Angular Grid Summaries

    The Angular UI grid in Ignite UI for Angular has a summaries feature that functions on a per-column level as group footer. Angular grid summaries is powerful feature which enables the user to see column information in a separate container with a predefined set of default summary items, depending on the type of data within the column or by implementing a custom angular template in the Grid.

    Angular Grid Summaries Overview Example

    Note

    The summary of the column is a function of all column values, unless filtering is applied, then the summary of the column will be function of the filtered result values

    Grid summaries can also be enabled on a per-column level in Ignite UI for Angular, which means that you can activate it only for columns that you need. Grid summaries gives you a predefined set of default summaries, depending on the type of data in the column, so that you can save some time:

    For string and boolean data types, the following function is available:

    • count

    For number, currency and percent data types, the following functions are available:

    • count
    • min
    • max
    • average
    • sum

    For date data type, the following functions are available:

    • count
    • earliest
    • latest

    All available column data types could be found in the official Column types topic.

    Grid summaries are enabled per-column by setting hasSummary property to true. It is also important to keep in mind that the summaries for each column are resolved according to the column data type. In the igx-grid the default column data type is string, so if you want number or date specific summaries you should specify the dataType property as number or date. Note that the summary values will be displayed localized, according to the grid locale and column pipeArgs.

    <igx-grid #grid1 [data]="data" [autoGenerate]="false" height="800px" width="800px" (columnInit)="initColumn($event)">
    <igx-column field="ProductID" header="Product ID" width="200px" [sortable]="true"></igx-column>
    <igx-column field="ProductName" header="Product Name" width="200px" [sortable]="true" [hasSummary]="true"></igx-column>
    <igx-column field="ReorderLevel" width="200px" [editable]="true" [dataType]="'number'" [hasSummary]="true"></igx-column>
</igx-grid>

    The other way to enable/disable summaries for a specific column or a list of columns is to use the public method enableSummaries/disableSummaries of the igx-grid.

    <igx-grid #grid1 [data]="data" [autoGenerate]="false" height="800px" width="800px" (columnInit)="initColumn($event)" >
    <igx-column field="ProductID" header="Product ID" width="200px"  [sortable]="true"></igx-column>
    <igx-column field="ProductName" header="Product Name" width="200px" [sortable]="true" [hasSummary]="true"></igx-column>
    <igx-column field="ReorderLevel" width="200px" [editable]="true" [dataType]="'number'" [hasSummary]="false"></igx-column>
</igx-grid>
<button (click)="enableSummary()">Enable Summary</button>
<button (click)="disableSummary()">Disable Summary </button>

    public enableSummary() {
    this.grid1.enableSummaries([
        {fieldName: 'ReorderLevel', customSummary: this.mySummary},
        {fieldName: 'ProductID'}
    ]);
}
public disableSummary() {
    this.grid1.disableSummaries('ProductName');
}

    Custom Grid Summaries

    If these functions do not fulfill your requirements you can provide a custom summary for the specific columns. In order to achieve this you have to override one of the base classes IgxSummaryOperand, IgxNumberSummaryOperand or IgxDateSummaryOperand according to the column data type and your needs. This way you can redefine the existing function or you can add new functions. IgxSummaryOperand class provides the default implementation only for the count method. IgxNumberSummaryOperand extends IgxSummaryOperand and provides implementation for the min, max, sum and average. IgxDateSummaryOperand extends IgxSummaryOperand and additionally gives you earliest and latest.

    import { IgxSummaryResult, IgxSummaryOperand, IgxNumberSummaryOperand, IgxDateSummaryOperand } from 'igniteui-angular';
// import { IgxSummaryResult, IgxSummaryOperand, IgxNumberSummaryOperand, IgxDateSummaryOperand } from '@infragistics/igniteui-angular'; for licensed package

class MySummary extends IgxNumberSummaryOperand {
    constructor() {
        super();
    }

    operate(data?: any[]): IgxSummaryResult[] {
        const result = super.operate(data);
        result.push({
            key: 'test',
            label: 'Test',
            summaryResult: data.filter(rec => rec > 10 && rec < 30).length
        });
        return result;
    }
}

    As seen in the examples, the base classes expose the operate method, so you can choose to get all default summaries and modify the result, or calculate entirely new summary results. The method returns a list of IgxSummaryResult.

    interface IgxSummaryResult {
    key: string;
    label: string;
    summaryResult: any;
}

    and take optional parameters for calculating the summaries. See Custom summaries, which access all data section below.

    Note

    In order to calculate the summary row height properly, the Grid needs the operate method to always return an array of IgxSummaryResult with the proper length even when the data is empty.

