[image] Updating Kinetic Dataviews with Event to Show Custom Field I can’t believe it is this difficult to add a single field to an existing grid. In many cases, it might not be! There appear to be three main ways to add columns to a grid: The data is already in the set: just add the colum…

That is cool. I’ll have to try it. Thanks! Joe

So, for Kinetic, this is very nice… but I would suspect this same method could be used for Classic, but there would need to be some code added to a Classic Customization to add the new column data to an EXISTING List Grid. Any insight on how to do that?

[image] jwphillips: We hired a consultant for help with this Ha, if you’d have searched better… I already shared that :rofl: [image] Rick_Bird: but I would suspect this same method could be used for Classic Unfortunately not. The data goes through a merge in the client and is lost.

[image] Rick_Bird: some code added to a Classic Customization to add the new column data to an EXISTING List Grid. Any insight on how to do that? You could pass the extra data down in the call context, and merge it yourself in the client. There are examples of adding fields to grids somewhe…

Yes, I’ve seen some of them… just nothing elegant… sorry, I prefer solutions that are obvious to future me (and future users) and not a cobbled mess strung together with duct tape and string. I’ve done this before, I’ve just not liked how it was done and so everytime I go to do it again I look arou…

[image] klincecum: I think you can add to the epiDataViews as well, but I’m not sure on that one. Now that I think of it, that would probably break something, so don’t do that even if you can lol.

[image] Rick_Bird: not a cobbled mess strung together with duct tape and string. [image]

[image] Rick_Bird: cobbled mess strung together with duct tape and string. On a serious note, you could bring down the extra fields as json in a ud field. That way it’s more obvious. Then in an after adapter method, drop the data in your own epiDataView, and do some grid manipulation or may…

[image] klincecum: if you’d have searched better Now that I know it, I see it everywhere! :clown_face:

Very helpful, thank you. Works great!

Adding Columns to Existing Grid in Kinetic

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Testing in 2025.1.4 and export to excel works for all columns.

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