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Grouping in JavaScript Grid control

19 Oct 2021 / 11 minutes to read

The Grid has options to group records by dragging and dropping the column header to the group drop area. When grouping is applied, grid records are organized into a hierarchical structure to facilitate easier expansion and collapse of records.

To enable grouping in the grid, set the allowGrouping as true. Grouping options can be configured through the groupSettings. To group, inject the Group module in the grid.

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import { Grid, Group } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { data } from './datasource.ts';

Grid.Inject(Group);

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    allowGrouping: true,
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120 },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipCity', headerText: 'Ship City', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipName', headerText: 'Ship Name', width: 150 }
    ],
    height: 267
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/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>
    <style>
        .e-row[aria-selected="true"] .e-customizedExpandcell {
            background-color: #e0e0e0;
        }
        .e-grid.e-gridhover tr[role='row']:hover {
            background-color: #eee;
        }
        .e-expand::before {
        content: '\e5b8';
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Grid'></div>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Initial group

To apply group at initial rendering, set the column field name in the groupSettings.columns.

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

Grid.Inject(Group);

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    allowGrouping: true,
    groupSettings: { columns: ['CustomerID', 'ShipCity'] },
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120 },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipCity', headerText: 'Ship City', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipName', headerText: 'Ship Name', width: 150 }
    ],
    height: 267
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/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>
    <style>
        .e-row[aria-selected="true"] .e-customizedExpandcell {
            background-color: #e0e0e0;
        }
        .e-grid.e-gridhover tr[role='row']:hover {
            background-color: #eee;
        }
        .e-expand::before {
        content: '\e5b8';
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Grid'></div>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Caption template

You can customize the group caption by using the groupSettings.captionTemplate property.

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index.ts
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import { Grid, Group } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { employeeData } from './datasource.ts';

Grid.Inject(Group);

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: employeeData,
    allowGrouping: true,
    groupSettings: { captionTemplate: '#captiontemplate', columns: ['EmployeeID'] },
    columns: [
        { field: 'EmployeeID', headerText: 'Employee ID' },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID' },
        { field: 'FirstName', headerText: 'Name', width: 120 },
        { field: 'Title', headerText: 'Title', width: 170 }
    ],
    height: 315
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/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'>
        <script id="captiontemplate" type="text/x-template">
            ${field} - ${key}
        </script>
        <div id='Grid'></div>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Add Custom text using caption template

You can customize the group caption text by using the groupSettings.captionTemplate property.

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import { Grid, Group } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { employeeData } from './datasource.ts';

Grid.Inject(Group);
let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: employeeData,
    allowGrouping: true,
    groupSettings: { captionTemplate: '#captiontemplate', columns: ['EmployeeID'] },
    columns: [
        { field: 'EmployeeID', headerText: 'Employee ID' },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID' },
        { field: 'FirstName', headerText: 'Name', width: 120 },
        { field: 'Title', headerText: 'Title', width: 170 }
    ],
    height: 315
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/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'>
        <script id="captiontemplate" type="text/x-template">
            <div>${template(data)}</div>
        </script>
        <div id='Grid'></div>        
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function template(args) { 
                   //you can add add customtext here.
                   return args.key + " :" + args.count + " custom text" ;
            }
      </script>    
</body>
</html>

Render custom component using caption template

We can render custom components in the group caption by using the groupSettings.captionTemplate property.

In the below demo, we have rendered the EJ2 ButtonComponent in the group caption.

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import { Grid, Group, Page } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { Button } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';
import { data } from './datasource.ts';

Grid.Inject(Group,Page);
    let grid: Grid = new Grid(
        {
            dataSource: data,
            allowPaging: true,
            dataBound: ()=> {
                let groupCations: HTMLCollection = document.getElementsByClassName('groupbutton');
                for(var i=0; i<groupCations.length; i++) {
                     var button = new Button({
                        isPrimary: true
                     });
                     button.appendTo(groupCations[i] as HTMLElement);
                }
            },
            height: 315
            allowGrouping: true,
            groupSettings: {columns: ["ShipCountry"], captionTemplate: "#captiontemplate"},
            columns: [
                { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', width: 120, textAlign: 'Right' },
                { field: 'CustomerName', headerText: 'Customer Name', width: 150 },
                { field: 'OrderDate', headerText: 'Order Date', width: 130, format: 'yMd', textAlign: 'Right' },
                { field: 'Freight', width: 120, format: 'C2', textAlign: 'Right' },
                { field: 'ShippedDate', headerText: 'Shipped Date', width: 140, format: 'yMd', textAlign: 'Right' },
                { field: 'ShipCountry', headerText: 'Ship Country', width: 150 }
            ]
        });
    grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/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>        
    </div>
    <script id="captiontemplate" type="text/x-template">
        ${field} - ${key} - <button class='groupbutton'>${count} items</button>
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Hide drop area

To avoid ungrouping or further grouping of a column after initial column grouping, define the groupSettings.showDropArea as false.

