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Displays a pivot grid from a resultset.

Supports row, column and cell links.

To define a column link use colid={0} in passing fields.
To define a row link use rowid={2} in passing fields.
To define a cell link use rowid={2}&colid={0} in passing fields.

Cell links are only visible from the navigator. The grid can be dynamically sorted by columns and/or rows by the user.

Component settings

Enable sorting
Whether the user can sort the grid.
Excel export format
The format of the generated Excel file. The default value is taken from the ExcelExportDefaultDocType application variable.
Possible value Description
xlsx The document is generated as a Microsoft Excel 2007 (*.xlsx) document. InfoSql and style information will be rendered.
text The document is generated as tab separated text. InfoSql and style information will not be rendered. This mode causes a warning when opened in Microsoft Excel 2007 and later versions.
Number of visible column links
The maximum number of links to show per column. Any additional links are made available in the Navigator.
Number of visible row links
The maximum number of links to show per row. Any additional links are made available in the Navigator.

SQL

SQL Call: Retrieve grid data (mandatory)

SQL that returns data for the pivot grid. The original sorting order of the grid will be the order of appearance of rows and columns in this result set.

May modify database: No

Resultset: Grid data

Deprecated. Use the resultsets column data, row data and cell data instead.

Resultset that is displayed in the pivot grid.
Table count: repeated exactly once
Row count: one or more rows

Columns

<column with ordinal 1> mandatory string
Column id value.
<column with ordinal 2> mandatory string
Column label. Must be the same for all instances of the column, i.e. where column id is the same.
<column with ordinal 3> mandatory string
Row id value.
<column with ordinal 4> mandatory string
Row label. Must be the same for all instances of the row, i.e. where row id is the same.
<column with ordinal 5> mandatory any
Data to display in cell.
<colname>_html optional string
Where <colname> refers to the name of column 5. HTML formatting to use in cell. Use <#colname#> to refer to the HTML-escaped data in <column with ordinal 5>. This formatting is ignored when exporting to Excel.

Uses the "Layouted HTML" HTML Level.
<colname>_style optional string
Where <colname> refers to the name of column 5. CSS style to add to cell in pivot. This formatting is kept when exporting to Excel. Never use a string from a user as part of this column for security reasons.
<colname>_tooltip optional string
Where <colname> refers to the name of column 5. Tooltip to show for pivot cell.
<xxx> optional string
Extra information which can be referred from 'depends on' and 'passing fields'. If these are referred from row or column links the information must be the same for all instances of the row or column, i.e. where row/column id is the same, otherwise the result is undefined.

Resultset: Column groups (optional)

Retrieves the column groups that can be referenced by the column data result set. May only be used together with the column data, row data and cell data resultsets.
Table count: repeated zero or one time
Row count: zero or more rows

Columns

ColumnGroupId mandatory int
The id of the column group.
Label mandatory string
The label of the column group.

Resultset: Column data

Resultset containing the column ids and labels that is displayed in the pivot grid. Must be used together with the row data and cell data resultsets.
Table count: repeated exactly once
Row count: one or more rows

Columns

<column with ordinal 1> mandatory string
Column id value.
ColumnLabel mandatory string
Column label value.
ColumnGroupId optional int
The column group to display the column in.
<xxx> optional string
Extra information which can be referred from 'depends on' and 'passing fields' in column links.

Resultset: Row data

Resultset containing the row ids and labels that is displayed in the pivot grid. Must be used together with the column data and cell data resultsets.
Table count: repeated exactly once
Row count: zero or more rows

Columns

<column with ordinal 1> mandatory string
Row id value.
RowLabel mandatory string
Row label value.
<xxx> optional string
Extra information which can be referred from 'depends on' and 'passing fields' in row links.

Resultset: Cell data

Resultset containing the cell data that is displayed in the pivot grid. Must be used together with the column data and row data resultsets.
Table count: repeated exactly once
Row count: zero or more rows

Columns

<column with ordinal 1> mandatory string
Column id value. Must have the same label as ordinal 1 in column data table.
<column with ordinal 2> mandatory string
Row id value. Must have the same label as ordinal 1 in row data table.
<column with ordinal 3> mandatory string
Data to display in cell.
<colname>_html optional string
Where <colname> refers to the name of column 3. HTML formatting to use in cell. Use <#colname#> to refer to the HTML-escaped data in <column with ordinal 3>. This formatting is ignored when exporting to Excel.

