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Data Binding in JavaScript Kanban control

08 May 2023 / 9 minutes to read

The Kanban uses DataManager, which supports both RESTful data service binding and JavaScript object array binding. The dataSource property of Kanban can be assigned either with the instance of DataManager or JavaScript object array collection, as it supports the following two data binding methods:

  • Local data
  • Remote data

Local data

To bind local JSON data to the Kanban, you can simply assign a JavaScript object array to the dataSource property. The JSON object dataSource can also be provided as an instance of DataManager and assigned to the Kanban dataSource property.

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import { Kanban } from '@syncfusion/ej2-kanban';
import { kanbanData } from './datasource.ts';

let kanbanObj: Kanban = new Kanban({
dataSource: kanbanData,
keyField: 'Status',
columns: [
    { headerText: 'Backlog', keyField: 'Open' },
    { headerText: 'In Progress', keyField: 'InProgress' },
    { headerText: 'Testing', keyField: 'Testing' },
    { headerText: 'Done', keyField: 'Close' }
],
cardSettings: {
    contentField: 'Summary',
    headerField: 'Id'
}
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>Kanban Local Data</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Kanban Local Data" />
    <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-buttons/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-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-layouts/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-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-kanban/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="content-wrapper">
            <div id="Kanban"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>
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export let kanbanData: Object[] = [
    {
        'Id': 1,
        'Status': 'Open',
        'Summary': 'Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'Low',
        'Tags': 'Analyze,Customer',
        'Estimate': 3.5,
        'Assignee': 'Nancy Davloio',
        'RankId': 1
    },
    {
        'Id': 2,
        'Status': 'InProgress',
        'Summary': 'Improve application performance',
        'Type': 'Improvement',
        'Priority': 'Normal',
        'Tags': 'Improvement',
        'Estimate': 6,
        'Assignee': 'Andrew Fuller',
        'RankId': 1
    },
    {
        'Id': 3,
        'Status': 'Open',
        'Summary': 'Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.',
        'Type': 'Others',
        'Priority': 'Critical',
        'Tags': 'Meeting',
        'Estimate': 5.5,
        'Assignee': 'Janet Leverling',
        'RankId': 2
    },
    {
        'Id': 4,
        'Status': 'InProgress',
        'Summary': 'Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.',
        'Type': 'Bug',
        'Priority': 'Release Breaker',
        'Tags': 'IE',
        'Estimate': 2.5,
        'Assignee': 'Janet Leverling',
        'RankId': 2
    },
    {
        'Id': 5,
        'Status': 'Testing',
        'Summary': 'Fix the issues reported by the customer.',
        'Type': 'Bug',
        'Priority': 'Low',
        'Tags': 'Customer',
        'Estimate': '3.5',
        'Assignee': 'Steven walker',
        'RankId': 1
    },
    {
        'Id': 6,
        'Status': 'Close',
        'Summary': 'Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get the login page requirements.',
        'Type': 'Others',
        'Priority': 'Low',
        'Tags': 'Meeting',
        'Estimate': 2,
        'Assignee': 'Michael Suyama',
        'RankId': 1
    },
    {
        'Id': 7,
        'Status': 'Validate',
        'Summary': 'Validate new requirements',
        'Type': 'Improvement',
        'Priority': 'Low',
        'Tags': 'Validation',
        'Estimate': 1.5,
        'Assignee': 'Robert King',
        'RankId': 1
    },
    {
        'Id': 8,
        'Status': 'Close',
        'Summary': 'Login page validation',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'Release Breaker',
        'Tags': 'Validation,Fix',
        'Estimate': 2.5,
        'Assignee': 'Laura Callahan',
        'RankId': 2
    },
    {
        'Id': 9,
        'Status': 'Testing',
        'Summary': 'Fix the issues reported in Safari browser.',
        'Type': 'Bug',
        'Priority': 'Release Breaker',
        'Tags': 'Fix,Safari',
        'Estimate': 1.5,
        'Assignee': 'Nancy Davloio',
        'RankId': 2
    },
    {
        'Id': 10,
        'Status': 'Close',
