Getting started with Angular TreeGrid component

4 Sep 202524 minutes to read

This section outlines the steps required to create an Essential® JS 2 TreeGrid and demonstrates basic usage of the Angular TreeGrid control within an Angular CLI application.

To get started quickly with the Angular TreeGrid using CLI and Schematics, refer to the following video:

Setup Angular environment

Use the Angular CLI to set up Angular applications. To install Angular CLI, execute:

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create an Angular application

Create a new Angular application using the Angular CLI:

ng new my-app
cd my-app

Installing Syncfusion® TreeGrid package

Syncfusion® packages are distributed as @syncfusion scoped packages on npm. Find all Angular Syncfusion packages on npm.

Syncfusion® provides two package structures for Angular components:

  1. Ivy library distribution package (format)
  2. Angular compatibility compiler (ngcc) package

Ivy library distribution package

Syncfusion Angular packages (>=20.2.36) are distributed as Ivy packages, supporting the Angular Ivy rendering engine and compatible with Angular version 12 and above. Install the package as follows:

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid:

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid --save

Angular compatibility compiled package (ngcc)

For Angular versions below 12, use the legacy (ngcc) package. To install the ngcc package:

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid@ngcc:

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid@ngcc --save

To specify the ngcc package in package.json, add the -ngcc suffix as shown:

@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid:"20.2.38-ngcc"

Note: If the ngcc tag is not specified during installation, the Ivy library package will be installed by default.

Registering TreeGrid module

Import the TreeGridModule from the @syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid package into the Angular application (src/app/app.component.ts).

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { TreeGridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  standalone: true,
  imports: [ TreeGridModule ],
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrl: './app.component.css'
})
export class AppComponent { }

Adding CSS references

The following CSS files are available in the ../node_modules/@syncfusion package folder. Reference them in [src/styles.css]:

@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-grids/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-treegrid/styles/material.css';

Add TreeGrid component

Modify the template in [src/app/app.component.ts] to render the TreeGrid component. Use the <ejs-treegrid> selector in the template section.

import { TreeGridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    imports: [ TreeGridModule ],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-treegrid></ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    ngOnInit(): void { }
}

Defining row data

Bind data to the TreeGrid using the dataSource property. This accepts an array of JavaScript objects or a DataManager instance.

import { TreeGridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';

@Component({
    imports: [ TreeGridModule ],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-treegrid [dataSource]='data'></ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public data!: Object[];
    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
    }
}

Defining columns

TreeGrid columns are defined as an array. The following properties customize columns:

  • field: Maps to a property in the data source.
  • headerText: Sets the column header title.
  • textAlign: Adjusts the column alignment (default is left; set to Right for right alignment).
  • format: Formats number and date values using standard or custom formats.

Tree column expansion/collapse is enabled using the treeColumnIndex property.

import { NgModule} from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { PageService, SortService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';

@Component({
    imports: [ TreeGridModule],

    providers: [PageService, SortService, FilterService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-treegrid [dataSource]='data' [treeColumnIndex]='1' childMapping='subtasks'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=70></e-column>
                    <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=200></e-column>
                    <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                    <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: Object[];

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
    }
}
/**
 * Test cases data source
 */
export let sampleData: Object[] = [
    {
        taskID: 1,
        taskName: 'Planning',
        startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'),
        progress: 100,
        duration: 5,
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        isInExpandState: true,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 2, taskName: 'Plan timeline', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 3, taskName: 'Plan budget', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 4, taskName: 'Allocate resources', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 5, taskName: 'Planning complete', startDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 6,
        taskName: 'Design',
        startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'),
        duration: 3,
        progress: 86,
        priority: 'High',
        isInExpandState: false,
        approved: false,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 7, taskName: 'Software Specification', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 60, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 8, taskName: 'Develop prototype', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 9, taskName: 'Get approval from customer', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 10, taskName: 'Design Documentation', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 11, taskName: 'Design complete', startDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 12,
        taskName: 'Implementation Phase',
        startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        duration: 11,
        subtasks: [
            {
                taskID: 13,
                taskName: 'Phase 1',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 14,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 1',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'Normal',
                    duration: 11,
                    approved: false,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 15, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 16, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 17, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 18, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 19, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 20, taskName: 'Phase 1 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }

                    ]
                }]
            },
            {
                taskID: 21,
                taskName: 'Phase 2',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 12,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 22,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 2',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                    priority: 'Critical',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 12,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 23, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 24, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 25, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 26, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Low', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 27, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 28, taskName: 'Phase 2 complete', startDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: false }

                    ]
                }]
            },

            {
                taskID: 29,
                taskName: 'Phase 3',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'Normal',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 30,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 3',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'High',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 11,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 31, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 32, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 33, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 34, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 35, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 36, taskName: 'Phase 3 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                    ]
                }]
            }
        ]
    }
];
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

In the above example, hierarchical data binding uses the childMapping property to define hierarchy. For self-referencing data binding, use idMapping and parentIdMapping to establish hierarchy.