Uses the "Layouted HTML" HTML Level.
<colname>_style optional string
Where <colname> refers to the name of column 3. CSS style to add to cell in pivot. This formatting is kept when exporting to Excel. Never use a string from a user as part of this column for security reasons.
<colname>_tooltip optional string
Where <colname> refers to the name of column 3. Tooltip to show for pivot cell.
<xxx> optional string
Extra information which can be referred from 'depends on' and 'passing fields' in pivot cell links.

SQL Call: Validate parameters

Allows you to validate the parameters supplied by the user before any other SQL is run in the component. This call is only made if the component has visible parameters, the SQL is a stored procedure, and 'Validate parameters' is checked.

May modify database: No

Parameters

@Force bit
Set to 1 if the last call to validate parameters used admin_force and the user clicked OK in the OK/Cancel dialog.
@ValidateParams bit
Set to 1 when this call is made.

Resultset: Messages (optional)

Table count: repeated zero or one time
Row count: zero or one row

Columns

ADMIN_Force optional string
Message asking the end user to confirm their parameters.
ADMIN_Message optional string
Message explaining why the parameters are rejected.

InfoSQL

SQL Call: InfoSQL

SQL that can have several resultsets that are displayed at top of component.

May modify database: No

Parameters

@IsParameterPage bit
Will be set to 1 when the call is made for the parameter page.

Resultset: Main title

Specifies the main title.
Table count: repeated exactly once
Row count: exactly one row

Columns

maintitle optional string
The main title.

Resultset: Box (optional)

Defines one or more boxes to display.
Table count: repeated zero or more times
Row count: one or more rows

Columns

Title optional string
The title of the box.
TitleIcon optional string
The name of a system icon to display next to the box title.
TitleIconId optional int
Deprecated. Use TitleIcon instead.

Displays an icon next to the box title.
TitleIconBadgeId optional int
Deprecated. Avoid using badge icons.

Override menu item badge.
ColumnSpan optional int
Specifies the column span for the box. If this is above one the box will be displayed on a separate row.
BoxLink optional string
Displays the link with the specified alias in the title row of the box.

Columns named PassingField_<xxx> will not be shown in the box and can be referenced from the link as a Column value with name <xxx>.

Only one BoxLink per box can be used.
LinkId optional int
Deprecated. Use TopLink/BoxLink instead.

Displays the specified link among the top links and in the title row of the box. The link will only appear in the title row if no ordinary columns lie before it in the resultset.

Columns named PassingField_<xxx> will not be shown in the box and can be referenced from the link as a Column value with name <xxx>.

Only one of TopLink, LinkId, MenuItem and MenuItemId can be used at the same time.

Multiple LinkId columns may appear in a single resultset.
TopLink optional string
Displays the link with the specified alias among the top links.

Multiple TopLink columns may appear in a single resultset.
IsPrimaryTopLink optional bit
Used in conjunction with "TopLink" to mark it as a primary link. Only one link may be marked as primary.
TopLinkDisabledReason optional string
If not null the the top link will be disabled with the tooltip of the disabled button set to the content of the column.
Default: null, enabled.
MenuItem optional string
Recommended to use TopLink/BoxLink instead for better tracking of links.

Displays a link to the menu item with this alias among the top links and in the title row of the box. The link will only appear in the title row if no ordinary columns lie before it in the resultset.

Only one of TopLink, LinkId, MenuItem and MenuItemId can be used at the same time.

Multiple MenuItem columns may appear in a single resultset.
MenuItemId optional int
Deprecated. Use TopLink/BoxLink instead.

Displays a link to the menu item with this id among the top links and in the title row of the box. The link will only appear in the title row if no ordinary columns lie before it in the resultset.

Only one of TopLink, LinkId, MenuItem and MenuItemId can be used at the same time.

Multiple MenuItemId columns may appear in a single resultset.
NavigatorLinkText optional string
Deprecated. Use TopLink with a link label instead.

Used in combination with menuitem/menuitemid to give the navigator link a text that differs from the name of the menu item.
PassingFields optional string
Additional information to menuitem/menuitemid, appends values to querystring (supports simple Softadmin® parameters).

If multiple passingfield columns exists, only the first one is used and the others are disregarded.
<colname> optional string
Value displayed in the box with heading defined by field information or column name.
<colname>_Color optional string
Sets the text color of <colname> to the specified color using #RRGGBB color code or HTML color name. If using color names then you must use American spellling (for example gray, not grey).
<colname>_Icon optional string
The name of the system icon to show before the <colname> value.

Use the menu item "Admin>Theme>System icons" to register system icons.
<colname>_IconColor optional string
Color in #RRGGBB format to use for the icon specified in <colname>_Icon.
<colname>_CellLink optional string
Displays the link with the specified alias as a cell link for the <colname> cell.

