Customize number date and time values in EJ2 TypeScript Pivotview control

26 Jul 20238 minutes to read

You can format the number, date, and time values for each field using formatSettings option under dataSourceSettings. It can be configured through code behind, during initial rendering.

Number formatting

For numbers, the formatting settings required to apply through code behind are:

name: It allows to set the field name.
format: It allows to set the format of the respective field.

Also, you can customize the applied number format by setting the NumberFormatOptions options in formatSettings itself.

index.ts
index.html
import { PivotView, IDataSet } from '@syncfusion/ej2-pivotview';
import { pivotData } from './datasource.ts';

let pivotTableObj: PivotView = new PivotView({
        dataSourceSettings: {
        dataSource: pivotData as IDataSet[],
        expandAll: false,
        drilledMembers: [{ name: 'Country', items: ['France'] }],
        formatSettings: [{ name: 'Amount', format: 'C2', useGrouping: false,
                minimumSignificantDigits: 1, maximumSignificantDigits: 3 }],
        columns: [{ name: 'Year', caption: 'Production Year' }, { name: 'Quarter' }],
        values: [{ name: 'Sold', caption: 'Units Sold' }, { name: 'Amount', caption: 'Sold Amount' }],
        rows: [{ name: 'Country' }, { name: 'Products' }],
        filters: []
    },
    height: 350
});
pivotTableObj.appendTo('#PivotTable');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Pivot Grid</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Pivot Grid Control" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-charts/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-pivotview/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <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>
            <div id='PivotTable'></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Date and time formatting

For date and time, the formatting settings required to apply through code behind are:

name: It allows to set the field name.
format: It allows to set the format of the respective field.
type: It allows to set the type of format to be used for the respective field.

Also, you can customize the applied date format by setting DateFormatOptions options in formatSettings itself.

index.ts
index.html
import { PivotView, IDataSet } from '@syncfusion/ej2-pivotview';
import { pivotData } from './datasource.ts';

let pivotTableObj: PivotView = new PivotView({
        dataSourceSettings: {
        dataSource: pivotData as IDataSet[],
        expandAll: false,
        drilledMembers: [{ name: 'Country', items: ['France'] }],
        formatSettings: [{ name: 'Year', format: 'dd/MM/yyyy-hh:mm', type: 'date' }],
        columns: [{ name: 'Year', caption: 'Production Year' }, { name: 'Quarter' }],
        values: [{ name: 'Sold', caption: 'Units Sold' }, { name: 'Amount', caption: 'Sold Amount' }],
        rows: [{ name: 'Country' }, { name: 'Products' }],
        filters: []
    },
    height: 350
});
pivotTableObj.appendTo('#PivotTable');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Pivot Grid</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Pivot Grid Control" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-charts/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-pivotview/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <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>
            <div id='PivotTable'></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Limitations of date formatting

As per Firefox and Edge browsers standards, most of the date and time formats used in data source aren’t supported. For example: Apr-2000, Apr-01-2000, 01-03-2000, 2000-Apr-01 etc… are not supported. Meanwhile ISO formats will be supported across all browsers.