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "11/19/2014",  Amount= "9766.10" },
                new { CustomerName= "Rosemaria Thomann",  Model= "Caravan",  Color= "Violet",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "02/08/2014",  Amount= "7685.49" },
            };
            ViewBag.DefaultData = data;
            return View();
        }

Sheet visibility

Hiding a worksheet can help prevent unauthorized or accidental changes to your file.

There are three visibility state as like Microsoft Excel,

State	Description
`Visible`	You can see the worksheet once the component is loaded.
`Hidden`	This worksheet is not visible, but you can unhide by selecting the sheet from `List All Sheets`
dropdown menu.
`VeryHidden`	This worksheet is not visible and cannot be unhidden. Changing the
state property to `Visible` is the only way to view this sheet.

The following code example shows the three types of sheet visibility state.

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sheetVisiblityController.cs

@Html.EJS().Spreadsheet("spreadsheet").ShowFormulaBar(false).Created("created").Sheets(sheet =>
{
    sheet.Name("Visible Sheet").State(SheetState.Visible).Range(ranges =>
    {
        ranges.DataSource((IEnumerable<object>)ViewBag.DefaultData).Add();
  
    }).Columns(column =>
    {
        column.Width(130).Add();
        column.Width(220).Add();
        column.Width(90).Add();
        column.Width(140).Add();
        column.Width(90).Add();
        column.Width(100).Add();
        column.Width(100).Add();
    }).Add();
    sheet.Name("Very Hidden Sheet").State(SheetState.VeryHidden).Range(ranges =>
    {
        ranges.DataSource((IEnumerable<object>)ViewBag.DefaultData).Add();
  
    }).Columns(column =>
    {
        column.Width(130).Add();
        column.Width(220).Add();
        column.Width(90).Add();
        column.Width(140).Add();
        column.Width(90).Add();
        column.Width(100).Add();
        column.Width(100).Add();
    }).Add();
    sheet.Name("Hidden Sheet").State(SheetState.Hidden).Range(ranges =>
    {
        ranges.DataSource((IEnumerable<object>)ViewBag.DefaultData).Add();
  
    }).Columns(column =>
    {
        column.Width(130).Add();
        column.Width(220).Add();
        column.Width(90).Add();
        column.Width(140).Add();
        column.Width(90).Add();
        column.Width(100).Add();
        column.Width(100).Add();
    }).Add();
}).Render()

    <script>

    function created() {
      // Applies style formatting to active visible sheet
        this.cellFormat({ fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' }, 'A1:H1');
        this.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'D2:H11');
        // Applies style formatting to active hidden sheet
        this.cellFormat({ fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' }, 'Hidden Sheet!A1:H1');
        this.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'Hidden Sheet!D2:H15');
    }

    </script>

public IActionResult Index()
        {
           List<object> data = new List<object>()
            {
                new { CustomerName= "Romona Heaslip",  Model= "Taurus",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "07/11/2015",  Amount= "8529.22" },
                new { CustomerName= "Clare Batterton",  Model= "Sparrow",  Color= "Pink",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "7/13/2016",  Amount= "17866.19" },
                new { CustomerName= "Eamon Traise",  Model= "Grand Cherokee",  Color= "Blue",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "09/04/2015",  Amount= "13853.09" },
                new { CustomerName= "Julius Gorner",  Model= "GTO",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/15/2017",  Amount= "2338.74" },
                new { CustomerName= "Jenna Schoolfield",  Model= "LX",  Color= "Yellow",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "10/08/2014",  Amount= "9578.45" },
                new { CustomerName= "Marylynne Harring",  Model= "Catera",  Color= "Green",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "7/01/2017",  Amount= "19141.62" },
                new { CustomerName= "Vilhelmina Leipelt",  Model= "7 Series",  Color= "Goldenrod",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/20/2015",  Amount= "6543.30" },
                new { CustomerName= "Barby Heisler",  Model= "Corvette",  Color= "Red",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "11/24/2014",  Amount= "13035.06" },
                new { CustomerName= "Karyn Boik",  Model= "Regal",  Color= "Indigo",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "05/12/2014",  Amount= "18488.80" },
                new { CustomerName= "Jeanette Pamplin",  Model= "S4",  Color= "Fuscia",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "12/30/2014",  Amount= "12317.04" },
                new { CustomerName= "Cristi Espinos",  Model= "TL",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/18/2013",  Amount= "6230.13" },
                new { CustomerName= "Issy Humm",  Model= "Club Wagon",  Color= "Pink",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "02/02/2015",  Amount= "9709.49" },
                new { CustomerName= "Tuesday Fautly",  Model= "V8 Vantage",  Color= "Crimson",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "11/19/2014",  Amount= "9766.10" },
                new { CustomerName= "Rosemaria Thomann",  Model= "Caravan",  Color= "Violet",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "02/08/2014",  Amount= "7685.49" },
            };
            ViewBag.DefaultData = data;
            return View();
        }

Worksheet in ASP.NET MVC Spreadsheet control

Add sheet

Delete sheet

Rename sheet

Headers

Gridlines

Sheet visibility

See Also