Data Binding in JavaScript DataManager control

08 May 2023 / 2 minutes to read

DataManager supports both RESTful JSON data services binding and local JavaScript object array binding.

Local data binding

DataManager can be bound to local data source by assigning the array of JavaScript objects to the json property or simply passing them to the constructor while instantiating. Now the JavaScript object array can be queried and manipulated.

Source

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index.ts

index.html

import { DataManager, Query } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';
import { compile } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import {data} from './datasource.ts';

let template: string = '<tr><td>${OrderID}</td><td>${CustomerID}</td><td>${EmployeeID}</td></tr>';
let compiledFunction: Function = compile(template);

let result: Object[] = new DataManager(data).executeLocal(new Query().take(8));

let table: HTMLElement = (<HTMLElement>document.getElementById('datatable'));

result.forEach((data: Object) => {
    table.appendChild(compiledFunction(data)[0]);
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Grid</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Grid Control" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Grid'></div>
        <table id='datatable' class='e-table'>
            <thead>
                <tr><th>Order ID</th><th>Customer ID</th><th>Employee ID</th></tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
            </tbody>    
        </table>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Remote data binding

DataManager can be bound to remote data source by assigning service end point URL to the url property. With the provided url, the DataManager handles all communication with the data server with help of queries.

When querying data, the DataManager will convert the query object(Query) into server request after calling executeQuery and waits for the server response(JSON format).