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rhozee
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Oct 30, 2026 4:04 PM UTC
Question

Dynamic Grid Dashboard Component - Hide Paging Controls

I’m using a dynamic grid dashboard component to allow me to control formatting - column names are generated programmatically, so I don’t know them to use a normal grid and column formats.

It’s  not perfect - I don’t seem to be able to override the data format string at the cell level, for instance, but my biggest question relates to the paging controls. I don’t need them - these are short data sets returned in a single fetch. Does anybody know a way to hide the paging controls?

Thanks,

Rose

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Stefano
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Nov 4, 2026 4:16 PM UTC

You could use also gridViews and have dynamic columns either showing the cols as they come from the adapter or you use XBRF in the column format section. Like this you wouldn't have the paging issue but limited formatting options.

I'm not aware of an option to get rid for the paging controls and I believe there will never be one as it's part of the idea. However, this shouldn't be an issue as here you have the option to export also data from all pages.

Regarding the cell formatting, here an example.
 

 

rhozeeAuthor
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Nov 4, 2026 4:33 PM UTC

Thank you for the response! I get that the paging controls are part of the main reason you would use a dynamic grid.

I first tried a grid view with the columns showing them as they come from the adapter - I just want to override the formatting for some columns and can’t because the name of the column is  dynamically generated in the code behind the adapter and I don’t know them which configuring the grid in the UI. It would really help if I could refer to the columns by index in the table from the data adapter instead of having to match the name - the positions don’t change across dashboard refreshes, but the names could.

To make it worse, I sometimes want different formatting by row (sometimes I want to see the zeroes, sometimes I want the cell left blank). :)

I have the cell formats working correctly in the dynamically generated grid. I’d like to be able to override the DataFormatString in the cell format instead of for the whole column, but I’ve found a reasonable workaround for now.

Thank you again. I get that I’m trying, as they say, to fit a square peg into a round hole. :) 

Stefano
Member
Nov 4, 2026 4:45 PM UTC

I think you can do all you need with the dyngrid. I just can’t understand why you bother about the paging if data of all pages could be exported in case you go over the max 3k/page (unlink e.g. the drill-pack paging grid….)

Good luck

rhozeeAuthor
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Nov 4, 2026 4:49 PM UTC

I just don’t like the look when I have multiple small grids on one dashboard and I know I’ll never go over the limit. I am glad I went through this exercise, though, as I have seen firsthand the benefits and uses of dynamic grids in other situations.

You are right that I can pretty much achieve what I need, though cell level data formatting would still help.

Thank you again.

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