PassingField_<xxx> columns can be referenced from the link.

Only one of <colname>_CellLink, <colname>_LinkId, <colname>_MenuItem or <colname>_MenuItemId can be used at the same time.
<colname>_LinkId optional int
Deprecated. Use <colname>_CellLink instead.

Creates a cell link with the specified link id for the <colname> cell.

PassingField_<xxx> columns can be referenced from the link.

Only one of <colname>_CellLink, <colname>_LinkId, <colname>_MenuItem or <colname>_MenuItemId can be used at the same time.
<colname>_MenuItem optional string
Recommended to use <colname>_CellLink instead for better tracking of links.

Supplies a link to the menu item with the specified alias when used in conjunction with <colname>.

Only one of <colname>_CellLink, <colname>_LinkId, <colname>_MenuItem or <colname>_MenuItemId can be used at the same time.
<colname>_MenuItemId optional int
Deprecated. Use <colname>_CellLink or <colname>_MenuItem instead.

Supplies a link to the menu item with the specified menuitemid when used in conjunction with <colname>.

Only one of <colname>_CellLink, <colname>_LinkId, <colname>_MenuItem or <colname>_MenuItemId can be used at the same time.
<colname>_PassingFields optional string
Supplies the querystring when used in conjunction with <colname>_MenuItemId.
<colname>_Style optional string
Sets the CSS style for <colname>. Never use a string from a user as part of this column for security reasons.
<colname>_Tooltip optional string
Sets the tooltip for <colname>.
PlaintextFull, PlaintextLeft, PlaintextRight optional string
These columns are deprecated. Use either PlainText, Html or SafeHtml instead, depending on what behavior you need.

The content of this column will be treated as Html, but line breaks and non-breaking spaces will be converted to br-tags. In future versions this column will be escaped.
PlainText optional string
Displays plain text without a column title, i.e. occupies the entire vertical space available in the box. Any HTML in the text will be escaped.
Html optional string
Displays HTML without a column title, i.e. occupies the entire vertical space available in the box. Uses the Layouted HTML level to determine allowed elements and attributes.

If the Html column is too restrictive for your needs then use the SafeHtml column instead.
SafeHtml optional string
Displays HTML without a column title, i.e. occupies the entire vertical space available in the box. Uses the Safe HTML level to determine allowed elements and attributes.

The SafeHtml column is less restrictive than the Html column. Use it only when you need it.
WarningSuccess optional string
The text will be at the top of the menu item and displayed in green.
WarningInfo optional string
The text will be at the top of the menu item and displayed in blue.
Warning optional string
The text will be at the top of the menu item and displayed in yellow. This will match any column prefixed with Warning that is not WarningSuccess, WarningInfo, and WarningError.
WarningError optional string
The text will be at the top of the menu item and displayed in red.
WarningLink optional string
Displays the link with the specified alias inside the warning.

Columns named PassingField_<xxx> will not be shown in the box and can be referenced from the link as a Column value with name <xxx>.

Requires that the row only contains one warning.
StartExpanded optional bit
Whether the infobox should start expanded or collapsed. NULL/Omitted means default behavior, where all boxes are expanded on big screens, and only the first box is expanded on small screens.
ExternalEmbedHeight optional int
Used together with the ExternalEmbedUrl column to set the height (in pixels) of the generated frame.
ExternalEmbedUrl optional string
Embeds content from an external server as an iframe in the infobox. The URL must be an absolute URL.
PassingField_<xxx> optional string
Not shown in InfoSQL. The corresponding link should be of link type "Top link (InfoSQL)", "InfoSQL cell link" or "InfoSQL warning link", and one of its passing fields should have a value matching <xxx>, and be of type "Column value".
QrCode optional string
A QR Code will be rendered containing the text in the column.

To generate Swiss QR Code for digital payments, return an XML with the root attribute Type="Swiss". See example-XML in the documentation for the RTF Document component.

