Binding a Grid to a List Returning Business Rule using GetByMethod

I last posted about creating a business rule to return a list of objects. Today, I will take that a step further and bind the List<IAccount> to a DataGrid using the built-in GetByMethod for binding the list.

In my last post I created a business rule that returned a list of child accounts for the current account named GetChildAccounts. Now, we will create a new account level tab to display this data. Let’s start with the following:

1. Create a new form under the account entity (I don’t typically use the wizards)
2. Add a DataSource to the form and set the following properties on it:
1. Entity Type = Account
2. Get By Method = GetChildAccounts
3. Is Collection = True
4. Source = Account
3. Now add a DataGrid and select the DataSource and add your columns as usual.

You’ll end up with the following:

Quite nice and an easy peice of work. I just love the new platform.