Module injection

To enable additional TreeGrid features, inject the required modules:

  • PageService: Enables paging.
  • SortService: Enables sorting.
  • FilterService: Enables filtering.
  • ExcelExportService: Enables Excel export.
  • PdfExportService: Enables PDF export.

Inject these modules in the providers section of the root NgModule or component class.

Additional feature modules are listed here

Enable paging

Paging provides a paged view of TreeGrid records. Enable it by setting the allowPaging property to true and injecting the PageService module. If PageService is not injected, the pager will not appear. Customize the pager using the pageSettings property.

In root-level paging mode, only root-level rows are paged; child rows do not affect paging. Enable this using the pageSettings.pageSizeMode property.

import { NgModule} from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { PageService, SortService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import {PageSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';

@Component({
    imports: [ TreeGridModule ],

    providers: [PageService, SortService, FilterService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-treegrid [dataSource]='data' [treeColumnIndex]='1' childMapping='subtasks'
                [allowPaging]="true" [pageSettings]='pageSettings'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                    <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                    <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                    <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: Object[];
    public pageSettings?: PageSettingsModel;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
        this.pageSettings = { pageSize: 6 };
    }
}
/**
 * Test cases data source
 */
export let sampleData: Object[] = [
    {
        taskID: 1,
        taskName: 'Planning',
        startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'),
        progress: 100,
        duration: 5,
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        isInExpandState: true,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 2, taskName: 'Plan timeline', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 3, taskName: 'Plan budget', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 4, taskName: 'Allocate resources', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 5, taskName: 'Planning complete', startDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 6,
        taskName: 'Design',
        startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'),
        duration: 3,
        progress: 86,
        priority: 'High',
        isInExpandState: false,
        approved: false,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 7, taskName: 'Software Specification', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 60, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 8, taskName: 'Develop prototype', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 9, taskName: 'Get approval from customer', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 10, taskName: 'Design Documentation', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 11, taskName: 'Design complete', startDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 12,
        taskName: 'Implementation Phase',
        startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        duration: 11,
        subtasks: [
            {
                taskID: 13,
                taskName: 'Phase 1',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 14,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 1',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'Normal',
                    duration: 11,
                    approved: false,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 15, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 16, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 17, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 18, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 19, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 20, taskName: 'Phase 1 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }

                    ]
                }]
            },
            {
                taskID: 21,
                taskName: 'Phase 2',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 12,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 22,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 2',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                    priority: 'Critical',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 12,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 23, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 24, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 25, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 26, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Low', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 27, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 28, taskName: 'Phase 2 complete', startDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: false }

                    ]
                }]
            },

            {
                taskID: 29,
                taskName: 'Phase 3',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'Normal',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 30,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 3',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'High',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 11,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 31, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 32, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 33, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 34, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 35, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 36, taskName: 'Phase 3 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                    ]
                }]
            }
        ]
    }
];
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Enable sorting

Sorting allows records to be ordered. Set the allowSorting property to true and inject the SortService module. If SortService is not injected, sorting via headers is unavailable.

Customize sorting with the sortSettings property.

import { NgModule} from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { PageService, SortService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import { PageSettingsModel, SortSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';