        'Summary': 'Test the application in the IE browser.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'Low',
        'Tags': 'Testing,IE',
        'Estimate': 5.5,
        'Assignee': 'Margaret hamilt',
        'RankId': 3
    },
    {
        'Id': 11,
        'Status': 'Validate',
        'Summary': 'Validate the issues reported by the customer.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'High',
        'Tags': 'Validation,Fix',
        'Estimate': 1,
        'Assignee': 'Steven walker',
        'RankId': 1
    },
    {
        'Id': 12,
        'Status': 'Testing',
        'Summary': 'Check Login page validation.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'Release Breaker',
        'Tags': 'Testing',
        'Estimate': 0.5,
        'Assignee': 'Michael Suyama',
        'RankId': 3
    },
    {
        'Id': 13,
        'Status': 'Open',
        'Summary': 'API improvements.',
        'Type': 'Improvement',
        'Priority': 'High',
        'Tags': 'Grid,API',
        'Estimate': 3.5,
        'Assignee': 'Robert King',
        'RankId': 3
    },
    {
        'Id': 14,
        'Status': 'InProgress',
        'Summary': 'Add responsive support to application',
        'Type': 'Epic',
        'Priority': 'Critical',
        'Tags': 'Responsive',
        'Estimate': 6,
        'Assignee': 'Laura Callahan',
        'RankId': 3
    },
    {
        'Id': 15,
        'Status': 'Open',
        'Summary': 'Show the retrieved data from the server in grid control.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'High',
        'Tags': 'Database,SQL',
        'Estimate': 5.5,
        'Assignee': 'Margaret hamilt',
        'RankId': 4
    },
    {
        'Id': 16,
        'Status': 'InProgress',
        'Summary': 'Fix cannot open user’s default database SQL error.',
        'Priority': 'Critical',
        'Type': 'Bug',
        'Tags': 'Database,Sql2008',
        'Estimate': 2.5,
        'Assignee': 'Janet Leverling',
        'RankId': 4
    },
    {
        'Id': 17,
        'Status': 'Testing',
        'Summary': 'Fix the issues reported in data binding.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'Normal',
        'Tags': 'Databinding',
        'Estimate': '3.5',
        'Assignee': 'Janet Leverling',
        'RankId': 4
    },
    {
        'Id': 18,
        'Status': 'Close',
        'Summary': 'Analyze SQL server 2008 connection.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'Release Breaker',
        'Tags': 'Grid,Sql',
        'Estimate': 2,
        'Assignee': 'Andrew Fuller',
        'RankId': 4
    },
    {
        'Id': 19,
        'Status': 'Validate',
        'Summary': 'Validate databinding issues.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'Low',
        'Tags': 'Validation',
        'Estimate': 1.5,
        'Assignee': 'Margaret hamilt',
        'RankId': 1
    },
    {
        'Id': 20,
        'Status': 'Close',
        'Summary': 'Analyze grid control.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'High',
        'Tags': 'Analyze',
        'Estimate': 2.5,
        'Assignee': 'Margaret hamilt',
        'RankId': 5
    },
    {
        'Id': 21,
        'Status': 'Close',
        'Summary': 'Stored procedure for initial data binding of the grid.',
        'Type': 'Others',
        'Priority': 'Release Breaker',
        'Tags': 'Databinding',
        'Estimate': 1.5,
        'Assignee': 'Steven walker',
        'RankId': 6
    },
    {
        'Id': 22,
        'Status': 'Close',
        'Summary': 'Analyze stored procedures.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'Release Breaker',
        'Tags': 'Procedures',
        'Estimate': 5.5,
        'Assignee': 'Janet Leverling',
        'RankId': 7
    },
    {
        'Id': 23,
        'Status': 'Validate',
        'Summary': 'Validate editing issues.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'Critical',
        'Tags': 'Editing',
        'Estimate': 1,
        'Assignee': 'Nancy Davloio',
        'RankId': 1
    },
    {
        'Id': 24,
        'Status': 'Testing',
        'Summary': 'Test editing functionality.',
        'Type': 'Story',
        'Priority': 'Normal',
        'Tags': 'Editing,Test',
        'Estimate': 0.5,
        'Assignee': 'Nancy Davloio',
        'RankId': 5
    },
    {
        'Id': 25,
        'Status': 'Open',
        'Summary': 'Enhance editing functionality.',
        'Type': 'Improvement',
        'Priority': 'Low',
        'Tags': 'Editing',
        'Estimate': 3.5,
        'Assignee': 'Andrew Fuller',
        'RankId': 5
    }
];

By default, DataManager uses JsonAdaptor for binding local data.