    And now let's add our custom summary to the column UnitsInStock. We will achieve that by setting the summaries property to the class we create below.

    <igx-grid #grid1 [data]="data" [autoGenerate]="false" height="800px" width="800px" (columnInit)="initColumn($event)" >
    <igx-column field="ProductID" width="200px"  [sortable]="true">
    </igx-column>
    <igx-column field="ProductName" width="200px" [sortable]="true" [hasSummary]="true">
    </igx-column>
    <igx-column field="UnitsInStock" width="200px" [dataType]="'number'" [hasSummary]="true" [summaries]="mySummary" [sortable]="true">
    </igx-column>
    <igx-column field="ReorderLevel" width="200px" [editable]="true" [dataType]="'number'" [hasSummary]="true">
    </igx-column>
</igx-grid>

    ...
export class GridComponent implements OnInit {
    mySummary = MySummary;
    ....
}

    Custom summaries, which access all data

    Now you can access all Grid data inside the custom column summary. Two additional optional parameters are introduced in the IgxSummaryOperand operate method. As you can see in the code snippet below the operate method has the following three parameters:

    • columnData - gives you an array that contains the values only for the current column
    • allGridData - gives you the whole grid data source
    • fieldName - current column field
    class MySummary extends IgxNumberSummaryOperand {
    constructor() {
        super();
    }
    operate(columnData: any[], allGridData = [], fieldName?): IgxSummaryResult[] {
        const result = super.operate(allData.map(r => r[fieldName]));
        result.push({ key: 'test', label: 'Total Discontinued', summaryResult: allData.filter((rec) => rec.Discontinued).length });
        return result;
    }
}

    Summary Template

    igxSummary targets the column summary providing as a context the column summary results.

    <igx-column ... [hasSummary]="true">
    <ng-template igxSummary let-summaryResults>
        <span> My custom summary template</span>
        <span>{{ summaryResults[0].label }} - {{ summaryResults[0].summaryResult }}</span>
    </ng-template>
</igx-column>

    When a default summary is defined, the height of the summary area is calculated by design depending on the column with the largest number of summaries and the size of the grid. Use the summaryRowHeight input property to override the default value. As an argument it expects a number value, and setting a false value will trigger the default sizing behavior of the grid footer.

    Note

    Column summary template could be defined through API by setting the column summaryTemplate property to the required TemplateRef.

    Disable Summaries

    The disabledSummaries property provides precise per-column control over the Ignite UI for Angular grid summary feature. This property enables users to customize the summaries displayed for each column in the grid, ensuring that only the most relevant and meaningful data is shown. For example, you can exclude specific summary types, such as ['count', 'min', 'max'], by specifying their summary keys in an array.

    This property can also be modified dynamically at runtime through code, providing flexibility to adapt the grid's summaries to changing application states or user actions.

    The following examples illustrate how to use the disabledSummaries property to manage summaries for different columns and exclude specific default and custom summary types in the Ignite UI for Angular grid:

    <!-- default summaries -->
<igx-column
    field="UnitPrice"
    header="Unit Price"
    dataType="number"
    [hasSummary]="true"
    [disabledSummaries]="['count', 'sum', 'average']"
>
</igx-column>
<!-- custom summaries -->
<igx-column
    field="UnitsInStock"
    header="Units In Stock"
    dataType="number"
    [hasSummary]="true"
    [summaries]="discontinuedSummary"
    [disabledSummaries]="['discontinued', 'totalDiscontinued']"
>
</igx-column>

    For UnitPrice, default summaries like count, sum, and average are disabled, leaving others like min and max active.

    For UnitsInStock, custom summaries such as total and totalDiscontinued are excluded using the disabledSummaries property.

    At runtime, summaries can also be dynamically disabled using the disabledSummaries property. For example, you can set or update the property on specific columns programmatically to adapt the displayed summaries based on user actions or application state changes.

    Formatting summaries

    By default, summary results, produced by the built-in summary operands, are localized and formatted according to the grid locale and column pipeArgs. When using custom operands, the locale and pipeArgs are not applied. If you want to change the default appearance of the summary results, you may format them using the summaryFormatter property.

    public dateSummaryFormat(summary: IgxSummaryResult, summaryOperand: IgxSummaryOperand): string {
    const result = summary.summaryResult;
    if(summaryOperand instanceof IgxDateSummaryOperand && summary.key !== 'count'
        && result !== null && result !== undefined) {
        const pipe = new DatePipe('en-US');
        return pipe.transform(result,'MMM YYYY');
    }
    return result;
}

    <igx-column ... [summaryFormatter]="dateSummaryFormat"></igx-column>

    Summaries with Group By

    When you have grouped by columns, the Grid allows you to change the summary position and calculation mode using the summaryCalculationMode and summaryPosition properties. Along with these two properties the IgxGrid exposes and showSummaryOnCollapse property which allows you to determine whether the summary row stays visible when the group row that refers to is collapsed.