Resultset: Dynamic field information (optional)

Specify extra properties for fields in the InfoSql.
Table count: repeated zero or more times
Row count: zero or more rows

Columns

AdminFieldName mandatory string
The name of the field to apply the information to. The presence of this column indicates that the resultset specifies field information.
AllowHtml optional bit
Allow HTML.
ButtonJavaScript<xxx> optional string
Inserts a button next to the control that is used to execute the JavaScript supplied here. <xxx> is an arbitrary text that can be empty if only one button is required.
ButtonJavaScript<xxx>_Label optional string
The label for the JavaScript button <xxx>.
CellAlignment optional string
Specifies the alignment of the text in the field.
Possible value Description
Center Center aligned.
Left Left aligned.
Right Right aligned.
ColumnTooltip optional string
Sets the tooltip on the column title. Only supported by the Grid component.
DefaultValue optional string
The default value for the control or if prefixed by 'SQL:' the sql to run to determine the default value.
DefaultValueSql optional string
SQL that evaluates default value for field. Can contain other fields for value dependency.
Description optional string
The description for the field.
EnabledJavaScript optional string
Javascript that controls the enabled status of the field. The control is only enabled if the expression specified here evaluates to true. The expression is evaluated every time the value of a dependent control is changed. This is only available to control types for which the enabled javascript field is visible in the user interface.
FieldGroupId optional int
The field group to use.
FieldInfoId optional int
ID of field information to base the dynamic field on. All properties not explicitly overridden by dynamic field information will be copied from this field. The referenced field must be found in the menu item's field tables.
FieldLabel optional string
If present the field label is used as the heading for fields instead of the field name.
FieldType optional string
The name of the control type to use. It is usually recommended to use FieldInfoId instead unless the column is used to make fields hidden or uneditable.
Possible value Description
boolean checkbox Legacy alias. Use "checkbox" instead.
boolean dropdown
chart
checkbox
Checkbox tree
colorpicker
date
datetime
dropdown
file
heading
heading with checkbox
hidden
html
info text
listbox
multi-listbox
multi-picker
multirow
password
picture
radio buttons
textarea
textbox
textbox with autosearch
textbox with autosuggest
textbox with dropdown
textbox with popup
time
uneditable text
Height optional int
The height of the control.
IgnoreOnSave optional bit
Do not pass the field value to the insert/update procedure.
InfoSqlLayout optional string
Where the label is shown in relation to the contents in InfoSQL.
Possible value Description
Default Inherit layout from menu item.
LabelAbove Full width, label above.
LabelLeft Label to the left.
NoLabel Full width, no label.
Standard Deprecated. Use LabelLeft instead.
MaxDate optional date
Only applicable to the Date and Datetime controls.
MinDate optional date
Only applicable to the Date and Datetime controls.
NullChoice optional bit
Specifies whether the control allows null values.
NumberOfDecimals optional int
The number of decimals to display for numeric values.
OnChangeJavaScript optional string
Javascript run when the value of the control has changed.
OutputFormat optional string
Special formatting to be applied when the field is displayed.
Possible value Description
Hyperlink
MailToLink
PhoneLink
Placeholder optional string
Text shown when the field is empty.
Sql optional string
The SQL that determines the control's behavior. (Refer to control documentation for more information)
ThousandDelimiter optional string
The thousand grouping delimiter for numeric values.
TimePickerFrom optional string
Only applicable to the Time and Datetime controls.
TimePickerTo optional string
Only applicable to the Time and Datetime controls.
Width optional int
The width of the control.
VisibleJavaScript optional string
JavaScript that controls the visibility of the field. The control is only visible if the expression specified here evaluates to true. The expression is evaluated every time the value of a dependent control is changed.

Resultset: Dynamic top links (optional)

Defines one or more links to be shown among the top links.
Table count: repeated zero or more times
Row count: zero or more rows

Columns

BoxLink optional string
See the "Box" resultset for documentation.
IsPrimaryTopLink optional bit
See the "Box" resultset for documentation.
LinkId optional int
Deprecated, Use TopLink instead.
See the "Box" resultset for documentation.
MenuItem optional string
Deprecated. Use TopLink for better tracking of links.

Displays a link to the menu item with this alias among the top links. The title of the box will also turn into a link when the user hovers the mouse.
MenuItemId optional int
Deprecated. Use MenuItem instead, or better yet, use TopLink for better tracking of links.

Displays a link to the menu item with this id among the top links. The title of the box will also turn into a link when the user hovers the mouse.
NavigatorLinkIconBadgeId optional int
Used in combination with menuitemid or LinkId to give the navigator link an icon that differs from the icon badge of the menu item.
NavigatorLinkIconId optional int
Used in combination with menuitemid or LinkId to give the navigator link an icon that differs from the icon of the menu item. Only one of navigatorlinkiconid and navigatorlinkiconname can have a value.
NavigatorLinkText optional string
Used in combination with menuitemid to give the navigator link a text that differs from the name of the menu item.
PassingField_<xxx> optional string
See the "Box" resultset documentation.
PassingFields optional string
Additional information to 'menuitemid', appends values to querystring (supports simple Softadmin® parameters).
TopLink optional string
See the "Box" resultset for documentation.
TopLinkDisabledReason optional string
See the "Box" resultset for documentation.