Remote data

To bind remote data to kanban component, assign service data as an instance of DataManager to the dataSource property. To interact with remote data source, provide the endpoint url.

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import { Kanban, DialogEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-kanban';
import { DataManager, ODataAdaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

let data: DataManager = new DataManager({
url: 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/Kanban',
adaptor: new ODataAdaptor
});
let kanbanObj: Kanban = new Kanban({
dataSource: data,
keyField: 'Status',
columns: [
    { headerText: 'Backlog', keyField: 'Open' },
    { headerText: 'In Progress', keyField: 'InProgress' },
    { headerText: 'Testing', keyField: 'Testing' },
    { headerText: 'Done', keyField: 'Close' }
],
cardSettings: {
    contentField: 'Summary',
    headerField: 'Id'
},
allowDragAndDrop: false,
dialogOpen: dialogOpen
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');

function dialogOpen(args: DialogEventArgs): void {
args.cancel = true;
}
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>Kanban Remote Data</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Kanban Remote Data" />
    <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-buttons/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-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-layouts/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-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-kanban/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="content-wrapper">
            <div id="Kanban"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

By default, DataManager uses ODataAdaptor for remote data-binding.

OData services

OData is a standardized protocol for creating and consuming data. You can retrieve data from OData service using the DataManager. Refer to the following code example for remote Data binding using OData service.

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import { Kanban } from '@syncfusion/ej2-kanban';
import { DataManager, ODataAdaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

let data: DataManager = new DataManager({
url: 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/Kanban',
adaptor: new ODataAdaptor,
crossDomain: true
});
let kanbanObj: Kanban = new Kanban({
dataSource: data,
keyField: 'Status',
columns: [
    { headerText: 'Backlog', keyField: 'Open' },
    { headerText: 'In Progress', keyField: 'InProgress' },
    { headerText: 'Testing', keyField: 'Testing' },
    { headerText: 'Done', keyField: 'Close' }
],
cardSettings: {
    contentField: 'Summary',
    headerField: 'Id'
},
allowDragAndDrop: false,
dialogOpen: dialogOpen
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');
function dialogOpen(args: DialogEventArgs): void {
args.cancel = true;
}
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>Kanban OData</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Kanban OData" />
    <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-buttons/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-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-layouts/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-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-kanban/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="content-wrapper">
            <div id="Kanban"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

OData v4 services

The ODataV4 is an improved version of OData protocols, and the DataManager can also retrieve and consume OData v4 services. For more details on OData v4 services, refer to the odata documentation. To bind OData v4 service, use the ODataV4Adaptor.

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import { Kanban } from '@syncfusion/ej2-kanban';
import { DataManager, ODataV4Adaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

let data: DataManager = new DataManager({
url: 'https://services.odata.org/v4/northwind/northwind.svc/Suppliers',
adaptor: new ODataV4Adaptor
});
let kanbanObj: Kanban = new Kanban({
dataSource: data,
keyField: 'ContactTitle',
columns: [
    { headerText: 'Order Administrator', keyField: 'Order Administrator' },
    { headerText: 'Sales Representative', keyField: 'Sales Representative' },
    { headerText: 'Export Administrator', keyField: 'Export Administrator' }
],
cardSettings: {
    contentField: 'ContactName',
    headerField: 'SupplierID'
},
allowDragAndDrop: false,
dialogOpen: dialogOpen
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');
function dialogOpen(args: DialogEventArgs): void {
args.cancel = true;
}
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>Kanban ODataV4</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Kanban ODataV4" />
    <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-buttons/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-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-layouts/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-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-kanban/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="content-wrapper">
            <div id="Kanban"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Web API

You can use WebApiAdaptor to bind kanban with Web API created using OData endpoint.