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

Grid.Inject(Group);

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    allowGrouping: true,
    groupSettings: { showDropArea: false, columns: ['CustomerID', 'ShipCity'] },
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120 },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipCity', headerText: 'Ship City', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipName', headerText: 'Ship Name', width: 150 }
    ],
    height: 315
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/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>
    <style>
        .e-row[aria-selected="true"] .e-customizedExpandcell {
            background-color: #e0e0e0;
        }
        .e-grid.e-gridhover tr[role='row']:hover {
            background-color: #eee;
        }
        .e-expand::before {
        content: '\e5b8';
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Grid'></div>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Group with paging

On grouping columns with paging feature, the aggregated information and total items are displayed based on the current page. The grid does not consider aggregated information and total items from other pages. To get additional details (aggregated information and total items) from other pages, set the groupSettings.disablePageWiseAggregates to false.

If remote data is bound to grid dataSource, two requests will be sent when performing grouping action; one for getting the grouped data and another for getting aggregate details and total items count.

Group by format

By default, a column will be grouped by the data or value present for the particular row. To group the numeric or datetime column based on the mentioned format, you have to enable the enableGroupByFormat property of the corresponding grid columns.

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import { Grid, Group } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { data } from './datasource.ts';

Grid.Inject(Group);

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    allowGrouping: true,
    groupSettings: { showDropArea: false, columns: ['OrderDate', 'Freight'] },
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120 },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 150 },
        { field: 'OrderDate', headerText: 'Order Date', format: 'yMMM', enableGroupByFormat: true, width: 150 },
        { field: 'Freight', headerText: 'Freight', format: 'C2', enableGroupByFormat: true, width: 150 }
    ],
    height: 315
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/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>
    <style>
        .e-row[aria-selected="true"] .e-customizedExpandcell {
            background-color: #e0e0e0;
        }
        .e-grid.e-gridhover tr[role='row']:hover {
            background-color: #eee;
        }
        .e-expand::before {
        content: '\e5b8';
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='Grid'></div>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Grouping events

During the group action, the grid component triggers two events. The actionBegin event triggers before the group action starts and the actionComplete event triggers after the group action is completed. Using these events you can perform any action.

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index.ts
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import { Grid, Group, ActionEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { data } from './datasource.ts';

Grid.Inject(Group);

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    allowGrouping: true,
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120 },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipCity', headerText: 'Ship City', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipName', headerText: 'Ship Name', width: 150 }
    ],
    height: 260,
    actionBegin: actionHandler,
    actionComplete: actionHandler
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');

function actionHandler(args: ActionEventArgs) {
    alert(args.requestType + ' ' + args.type); //Custom Action
}
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/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>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

The args.requestType is based on the current action name. For example, when grouping, the args.requestType value will be ‘grouping’.

Collapse by external button

You can collapse the selected group from an external button by invoking the expandCollapseRows method.

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index.ts
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import { Grid, Group } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { data } from './datasource.ts';
import { Button } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';

Grid.Inject(Group);

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    allowGrouping: true,
    groupSettings: { columns: ['ShipCity'] },
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120 },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipCity', headerText: 'Ship City', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipName', headerText: 'Ship Name', width: 150 }
    ],
    height: 240
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');

let collapse: Button = new Button({ cssClass: 'e-flat' }, '#collapse');

document.getElementById('collapse').addEventListener('click', () => {
    if (grid.getSelectedRowIndexes().length) {
        let currentTr: Element = grid.getRows()[grid.getSelectedRowIndexes()[0]];
        while (currentTr.classList && currentTr.classList.length) {
            currentTr = <Element>currentTr.previousSibling;
        }
        let collapseElement = currentTr.querySelector('.e-recordplusexpand');
        grid.groupModule.expandCollapseRows(collapseElement); //Pass the collapse row element.
    }
});
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/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'>
        <button id='collapse'>Collapse</button>
        <div id='Grid'></div>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Reordering on Grouped Columns

Grid provides an option to interchange the position of the Grouped Columns by dragging and dropping the grouped headercells in the droparea. So, any new column entering into the droparea can also be dropped in any position.

To enable this feature, you have to set the groupSettings.allowReordering property as true.