    The available values of the summaryCalculationMode property are:

    • rootLevelOnly - Summaries are calculated only for the root level.
    • childLevelsOnly - Summaries are calculated only for the child levels.
    • rootAndChildLevels - Summaries are calculated for both root and child levels. This is the default value.

    The available values of the summaryPosition property are:

    • top - The summary row appears before the group by row children.
    • bottom - The summary row appears after the group by row children. This is the default value.

    The showSummaryOnCollapse property is boolean. Its default value is set to false, which means that the summary row would be hidden when the group row is collapsed. If the property is set to true the summary row stays visible when group row is collapsed.

    Note

    The summaryPosition property applies only for the child level summaries. The root level summaries appear always fixed at the bottom of the Grid.

    Demo

    Exporting Summaries

    There is an exportSummaries option in IgxExcelExporterOptions that specifies whether the exported data should include the grid's summaries. Default exportSummaries value is false.

    The IgxExcelExporterService will export the default summaries for all column types as their equivalent excel functions so they will continue working properly when the sheet is modified. Try it for yourself in the example below:

    The exported file includes a hidden column that holds the level of each DataRecord in the sheet. This level is used in the summaries to filter out the cells that need to be included in the summary function.

    In the table below, you can find the corresponding Excel formula for each of the default summaries.

    Data Type Function Excel Function
    string, boolean count ="Count: "&COUNTIF(start:end, recordLevel)
    number, currency, percent count ="Count: "&COUNTIF(start:end, recordLevel)
    min ="Min: "&MIN(IF(start:end=recordLevel, rangeStart:rangeEnd))
    max ="Max: "&MAX(IF(start:end=recordLevel, rangeStart:rangeEnd))
    average ="Avg: "&AVERAGEIF(start:end, recordLevel, rangeStart:rangeEnd)
    sum ="Sum: "&SUMIF(start:end, recordLevel, rangeStart:rangeEnd)
    date count ="Count: "&COUNTIF(start:end, recordLevel)
    earliest ="Earliest: "& TEXT(MIN(IF(start:end=recordLevel, rangeStart:rangeEnd)), format)
    latest ="Latest: "&TEXT(MAX(IF(start:end=recordLevel, rangeStart:rangeEnd)), format)

    Known Limitations

    Limitation Description
    Exporting custom summaries Custom summaries will be exported as strings instead of Excel functions.
    Exporting templated summaries Templated summaries are not supported and will be exported as the default ones.

    Keyboard Navigation

    The summary rows can be navigated with the following keyboard interactions:

    • UP - navigates one cell up
    • DOWN - navigates one cell down
    • LEFT - navigates one cell left
    • RIGHT - navigates one cell right
    • CTRL + LEFT or HOME - navigates to the leftmost cell
    • CTRL + RIGHT or END - navigates to the rightmost cell

    Styling

    To get started with styling the sorting behavior, we need to import the index file, where all the theme functions and component mixins live:

    @use "igniteui-angular/theming" as *;

// IMPORTANT: Prior to Ignite UI for Angular version 13 use:
// @import '~igniteui-angular/lib/core/styles/themes/index';

    Following the simplest approach, we create a new theme that extends the grid-summary-theme and accepts the $background-color, $focus-background-color, $label-color, $result-color, $pinned-border-width, $pinned-border-style and $pinned-border-color parameters.

    $custom-theme: grid-summary-theme(
  $background-color: #e0f3ff,
  $focus-background-color: rgba(#94d1f7, .3),
  $label-color: #e41c77,
  $result-color: black,
  $pinned-border-width: 2px,
  $pinned-border-style: dotted,
  $pinned-border-color: #e41c77
);
    Note

    Instead of hardcoding the color values like we just did, we can achieve greater flexibility in terms of colors by using the palette and color functions. Please refer to Palettes topic for detailed guidance on how to use them.

    The last step is to include the component custom theme:

    @include css-vars($custom-theme);
    Note

    If the component is using an Emulated ViewEncapsulation, it is necessary to penetrate this encapsulation using ::ng-deep:

    :host {
 ::ng-deep {
   @include css-vars($custom-theme);
 }
}

    Demo

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