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import { Kanban } from '@syncfusion/ej2-kanban';
import { DataManager, WebApiAdaptor  } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

let data: DataManager = new DataManager({
url: '/api/Tasks',
adaptor: new WebApiAdaptor
});
let kanbanObj: Kanban = new Kanban({
dataSource: data,
keyField: 'Status',
columns: [
    { headerText: 'Backlog', keyField: 'Open' },
    { headerText: 'In Progress', keyField: 'InProgress' },
    { headerText: 'Testing', keyField: 'Testing' },
    { headerText: 'Done', keyField: 'Close' }
],
cardSettings: {
    contentField: 'Summary',
    headerField: 'Id'
},
allowDragAndDrop: false,
dialogOpen: dialogOpen
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');
function dialogOpen(args: DialogEventArgs): void {
args.cancel = true;
}

Below server-side controller code to get the Kanban data.

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[HttpGet]
    public object Get()
    {
        var data = OrdersDetails.GetAllRecords().ToList();
        return data;
    }

URL adaptor

The CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) actions can be performed easily on Kanban cards using the various adaptors available within the DataManager. Most preferably, we will be using UrlAdaptor for performing CRUD actions on Kanban.

The CRUD operation in Kanban can be mapped to server-side controller actions using the properties insertUrl, removeUrl, updateUrl, and crudUrl.

  • insertUrl – You can perform a single insertion operation on the server-side.
  • updateUrl – You can update single data on the server-side.
  • removeUrl – You can remove single data on the server-side.
  • crudUrl – You can perform bulk data operation on the server-side.
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import { Kanban } from '@syncfusion/ej2-kanban';
import { DataManager, UrlAdaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

let data: DataManager = new DataManager({
url: 'Home/DataSource',
updateUrl: 'Home/Update',
insertUrl: 'Home/Insert',
removeUrl: 'Home/Delete',
adaptor: new UrlAdaptor(),
crossDomain: true
});
let kanbanObj: Kanban = new Kanban({
dataSource: data,
keyField: 'Status',
columns: [
    { headerText: 'Backlog', keyField: 'Open' },
    { headerText: 'In Progress', keyField: 'InProgress' },
    { headerText: 'Testing', keyField: 'Testing' },
    { headerText: 'Done', keyField: 'Close' }
],
cardSettings: {
    contentField: 'Summary',
    headerField: 'Id'
}
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');

The server-side controller code to handle the CRUD operations are as follows.

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private NORTHWNDEntities db = new NORTHWNDEntities();
public ActionResult DataSource() {
var DataSource = db.Tasks.ToList();
return Json(DataSource, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
public ActionResult Insert(Params value) {
//Insert card data into the database
return Json(value, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
public ActionResult Update(Params value) {
//Update card data into the database
return Json(value, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
public void Delete(Params value) {
//Delete card data from the database
}

public class Params {
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Summary { get; set; }
public string Assignee { get; set; }
}

The crudUrl is used to update the bulk data sent to the server-side. Multiple selections and sortBy as Index properties are used for crudUrl properties to update the modified bulk data to the server-side.

Custom adaptor

It is possible to create your own custom adaptor by extending the built-in available adaptors. The following example demonstrates the custom adaptor usage and how to add a custom field TaskId for the cards by overriding the built-in response processing using the processResponse method of the ODataAdaptor.

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import { Kanban } from '@syncfusion/ej2-kanban';
import { DataManager, ODataAdaptor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

class TaskIdAdaptor extends ODataAdaptor {
processResponse(): Object {
    let i: number = 0;
    // calling base class processResponse function
    let original: Object[] = super.processResponse.apply(this, arguments);
    // adding Task Id
    original.forEach((item: { [key: string]: Object }) => item['Id'] = 'Task - ' + ++i);
    return original;
}
}
let data: DataManager = new DataManager({
url: 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/Kanban',
adaptor: new TaskIdAdaptor
});
let kanbanObj: Kanban = new Kanban({
dataSource: data,
keyField: 'Status',
columns: [
    { headerText: 'Backlog', keyField: 'Open' },
    { headerText: 'In Progress', keyField: 'InProgress' },
    { headerText: 'Testing', keyField: 'Testing' },
    { headerText: 'Done', keyField: 'Close' }
],
cardSettings: {
    contentField: 'Summary',
    headerField: 'Id'
},
allowDragAndDrop: false,
dialogOpen: dialogOpen
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');
function dialogOpen(args: DialogEventArgs): void {
args.cancel = true;
}
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>Kanban Custom Adaptor</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Kanban Custom Adaptor" />
    <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-buttons/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-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-layouts/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-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-kanban/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="content-wrapper">
            <div id="Kanban"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Sending additional parameters to the server

To add a custom parameter to the data request, use the addParams method of Query class. Assign the Query object with additional parameters to the kanban query property.

