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PivotGridFieldCollection.GetFieldByName(String) Method

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PivotGridFieldCollection.GetFieldByName(String) Method

Returns the field by the name.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.PivotGrid

Declaration

csharp
public PivotGridField GetFieldByName(
    string name
)
vb
Public Function GetFieldByName(
    name As String
) As PivotGridField

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
nameString

A String that specifies the name of the required field.

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Returns

TypeDescription
PivotGridField

A PivotGridField object representing the field whose name matches the specified string; null ( Nothing in Visual Basic) if the field does not exist.

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winforms-pivotgrid--display-the-difference-of-income-and-outlay-in-totals/CS/PivotGridCustomSummaryExample/Form1.cs#L73

csharp
// Create a new field to display totals.
PivotGridField fieldValueTotal = pivotGridControl1.Fields.GetFieldByName("fieldValueTotal") ?? CreateSavingsField();
fieldValueTotal.UnboundExpression = "Sum(Iif([Type]='Income', [Value], -[Value]))";

winforms-pivotgrid--display-the-difference-of-income-and-outlay-in-totals/VB/PivotGridCustomSummaryExample/Form1.vb#L59

vb
' Create a new field to display totals.
Dim fieldValueTotal As PivotGridField = If(pivotGridControl1.Fields.GetFieldByName("fieldValueTotal"), CreateSavingsField())
fieldValueTotal.UnboundExpression = "Sum(Iif([Type]='Income', [Value], -[Value]))"

See Also

PivotGridFieldCollection Class

PivotGridFieldCollection Members

DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid Namespace