@Component({
    imports: [ TreeGridModule ],

    providers: [PageService, SortService, FilterService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-treegrid [dataSource]='data' [treeColumnIndex]='1' [sortSettings]="sortSettings"
                [allowSorting]="true" childMapping='subtasks' [allowPaging]="true" [pageSettings]='pageSettings'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                    <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                    <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                    <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: Object[];
    public sortSettings?: SortSettingsModel;
    public pageSettings?: PageSettingsModel;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
        this.sortSettings = { columns: [{ field: 'taskName', direction: 'Ascending' }, { field: 'taskID', direction: 'Descending' }]  };
        this.pageSettings = { pageSize: 6 };
    }
}
/**
 * Test cases data source
 */
export let sampleData: Object[] = [
    {
        taskID: 1,
        taskName: 'Planning',
        startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'),
        progress: 100,
        duration: 5,
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        isInExpandState: true,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 2, taskName: 'Plan timeline', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 3, taskName: 'Plan budget', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 4, taskName: 'Allocate resources', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 5, taskName: 'Planning complete', startDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 6,
        taskName: 'Design',
        startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'),
        duration: 3,
        progress: 86,
        priority: 'High',
        isInExpandState: false,
        approved: false,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 7, taskName: 'Software Specification', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 60, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 8, taskName: 'Develop prototype', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 9, taskName: 'Get approval from customer', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 10, taskName: 'Design Documentation', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 11, taskName: 'Design complete', startDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 12,
        taskName: 'Implementation Phase',
        startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        duration: 11,
        subtasks: [
            {
                taskID: 13,
                taskName: 'Phase 1',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 14,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 1',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'Normal',
                    duration: 11,
                    approved: false,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 15, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 16, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 17, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 18, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 19, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 20, taskName: 'Phase 1 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }

                    ]
                }]
            },
            {
                taskID: 21,
                taskName: 'Phase 2',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 12,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 22,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 2',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                    priority: 'Critical',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 12,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 23, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 24, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 25, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 26, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Low', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 27, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 28, taskName: 'Phase 2 complete', startDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: false }

                    ]
                }]
            },

            {
                taskID: 29,
                taskName: 'Phase 3',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'Normal',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 30,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 3',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'High',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 11,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 31, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 32, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 33, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 34, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 35, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 36, taskName: 'Phase 3 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                    ]
                }]
            }
        ]
    }
];
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Enable filtering

Filtering displays a reduced subset of records based on criteria. Enable it by setting the allowFiltering property to true and injecting the FilterService module. If FilterService is not injected, the filter bar will not be rendered.

Customize filtering using the filterSettings property.

By default, filtered records are shown with their parent records. Modify this using filterSettings.hierarchyMode.

import { NgModule} from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { PageService, SortService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import {PageSettingsModel, SortSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';

@Component({
    imports: [TreeGridModule  ],

    providers: [PageService, SortService, FilterService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-treegrid [dataSource]='data' [treeColumnIndex]='1' [allowFiltering]="true" [sortSettings]="sortSettings"
                [allowSorting]="true" childMapping='subtasks' [allowPaging]="true" [pageSettings]='pageSettings'>
                    <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                        <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                    </e-columns>
                </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: Object[];
    public sortSettings?: SortSettingsModel;
    public pageSettings?: PageSettingsModel;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
        this.sortSettings = { columns: [{ field: 'taskName', direction: 'Ascending' }, { field: 'taskID', direction: 'Descending' }]  };
        this.pageSettings = { pageSize: 6 };
    }
}
/**
 * Test cases data source
 */
export let sampleData: Object[] = [
    {
        taskID: 1,
        taskName: 'Planning',
        startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'),
        progress: 100,
        duration: 5,
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        isInExpandState: true,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 2, taskName: 'Plan timeline', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 3, taskName: 'Plan budget', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 4, taskName: 'Allocate resources', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 5, taskName: 'Planning complete', startDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 6,
        taskName: 'Design',
        startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'),
        duration: 3,
        progress: 86,
        priority: 'High',
        isInExpandState: false,
        approved: false,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 7, taskName: 'Software Specification', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 60, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 8, taskName: 'Develop prototype', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 9, taskName: 'Get approval from customer', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 10, taskName: 'Design Documentation', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 11, taskName: 'Design complete', startDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 12,
        taskName: 'Implementation Phase',
        startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        duration: 11,
        subtasks: [
            {
                taskID: 13,
                taskName: 'Phase 1',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 14,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 1',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'Normal',
                    duration: 11,
                    approved: false,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 15, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 16, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 17, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 18, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 19, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 20, taskName: 'Phase 1 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }

                    ]
                }]
            },
            {
                taskID: 21,
                taskName: 'Phase 2',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 12,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 22,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 2',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                    priority: 'Critical',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 12,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 23, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 24, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 25, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 26, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Low', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 27, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 28, taskName: 'Phase 2 complete', startDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: false }

                    ]
                }]
            },

            {
                taskID: 29,
                taskName: 'Phase 3',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'Normal',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 30,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 3',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'High',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 11,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 31, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 32, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 33, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 34, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 35, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 36, taskName: 'Phase 3 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                    ]
                }]
            }
        ]
    }
];
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

To render records in a collapsed initial state, enable the enableCollapseAll property.