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import { Kanban, DialogEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-kanban';
import { DataManager, ODataAdaptor, Query } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

let data: DataManager = new DataManager({
url: 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/Kanban',
adaptor: new ODataAdaptor
});
let kanbanObj: Kanban = new Kanban({
dataSource: data,
query: new Query().addParams('ej2kanban', 'true'),
keyField: 'Status',
columns: [
    { headerText: 'Backlog', keyField: 'Open' },
    { headerText: 'In Progress', keyField: 'InProgress' },
    { headerText: 'Testing', keyField: 'Testing' },
    { headerText: 'Done', keyField: 'Close' }
],
cardSettings: {
    contentField: 'Summary',
    headerField: 'Id'
},
allowDragAndDrop: false,
dialogOpen: dialogOpen
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');

function dialogOpen(args: DialogEventArgs): void {
args.cancel = true;
}
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>Kanban Additional Parameter</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Kanban Additional Parameter" />
    <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-buttons/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-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-layouts/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-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-kanban/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="content-wrapper">
            <div id="Kanban"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

The parameters added using the query property will be sent along with the data request for every kanban action.

Handling HTTP error

During server interaction from the kanban, some server-side exceptions may occur, and you can acquire those error messages or exception details in client-side using the actionFailure event.

The argument passed to the actionFailure event contains the error details returned from the server.

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import { Kanban, DialogEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-kanban';
import { DataManager } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

let data: DataManager = new DataManager({
url: 'http://some.com/invalidUrl'
});
let kanbanObj: Kanban = new Kanban({
dataSource: data,
keyField: 'Status',
columns: [
    { headerText: 'Backlog', keyField: 'Open' },
    { headerText: 'In Progress', keyField: 'InProgress' },
    { headerText: 'Testing', keyField: 'Testing' },
    { headerText: 'Done', keyField: 'Close' }
],
cardSettings: {
    contentField: 'Summary',
    headerField: 'Id'
},
actionFailure: (e) => {
   let span: HTMLElement = document.createElement('span');
   kanbanObj.element.parentNode.insertBefore(span, kanbanObj.element);
   span.style.color = '#FF0000'
   span.innerHTML = 'Server exception: 404 Not found';
}
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>Kanban Action Failure</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Kanban Action Failure" />
    <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-buttons/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-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-layouts/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-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-kanban/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="content-wrapper">
            <div id="Kanban"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

The actionFailure event will be triggered not only for the server errors, but also when there is an exception while processing the kanban actions.

Loading data via ajax

You can use Kanban dataSource property to bind the datasource to Kanban from external ajax request. In the following code, we have fetched the datasource from the server using ajax request and provided that to the dataSource property by using the onSuccess event of ajax.

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import { Kanban, DialogEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-kanban';
import { Ajax } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

let kanbanObj: Kanban = new Kanban({
keyField: 'ShipCountry',
columns: [
    { headerText: 'Denmark', keyField: 'Denmark' },
    { headerText: 'Brazil', keyField: 'Brazil' },
    { headerText: 'Switzerland', keyField: 'Switzerland' },
    { headerText: 'Germany', keyField: 'Germany' }
],
cardSettings: {
    contentField: 'ShippedDate',
    headerField: 'OrderID'
}
});
kanbanObj.appendTo('#Kanban');

let button = document.getElementById('btn');
button.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
let ajax = new Ajax("https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/Orders", "GET");
ajax.send();
ajax.onSuccess = function (data: string) {
    kanbanObj.dataSource = JSON.parse(data);
};
});
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>Kanban AJAX Binding</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Kanban AJAX Binding" />
    <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-buttons/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-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-layouts/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-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-kanban/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div class="content-wrapper">
            <button id="btn" class="e-btn">Click to load Kanban data</button>
            <div id="Kanban"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>
  • If you bind the dataSource from this way, then it acts like a local dataSource. So you cannot perform any server-side crud actions.