DataBind Odoo Data to the DevExpress Data Grid

The ADO.NET Provider for Odoo by CData incorporates conventional ADO.NET data access components compatible with third-party controls. You can adhere to the standard ADO.NET data binding procedures to establish two-way access to real-time data through UI controls. This article will demonstrate the utilization of CData components for data binding with DevExpress UI Controls (Windows Forms and Web controls), specifically binding to a chart that visualizes live data.

Getting Started

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To connect, set the Url to a valid Odoo site, User and Password to the connection details of the user you are connecting with, and Database to the Odoo database.

Windows Forms Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress chart with Odoo data. The OdooDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart control. The Diagram property of the control defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using (OdooConnection connection = new OdooConnection(
"User=MyUser;Password=MyPassword;URL=http://MyOdooSite/;Database=MyDatabase;")) {
 OdooDataAdapter dataAdapter = new OdooDataAdapter(
 "SELECT name, email FROM res_users", connection);
 
 DataTable table = new DataTable();
 dataAdapter.Fill(table);
 DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series();
 chartControl1.Series.Add(series);
 series.DataSource = table;
 series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "email" });
 series.ArgumentScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Qualitative;
 series.ArgumentDataMember = "name";
 series.ValueScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Numerical;
 chartControl1.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;
 ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true; 
}

Web Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress Web control with Odoo data. The OdooDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart; the Diagram property defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using DevExpress.XtraCharts;

using (OdooConnection connection = new OdooConnection(
"User=MyUser;Password=MyPassword;URL=http://MyOdooSite/;Database=MyDatabase;"))
{
 OdooDataAdapter OdooDataAdapter1 = new OdooDataAdapter("SELECT name, email FROM res_users", connection);
 DataTable table = new DataTable();
 OdooDataAdapter1.Fill(table);
 DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new Series("Series1", ViewType.Bar);
 WebChartControl1.Series.Add(series);
 series.DataSource = table;
 series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "email" });
 series.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.Qualitative;
 series.ArgumentDataMember = "name";
 series.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.Numerical;
 ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true;
}