Run the application

Start the application in a browser with:

ng serve --open

The output appears as follows.

import { NgModule} from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TreeGridModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { PageService, SortService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid'
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import { PageSettingsModel, SortSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';

@Component({
  imports: [TreeGridModule ],

    providers: [PageService, SortService, FilterService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-treegrid [dataSource]='data' [treeColumnIndex]='1' [sortSettings]="sortSettings"
                [allowFiltering]="true" [allowSorting]="true"
                childMapping='subtasks' [allowPaging]="true" [pageSettings]='pageSettings'>
                    <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                        <e-column field='startDate' headerText='Start Date' textAlign='Right' format='yMd' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='duration' headerText='Duration' textAlign='Right' width=80></e-column>
                    </e-columns>
               </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: Object[];
    public sortSettings?: SortSettingsModel;
    public pageSettings?: PageSettingsModel;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
        this.sortSettings = { columns: [{ field: 'taskName', direction: 'Ascending' }, { field: 'taskID', direction: 'Descending' }]  };
        this.pageSettings = { pageSize: 6 };
    }
}
/**
 * Test cases data source
 */
export let sampleData: Object[] = [
    {
        taskID: 1,
        taskName: 'Planning',
        startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'),
        progress: 100,
        duration: 5,
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        isInExpandState: true,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 2, taskName: 'Plan timeline', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 3, taskName: 'Plan budget', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 4, taskName: 'Allocate resources', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 5, taskName: 'Planning complete', startDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 6,
        taskName: 'Design',
        startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'),
        duration: 3,
        progress: 86,
        priority: 'High',
        isInExpandState: false,
        approved: false,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 7, taskName: 'Software Specification', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 60, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 8, taskName: 'Develop prototype', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 9, taskName: 'Get approval from customer', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 10, taskName: 'Design Documentation', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, approved: true },
            { taskID: 11, taskName: 'Design complete', startDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 12,
        taskName: 'Implementation Phase',
        startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        duration: 11,
        subtasks: [
            {
                taskID: 13,
                taskName: 'Phase 1',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 14,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 1',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'Normal',
                    duration: 11,
                    approved: false,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 15, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 16, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 17, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 18, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 19, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 20, taskName: 'Phase 1 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }

                    ]
                }]
            },
            {
                taskID: 21,
                taskName: 'Phase 2',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 12,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 22,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 2',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                    priority: 'Critical',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 12,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 23, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 24, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 25, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 26, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Low', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 27, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 28, taskName: 'Phase 2 complete', startDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: false }

                    ]
                }]
            },

            {
                taskID: 29,
                taskName: 'Phase 3',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'Normal',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 30,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 3',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'High',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 11,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 31, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 32, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 33, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 34, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 35, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 36, taskName: 'Phase 3 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                    ]
                }]
            }
        ]
    }
];
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

For a complete feature overview, see the Angular TreeGrid feature tour. Explore the Angular TreeGrid example to learn how to present and manipulate data.

Handling errors

TreeGrid identifies exceptions and notifies them through the actionFailure event. This event is triggered when errors occur due to incorrect configuration or invalid API usage. The actionFailure event handles scenarios such as:

The following example demonstrates use of the actionFailure event to display an exception for a missing isPrimaryKey configuration:

import { TreeGridAllModule, TreeGridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';
import { Component, OnInit ,ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
import { sampleData } from './datasource';
import { EditSettingsModel,EditService} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-treegrid';

