How to display groups in Doddle Report?

Question

I have downloaded the sample app of the Doddle Report and understand it is to report a collection of IEnumerable data. I am able to get data reported nicely for a simple report.

However, the sample app did not have grouping. I would think to accomplish this I need to extend the functionality from the source code to show group format and wonder if anyone tried and succeed. If so, how should I approach it? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

As far as I know, Doddle Report doesn't have grouping capability built into the system. According to some of the discussion on the codeplex,

DoddleReport.Codeplex.com

it appears that the creator is also looking for someone to include that functionality.

One work-around I used for different groups was to create an excel report and then use AppendReport() to get multiple pages in the same report. Unfortunately, the iTextSharp report writer doesn't implement AppendReport() so I had to use the OpenXml writer for this.