Grids

Grids are available as either a standalone GridBlox or nested within a PresentBlox. In either mode, users can drill, pivot, sort, and explore their data. A grid used in a PresentBlox, though, includes some additional functionality not available in the explicit GridBlox. The following table shows a summary of the key differences between standalone GridBlox and a nested GridBlox:

Functionality Standalone GridBlox Nested GridBlox (within PresentBlox)

DataLayoutBlox

Requires standalone DataLayoutBlox, using same DataBlox

Made available using PresentBlox dataLayoutAvailable

PageBlox

Requires standalone PageBlox, using same DataBlox

Available by setting pageAvailable to true

ChartBlox

Requires standalone ChartBlox, using same DataBlox

Grid automatically synchronizes with chart. Chart can be made available.

Since the functionality listed above is available by using a PresentBlox, the majority of the time you want to give access to users to this functionality.