DevExtreme React - Use Hierarchical Data

If you use hierarchical data, set the dataStructure option to 'tree'. For an example of hierarchical data, see the following code.

jQuery
JavaScript
var hierarchicalData = [{
    fullName: "John Heart",
    position: "CEO",
    city: "Los Angeles",
    items: [{
        fullName: "Samantha Bright",
        position: "COO",
        city: "Los Angeles",
        items: [{
            fullName: "Kevin Carter",
            position: "Shipping Manager",
            city: "Los Angeles"
        }]
    }]
}, {
    fullName: "Robin Cosworth",
    position: "Shipping Assistant",
    city: "Los Angeles"
}];

$(function() {
    $("#treeListContainer").dxTreeList({
        dataSource: hierarchicalData,
        dataStructure: 'tree'
    });
});
Angular
TypeScript
HTML
import { DxTreeListModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    hierarchicalData = [{
        fullName: "John Heart",
        position: "CEO",
        city: "Los Angeles",
        items: [{
            fullName: "Samantha Bright",
            position: "COO",
            city: "Los Angeles",
            items: [{
                fullName: "Kevin Carter",
                position: "Shipping Manager",
                city: "Los Angeles"
            }]
        }]
    }, {
        fullName: "Robin Cosworth",
        position: "Shipping Assistant",
        city: "Los Angeles"
    }];
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxTreeListModule
    ],
    // ...
})
<dx-tree-list
    [dataSource]="hierarchicalData"
    dataStructure="tree">
</dx-tree-list>

All items with children have the items field. If you use another name for this field, specify it in the itemsExpr option.

jQuery
JavaScript
var hierarchicalData = [{
    fullName: "John Heart",
    position: "CEO",
    city: "Los Angeles",
    children: [{
        fullName: "Samantha Bright",
        position: "COO",
        city: "Los Angeles",
        children: [{
            fullName: "Kevin Carter",
            position: "Shipping Manager",
            city: "Los Angeles"
        }]
    }]
}];

$(function() {
    $("#treeListContainer").dxTreeList({
        dataSource: hierarchicalData,
        dataStructure: 'tree',
        itemsExpr: 'children'
    });
});
Angular
HTML
TypeScript
<dx-tree-list
    [dataSource]="hierarchicalData"
    dataStructure="tree"
    itemsExpr="children">
</dx-tree-list>
import { DxTreeListModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    hierarchicalData = [{
        fullName: "John Heart",
        position: "CEO",
        city: "Los Angeles",
        children: [{
            fullName: "Samantha Bright",
            position: "COO",
            city: "Los Angeles",
            children: [{
                fullName: "Kevin Carter",
                position: "Shipping Manager",
                city: "Los Angeles"
            }]
        }]
    }];
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxTreeListModule
    ],
    // ...
})

When you load data from a remote source, and your data objects have a field that defines whether a row has nested rows, assign this field name to the hasItemsExpr option. It will notify the widget which rows do not need the expand button.

NOTE
Editing does not work with hierarchical data sources out of the box, but you can use the code sample from this KB to implement it.
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