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index.ts
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import { Grid, Group } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { data } from './datasource.ts';
import { Button } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';

Grid.Inject(Group);

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    allowGrouping: true,
    groupSettings: { columns: ['ShipCity'], allowReordering: true },
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120 },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipCity', headerText: 'Ship City', width: 150 },
        { field: 'ShipName', headerText: 'Ship Name', width: 150 }
    ],
    height: 240
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/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>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Lazy Load Grouping

The lazy load grouping allows you to load grouped records to the Grid through the on-demand concept. So, you can use this feature to load a huge amount of grouped data to the Grid without any performance degradation.

When you enable this feature, the Grid will render only the initial level caption rows in the collapsed state at grouping. The child rows of each caption will be fetched from the server and render in the Grid when you expand the caption row. The fetching child records count will be implicitly determined by the content area occupying rows count. So, if the child records exceed the count, then the Grid will request the server again to fetch the next block of child records on scrolling.

The caption row expand/collapse state will be persisted on paging and Grid pages count will be determined based on the caption rows count instead of the child rows.

To enable this feature, you have to set the groupSettings.enableLazyLoading property as true.

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import { Grid, Page, Group, LazyLoadGroup } from '@syncfusion/ej2-grids';
import { data } from './datasource.ts';

Grid.Inject(Page, Group, LazyLoadGroup);

let grid: Grid = new Grid({
    dataSource: data,
    allowPaging: true,
    allowGrouping: true,
    groupSettings: { enableLazyLoading: true, columns: ['ProductName', 'CustomerName'] },
    columns: [
        { field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120 },
        { field: 'ProductName', headerText: 'Product Name', width: 160 },
        { field: 'ProductID', headerText: 'Product ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 120 },
        { field: 'CustomerID', headerText: 'Customer ID', width: 120 },
        { field: 'CustomerName', headerText: 'Customer Name', width: 160 }
    ]
    height: 240
});
grid.appendTo('#Grid');
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<!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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
    
    
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/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>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Handling the lazy load grouping at server-side

You can use the UrlAdaptor of DataManager when binding the remote data. Along with the default server request, this feature will additionally send the below details to handle the lazy load grouping. In the server end, these details are bound with the IsLazyLoad and OnDemandGroupInfo parameters in the DataManagerRequest model. Please refer to the below table and screenshots.

Property Name Description
isLazyLoad To differentiate the default grouping and lazy load grouping
onDemandGroupInfo Have the details of expanded caption row grouping level, skip, take and filter query of the child records

IsLazyLoad

OnDemandGroupInfo

The following code example describes the lazy load grouping handled at the server-side with other grid actions.

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public IActionResult UrlDatasource([FromBody] DataManagerRequest dm)
{
    IEnumerable groupedData = null;
    IEnumerable<Customers> DataSource = customers;
    DataOperations operation = new DataOperations();

    if (dm.Search != null && dm.Search.Count > 0)
    {
        DataSource = operation.PerformSearching(DataSource, dm.Search);  //Search
    }
    if (dm.Sorted != null && dm.Sorted.Count > 0) //Sorting
    {
        DataSource = operation.PerformSorting(DataSource, dm.Sorted);
    }
    if (dm.Where != null && dm.Where.Count > 0) //Filtering
    {
        DataSource = operation.PerformFiltering(DataSource, dm.Where, dm.Where[0].Operator);
    }
    int count = DataSource.Cast<Customers>().Count();
    if (dm.IsLazyLoad == false && dm.Skip != 0)
    {
        DataSource = operation.PerformSkip(DataSource, dm.Skip); // Paging
    }
    if (dm.IsLazyLoad == false && dm.Take != 0)
    {
        DataSource = operation.PerformTake(DataSource, dm.Take);
    }
    if (dm.IsLazyLoad)
    {
        groupedData = operation.PerformGrouping<Customers>(DataSource, dm); // Lazy load grouping
        if (dm.OnDemandGroupInfo != null && dm.Group.Count() == dm.OnDemandGroupInfo.Level)
        {
            count = groupedData.Cast<Customers>().Count();
        }
        else
        {
            count = groupedData.Cast<Group>().Count();
        }
        groupedData = operation.PerformSkip(groupedData, dm.OnDemandGroupInfo == null ? dm.Skip : dm.OnDemandGroupInfo.Skip);
        groupedData = operation.PerformTake(groupedData, dm.OnDemandGroupInfo == null ? dm.Take : dm.OnDemandGroupInfo.Take);
    }
return dm.RequiresCounts ? Json(new { result = groupedData == null ? DataSource : groupedData, count = count }) : Json(DataSource);
}

Limitations for Lazy load grouping

  • Due to the element height limitation in browsers, the maximum number of records loaded by the grid is limited due to the browser capability.
  • DataManager’s UrlAdaptor and JsonAdaptor only have the built-in lazy load grouping support.
  • Lazy load grouping is not compatible with virtualization, infinite scroll and batch editing, row template etc.
  • Programmatic selection is not supported.

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