@Component({
    imports: [TreeGridAllModule],
    providers: [EditService],
    standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<ejs-treegrid #treegrid [dataSource]='data' [treeColumnIndex]='1' height='270' [editSettings]='editSettings' childMapping='subtasks'  (actionFailure)="onActionFailure($event)" >
                    <e-columns>
                        <e-column field='taskID' headerText='Task ID' textAlign='Right' width=90></e-column>
                        <e-column field='taskName' headerText='Task Name' textAlign='Left' width=180></e-column>
                        <e-column field='priority' headerText='Priority' editType= 'dropdownedit' textAlign='Right' width=140></e-column>
                        <e-column field='progress' editType= 'numericedit' headerText='Progress' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    </e-columns>
                </ejs-treegrid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data?: object[];
    public editSettings?: EditSettingsModel;
    @ViewChild('treegrid')
    public treegrid?: TreeGridComponent;
    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = sampleData;
        this.editSettings = { allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true };
    }
    onActionFailure(e: any): any {
        let span: HTMLElement = document.createElement('span');
        ((this.treegrid?.element as HTMLElement).parentNode as ParentNode).insertBefore(span, (this.treegrid as TreeGridComponent).element);
        span.style.color = '#FF0000'
        span.innerHTML = e.error[0];
     }
}
/**
 * TreeGrid DataSource
 */

export let sampleData: Object[] =  [
    {
        taskID: 1,
        taskName: 'Planning',
        startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'),
        progress: 100,
        duration: 5,
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 2, taskName: 'Plan timeline', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 3, taskName: 'Plan budget', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Low', approved: true },
            { taskID: 4, taskName: 'Allocate resources', startDate: new Date('02/03/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 5, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 5, taskName: 'Planning complete', startDate: new Date('02/07/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/07/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Low', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 6,
        taskName: 'Design',
        startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'),
        duration: 3,
        progress: 86,
        priority: 'High',
        approved: false,
        subtasks: [
            { taskID: 7, taskName: 'Software Specification', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 60, priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
            { taskID: 8, taskName: 'Develop prototype', startDate: new Date('02/10/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/12/2017'), duration: 3, progress: 100, priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
            { taskID: 9, taskName: 'Get approval from customer', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, priority: 'Low', approved: true },
            { taskID: 10, taskName: 'Design Documentation', startDate: new Date('02/13/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 2, progress: 100, priority: 'High', approved: true },
            { taskID: 11, taskName: 'Design complete', startDate: new Date('02/14/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/14/2017'), duration: 0, progress: 0, priority: 'Normal', approved: true }
        ]
    },
    {
        taskID: 12,
        taskName: 'Implementation Phase',
        startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
        endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
        priority: 'Normal',
        approved: false,
        duration: 11,
        progress: 66,
        subtasks: [
            {
                taskID: 13,
                taskName: 'Phase 1',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                progress: 50,
                duration: 11,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 14,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 1',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'Normal',
                    duration: 11,
                    progress: 10,
                    approved: false,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 15, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 16, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 17, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 18, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 19, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 20, taskName: 'Phase 1 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true }

                    ]
                }]
            },
            {
                taskID: 21,
                taskName: 'Phase 2',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                priority: 'High',
                approved: false,
                duration: 12,
                progress: 60,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 22,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 2',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                    priority: 'Critical',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 12,
                    progress: 90,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 23, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 24, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/20/2017'), duration: 4, progress: '50', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 25, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/21/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/24/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 26, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/25/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/26/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Low', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 27, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 28, taskName: 'Phase 2 complete', startDate: new Date('02/28/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/28/2017'), duration: 0, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: false }

                    ]
                }]
            },

            {
                taskID: 29,
                taskName: 'Phase 3',
                startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                priority: 'Normal',
                approved: false,
                duration: 11,
                progress: 30,
                subtasks: [{
                    taskID: 30,
                    taskName: 'Implementation Module 3',
                    startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                    endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                    priority: 'High',
                    approved: false,
                    duration: 11,
                    progress: 60,
                    subtasks: [
                        { taskID: 31, taskName: 'Development Task 1', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Low', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 32, taskName: 'Development Task 2', startDate: new Date('02/17/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/19/2017'), duration: 3, progress: '50', priority: 'Normal', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 33, taskName: 'Testing', startDate: new Date('02/20/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/21/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Critical', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 34, taskName: 'Bug fix', startDate: new Date('02/24/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/25/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'High', approved: false },
                        { taskID: 35, taskName: 'Customer review meeting', startDate: new Date('02/26/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 2, progress: '0', priority: 'Normal', approved: true },
                        { taskID: 36, taskName: 'Phase 3 complete', startDate: new Date('02/27/2017'),
                            endDate: new Date('02/27/2017'), duration: 0, progress: '50', priority: 'Critical', approved: false },
                    ]
                }]
            }
        ]
    }
];
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

See also