DataBind Blackbaud FE NXT Data to the DevExpress Data Grid



Use the CData ADO.NET Provider for Blackbaud FE NXT with the DevExpress Windows Forms and Web controls to provide Blackbaud FE NXT data to a chart.

The ADO.NET Provider for Blackbaud FE NXT by CData incorporates conventional ADO.NET data access components compatible with third-party controls. You can adhere to the standard ADO.NET data binding procedures to establish two-way access to real-time data through UI controls. This article will demonstrate the utilization of CData components for data binding with DevExpress UI Controls (Windows Forms and Web controls), specifically binding to a chart that visualizes live data.

Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT uses the OAuth authentication standard. To authenticate using OAuth, you will need to create an app to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties.

See the Getting Started guide in the CData driver documentation for more information.

Windows Forms Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress chart with Blackbaud FE NXT data. The FinancialEdgeNXTDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart control. The Diagram property of the control defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using (FinancialEdgeNXTConnection connection = new FinancialEdgeNXTConnection( "SubscriptionKey=MySubscriptionKey;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH")) { FinancialEdgeNXTDataAdapter dataAdapter = new FinancialEdgeNXTDataAdapter( "SELECT AccountId, AccountNumber FROM Accounts", connection); DataTable table = new DataTable(); dataAdapter.Fill(table); DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series(); chartControl1.Series.Add(series); series.DataSource = table; series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "AccountNumber" }); series.ArgumentScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Qualitative; series.ArgumentDataMember = "AccountId"; series.ValueScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Numerical; chartControl1.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False; ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true; }

Web Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress Web control with Blackbaud FE NXT data. The FinancialEdgeNXTDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart; the Diagram property defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using DevExpress.XtraCharts; using (FinancialEdgeNXTConnection connection = new FinancialEdgeNXTConnection( "SubscriptionKey=MySubscriptionKey;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH")) { FinancialEdgeNXTDataAdapter FinancialEdgeNXTDataAdapter1 = new FinancialEdgeNXTDataAdapter("SELECT AccountId, AccountNumber FROM Accounts", connection); DataTable table = new DataTable(); FinancialEdgeNXTDataAdapter1.Fill(table); DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new Series("Series1", ViewType.Bar); WebChartControl1.Series.Add(series); series.DataSource = table; series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "AccountNumber" }); series.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.Qualitative; series.ArgumentDataMember = "AccountId"; series.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.Numerical; ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true; }

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