Getting started in EJ2 TypeScript Data control

12 May 202324 minutes to read

Dependencies

Below is the list of minimum dependencies required to use the DataManager.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-data
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- es6-promise (Required when window.Promise is not available)

@syncfusion/ej2-data requires the presence of a Promise feature in global environment. In the browser, window.Promise must be available.

Installation and configuration

Clone the Essential JS 2 quickstart application project from GitHub and install necessary npm packages using following command line scripts.

git clone https://github.com/syncfusion/ej2-quickstart.git quickstart
cd quickstart
npm install

Syncfusion packages need to be mapped in system.config.js configuration file.

System.config({
    paths: {
        'syncfusion:': './node_modules/@syncfusion/',
    },
    map: {
        app: 'app',

        //Syncfusion packages mapping
        "@syncfusion/ej2-base": "syncfusion:ej2-base/dist/ej2-base.umd.min.js",
        "@syncfusion/ej2-data": "syncfusion:ej2-data/dist/ej2-data.umd.min.js"
    },
    packages: {
        'app': { main: 'app', defaultExtension: 'js' }
    }
});

System.import('app');

Connection to a data source

The DataManager can act as gateway for both local and remote data source which will uses the query to interact with the data source.

Binding to JSON data

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.

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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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>

Binding to OData

DataManager can be bound to remote data source by assigning service end point URL to the url property. Now all DataManager operations will address the provided service end point.

index.ts
index.html
import { DataManager, Query, ReturnOption } 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);

const SERVICE_URI: string = 'https://js.syncfusion.com/demos/ejServices/Wcf/Northwind.svc/Orders';

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

new DataManager({ url: SERVICE_URI }).executeQuery(new Query().take(8)).then((e: ReturnOption) => {

        (<Object[]>e.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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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>

Filter

The data filtering is a trivial operation which will let us to get reduced view of data based on filter criteria. The filter expression can be built easily using where method of Query class.

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().where('EmployeeID', 'equal', 3));

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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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>

Sort

The data can be ordered either in ascending or descending using sortBy method of Query class.

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().sortBy('CustomerID').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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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>

Page

The page method of the Query class is used to get range of data based on the page number and the total page size.

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().page(1, 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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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>

Component binding

DataManager component can be used with Syncfusion components which supports data binding.

Local data binding

A DataSource can be created in-line with other Syncfusion component configuration settings.

index.ts
index.html
import { Grid } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { DataManager } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';
import { data } from './datasource.ts';

(<HTMLTableElement>document.getElementById('datatable')).style.display = 'none';

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: new DataManager(data),
    columns: [
                { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 90, type: 'number' },
                { field: 'CustomerID', width: 120, headerText: 'Customer ID', type: 'string' },
                { field: 'Freight', headerText: 'Freight', textAlign: 'Right', width: 90, format: 'C' },
                { field: 'OrderDate', headerText: 'Order Date', width: 120, format: 'yMd' },
    ],
    height: 315,
    allowPaging: false
});

grid.appendTo('#Grid');
<!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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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

To bind remote data to Syncfusion component, you can assign a service data as an instance of DataManager to the dataSource property.

index.ts
index.html
import { Grid } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { DataManager } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

(<HTMLTableElement>document.getElementById('datatable')).style.display = 'none';

const SERVICE_URI: string = 'https://js.syncfusion.com/demos/ejServices/Wcf/Northwind.svc/Orders/?$top=20';

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: new DataManager({ url: SERVICE_URI }),
    columns: [
                { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 90, type: 'number' },
                { field: 'CustomerID', width: 120, headerText: 'Customer ID', type: 'string' },
                { field: 'EmployeeID', headerText: 'Employee ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 90 }
    ],
    height: 315
});

grid.appendTo('#Grid');
<!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="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/23.1.36/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>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></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>