UPDATED by Dmitry O. (DevExpress)
With the XAF 16.2 we have enabled hierarchical filter tree support by default in new XAF ASP.NET applications. To enable this feature in existing applications (created with older versions of the Solution Wizard) for the ASPxCriteriaPropertyEditor and ASPxPopupCriteriaPropertyEditor use the AllowFilterControlHierarchy property (described at the Criteria Properties topic). You can also use a similar option of the ASPxGridListEditor to adjust the behavior of the grid's filter control:
ASPxGridListEditor.AllowFilterControlHierarchy
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It should be possible to use collection properties and complex reference paths like Manager.Position.Title while creating criteria visually. Refer to the attached WinForms screenshot for more details on what it could look like in the UI.
See Also:
ASPxFilterControl - Allow construct rules [Column1] [operation] [Column2] like in WinForms
ASPxFilterControl - Support predefined operations for date columns like in WinForms
ASPxFilterControl - Add the Text tab to allow creating criteria of any complexity
Hello,
Thank you for the suggestion article. I decided to forward it to our developers for a detailed discussion.
Please excuse us for a possible delay.
Thanks,
Vest
Hi,
I am very keen on having this in my web application. Any updates on the same? It will help me in great deal for reports.
Please let me know if there are any workarounds.
Hello,
For now, I cannot provide any additional information as to when this feature will be implemented. Unfortunately, we cannot find an appropriate workaround for this issue. I apologize for not being helpful this time.
Hello,
But do you guys plan to implement this suggestion or it is still on hold?
Hello Nikesh,
Unfortunately, I do not have any particular information about the time frame as to when this feature will be implemented. Please stay tuned to our announcements.
With the new ComplexSecurityStrategy the webinterface is now getting more and more behind on the Windows interface, please plan this functionality ASAP.
Oh boy, this request has 4 years… This feature is extremely important and necessary. ASP XAF needs Win App to complement some features and this is not a good deal.
Hi,
In spite of the fact that this suggestion is 4 years old it is still active and it was not canceled. Currently, there are a lot of suggestions in our ToDo list, and we cannot implement all of them at once, so we cannot tell you when this suggestion will be implemented.
We now have a customer that would like to have this feature. We would highly appreciate the implementation of this feature
Hi,
IMO this feature is really important. Please implement it ASAP. These incompatibilities (filter editor, expression editor, maybe ribbons, …) prevent XAF to be a REAL cross-platform framework.
I want XAF to support Microsoft's new vision: same user experince for desktop, web and mobile.
But as far as I can see, in 14.1.2 (BETA), only improvement is Entity BO library :(
I think it's really important to keep XAF as a living, improving product.
+1 for this feature. I think it is essential.
For example, I would like the end-users to be able to define some "simple" rules or properties, depending on the task and business object. These rules may be simple validations or some manual confirmation rules, based on the properties of the BO. But if nested properties are not supported, the only alternative is the model editor. And model editor is dependant on the system administrator, IT manager or analyst on the customer side, in real world. This is an expensive training cost for the application provider.
With EntityFramework and similar ORM libraries, this is very useful and important. Please consider implementing it. Thanks
This feature is really necesssary. Web and WinForms filter controls should provide the same functionality and user experience.
I have the same request!!!
I agree with the above comments. This is a much desired and needed improvement.
Please take note of a similar functionality implemented in version 15.2 in the context of the following feature: ASPxFilterControl - Provide a tree-like (hierarchical) data field picker which allows selecting nested properties of complex type columns