WinForms Dashboard - Examples

• Aug 06, 2025
• 4 minutes to read

This section contains the most popular examples related to the WinForms Dashboard Designer and WinForms Dashboard Viewer.

Connect to Data

• How to Bind a Dashboard to an Entity Framework Data Source
• How to Bind a Dashboard to a List Object
• How to Bind a Dashboard to a DataSet Populated from an XML File
• How to Create and Use the Extract Data Source
• How to Bind a Dashboard to an SQL Data Source
• How to Bind a Dashboard to a Microsoft SQL Server Database File (.MDF)
• How to Bind the Card Dashboard Item to Data and Customize the Card Layout
• How to Customize the Data Source Wizard and Invoke it in the DashboardViewer

Data Preparation

• How to Customize a Data Store Schema for SQL Data Sources
• How to Filter Dashboard Item’s Data in OLAP Mode
• How to Filter an SQL Query at Runtime in the WinForms Viewer
• How to Customize Connection Settings before DashboardViewer Connects to a Database
• How to Replace the Dashboard Sql Data Source with the Dashboard Object Data Source
• How to Calculate Fiscal Functions from Date-Time Data Fields

Bind Dashboard Items to Data

• How to Bind a Chart Dashboard Item to Data in Code
• How to Bind a Grid Dashboard Item to Data in Code
• How to Bind a Pie Dashboard Item to Data in Code
• How to Bind a Card Dashboard Item to Data in Code
• How to Bind a Pivot Dashboard Item to Data in Code
• How to Bind a Geo Point Map Dashboard Item to Data in Code
• How to Combine Filter Elements to a Group and Bind Them to Data

Storing Dashboards

• How to Implement Custom Saving and Opening Procedures in Dashboard Designer

Master Filtering and Drill-Down

• How to Apply Master Filtering in DashboardViewer
• How to Add Custom Interactivity to a Dashboard Displayed in the WinForms Viewer
• How to Display the Others Slice in the Pie Chart
• How to Synchronize Master Filter and Drill Down Actions Between Dashboards
• How to Use Dashboard Items in Tab Pages as Independent Master Filters

Conditional Formatting

• How to Apply Conditional Formatting to Grid Cells
• How to Apply Conditional Formatting to the Card Dashboard Item

Coloring

• How to Customize a Dashboard Color Scheme

Dashboard Parameters

• How to Pass a Dashboard Parameter to a Filter String in Code
• How to Pass a Dashboard Parameter to a Calculated Field’s Expression in Code
• How to Pass a Dashboard Parameter to a Custom SQL Query in Code
• How to Pass a Hidden Dashboard Parameter to a Custom SQL Query in the WinForms Viewer
• How to Pass a Dashboard Parameter to a Stored Procedure in the WinForms Designer
• How to Specify Default Parameter Values in the WinForms Viewer
• How to Use Dashboard Parameters with the Expression Format Condition
• How to Manage Parameters in the WinForms Viewer
• How to Display the Others Slice in the Pie Chart

Obtain Underlying and Displayed Data

• How to Obtain a Dashboard Item’s Underlying Data for a Clicked Visual Element
• How to Obtain a Dashboard Item’s Client Data in the WinForms Viewer
• How to Display the Total Value above each Pie Chart in the WinForms Viewer

Access Underlying Controls/Widgets

• How to Access API of Underlying Controls in the WinForms Viewer

Asynchronous Mode

• Dashboard Designer in Asynchronous Mode with Object Data Source

Dashboard Layout, Title, and Caption

• How to Create a Dashboard Layout from Scratch
• How to Customize the Dashboard Title and Dashboard Item Captions
• How to Navigate Tabs Using Custom Buttons or set up a Slide Show
• How to Combine Multiple Dashboards into a Dashboard with Multiple Tab Pages

Printing and Exporting

• How to Add Custom Information to the Exported Dashboard at Runtime with the CustomExport Event
• How to Add Custom Information to the Exported Excel Document with the CustomizeExportDocument event

Localization

• Localized String ID Visualizer

Tip

You can find all examples in the DevExpress Support Center : SC Examples - Dashboard for ASP.NET Core.