Data Viewer Grid Component

Overview

The data viewer components act as a display layer for the data in a connected data source. The data viewer grid displays your data in a grid.

Properties

Data Viewer Grid

Property	Value	Description
Data Source	References chosen data source	The data source your data is pulled from.
Table	References chosen table in data source	The table within your data source your data is pulled from.
Filter View	References filter view in table	The filter view within your table your data is pulled from.
Grid Appearance	Select from list	How your data will be displayed in your app.
Populate Data	Select from lists	Map your data source's columns to the fields they will be displayed in.
Horizontal Scroll	True/False	True - data viewer scrolls horizontally False - data viewer scrolls vertically
Empty text	Text	Text that will be displayed if there is no data in your data source to fill a data viewer field.

Layout

Property	Value	Description
X	coordinate value	Location of the top left corner of the data viewer grid on the X-axis, where the left-hand side is X=0.
Y	coordinate value	Location of the top left corner of the data viewer grid on the Y-axis, where the top side is Y=0.
Height	number in pixels	Height of the data viewer grid in pixels.
Width	number in pixels	Width of the data viewer grid in pixels.
Resize Mode	Stretch	Stretches the data viewer grid to fit the dimensions of the device's screen.
Resize Mode	Float in Place	Renders the data viewer grid in the same aspect ratio as the design, regardless of the device size.

Blocks

Block: When Data Viwer Grid Item Click

The "Item Click" event block is fired when any grid item in the data viewer is clicked. It returns "row id" which corresponds to the unique Thunkable row ID of the item that was clicked. The row id is most useful when used with the the data source blocks.

Block: In Data Viewer Grid Call Refresh Data

Refresh the data viewer grid to sync with the connected data source.

Block: Properties

Set and get properties of the data viewer grid.

Related Docs

Data Viewer Components

If the data viewer grid isn't the best layout to display your data, one of these other options may be more appropriate:

Data Viewer List ComponentCustom Data Viewer

Data Sources Blocks

To access the data sources blocks, you must first connect a data source. Then, by incorporating the data source blocks into your app, you can allow users to create, read, update, and delete data in your data source when they interact with the data viewer.

Data Sources Blocks

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