Bind Controls to Data

• Mar 24, 2026

Note

This tutorial and the Concepts section apply only to UI Controls (DevExtreme). To get started with other controls, refer to the following help topics:

• Rich Text Editor
• Spreadsheet
• Report Designer
• Document Viewer
• BI Dashboard

All DevExtreme-based ASP.NET Core controls that work with data collections include the DataSource() method. Unlike other control methods, DataSource() does not have a direct counterpart in the DevExtreme JavaScript API, although its purpose is similar to that of Stores in the DevExtreme Data Layer. You can use the DataSource() method to configure data access from different sources:

• CLR Objects
• API Controllers
• Razor Page Handlers
• Read-Only Data in JSON Format
• OData
• OLAP Cube

Data-bound controls (except PivotGrid ) also have the DataSourceOptions() method. It exposes a builder that configures initial sorting, filtering, grouping, and other data shaping operations. The builder’s methods have JavaScript API counterparts described in this section.