Resultset: JavaScripts (optional)

InfoSQL can declare JavaScript used by the menu item.
Table count: repeated zero or more times
Row count: zero or more rows

Columns

JavaScript optional string
A piece of JavaScript to execute as the page loads, or containing one or more function declarations that can be called by other scripts on the page.
LocalJavaScriptUrl optional string
An URL, relative to the system's admin/customization folder, specifying a JavaScript file that should be imported.
ExternalJavaScriptUrl optional string
An URL specifying a JavaScript file on another server that should be imported. Take care to use an URL that is reachable by the end user's web browser.

Resultset: Timeline (optional)

Displays a timeline to visualize the current state of a process.

Each row represents one step in the timeline.
Table count: repeated zero or one time
Row count: one or more rows

Columns

Timeline mandatory any
The value of this column is not used and it's only purpose is to mark this as a timeline table.
StepStatus mandatory string
Specifies how the step will be visualized.
Possible value Description
Current This is the current step.
Done This step has been completed successfully.
Failed Something went wrong in this step.
Future This step is later on in the process.
StepDescription optional string
Description of the step.
StepTitle optional string
Title of the step.
StepTooltip optional string
Tooltip of the step.
StepLink optional string
Alias of the link that the step leads to.
<xxx> optional any
Any other column will be sent as a passing field to the link.

Custom access control and logging

SQL Call: Custom access control and logging

Use this call to restrict which entries a user is allowed to view and edit, and to log which entries a user views.

Access to a menu item is normally controlled through functions and roles alone but some entities need more fine grained control. For example, a user may have access to the View Member menu item for normal members but not for members with a protected identity.

The menu items a user visits are always logged (in ADMINLogMenuItem) but for sensitive data you may need to log exactly what entries are viewed. Do the logging in this call as the common ways of viewing data (grid and InfoSQL) are not allowed to modify the database.

If you bind a scalar function instead of a stored procedure to this call then its name must end with '_GrantAccess'.

May modify database: Yes

Resultset: Access permissions

Return whether the user is allowed to visit the menu item with the current parameters.
Table count: repeated exactly once
Row count: exactly one row

Columns

GrantAccess mandatory bit
1 if the user is allowed to view the menu item, 0 if the user should not be allowed to view the menu item.

If 0 then an error will be logged as the user should not have been able to reach the menu item with the given parameters in the first place.

Querystring parameters

menuitemheading optional
String that replaces the menu item name when the menu item is loaded. It does not replace the name before that (like for example in the navigator). It is ignored if the menu item is displayed as a part in a multipart in which case the name can be set from the multipart procedure.

Examples

Many-to-many-visualization

Example of how a many-to-many-relationship can be displayed in a pivot grid by using CROSS APPLY of all possible values and then a LEFT JOIN for all active combinations.

CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.Pivot_Test
AS
BEGIN
	SET XACT_ABORT, NOCOUNT ON
    SELECT
		D.DayId, 
		D.DayName,
		G.GroupId,
		G.GroupName,
		CASE WHEN GW.GroupId IS NOT NULL THEN 'Ja' ELSE NULL END [CellValue]
	FROM
	(
		VALUES  -- Alla möjliga kolumner
			( 1, 'Måndag' ),
			( 2, 'Tisdag' ),
			( 3, 'Onsdag' ),
			( 4, 'Torsdag' ),
			( 5, 'Fredag' )
	) D (DayId, DayName)
	CROSS APPLY
	(
		VALUES -- Alla möjliga rader
			(1, 'Pegasus'),
			(2, 'Orion'),
			(3, 'Lynx'),
			(4, 'Taurus')
		) G (GroupId, GroupName)
	LEFT JOIN
	(
		SELECT -- Alla celler som skall ha "ja" ifyllt.
			GW.GroupId, 
			GW.DayId
		FROM
			(
			VALUES
				(1, 1), -- Pegasus jobbar måndagar
				(2, 2), --Orion jobbar tisdagar
				(2, 4), -- Orion jobbar torsdagar
				(3, 3), -- Lynx jobbar onsdagar
				(4, 3) -- Taurus jobbar onsdagar
			) GW (GroupId, DayId)
	) GW ON 
		GW.GroupId = G.GroupId AND
		GW.DayId = D.DayId
	ORDER BY
		G.GroupName,
		D.DayId
END