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  1. API reference
    1. Introduction
    2. Flexmonster()
  2. Objects
    1. All objects
    2. Report Object
    3. Data Source Object
    4. Mapping Object
    5. Slice Object
    6. Options Object
    7. Global Object
    8. Filtering
      1. Filter Object
      2. Number Query Object
      3. String Query Object
      4. Date Query Object
      5. Time Query Object
      6. Value Query Object
    9. Format Object
    10. Conditional Format Object
    11. Table Sizes Object
    12. Cell Data Object
    13. Chart Data Object
    14. Toolbar Object
    15. Chart Legend Data Object
    16. Share Report Connection Object
  3. Methods
    1. All methods
    2. addCalculatedMeasure
    3. addCondition
    4. alert
    5. clear
    6. clearFilter
    7. clearXMLACache
    8. closeFieldsList
    9. collapseAllData
    10. collapseCell
    11. collapseData
    12. connectTo
    13. customizeAPIRequest
    14. customizeCell
    15. customizeChartElement
    16. customizeContextMenu
    17. dispose
    18. drillDownCell
    19. drillUpCell
    20. expandAllData
    21. expandCell
    22. expandData
    23. exportTo
    24. getAllConditions
    25. getAllHierarchies
    26. getAllHierarchiesAsync
    27. getAllMeasures
    28. getAllMeasuresAsync
    29. getCell
    30. getColumns
    31. getColumnsAsync
    32. getCondition
    33. getFilter
    34. getFlatSort
    35. getFormat
    36. getMeasures
    37. getMeasuresAsync
    38. getMembers
    39. getMembersAsync
    40. getOptions
    41. getReport
    42. getReportFilters
    43. getReportFiltersAsync
    44. getRows
    45. getRowsAsync
    46. getSelectedCell
    47. getSort
    48. getTableSizes
    49. getXMLACatalogs
    50. getXMLACatalogsAsync
    51. getXMLACubes
    52. getXMLACubesAsync
    53. getXMLADataSources
    54. getXMLADataSourcesAsync
    55. getXMLAProviderName
    56. getXMLAProviderNameAsync
    57. load
    58. off
    59. on
    60. open
    61. openCalculatedValueEditor
    62. openFieldsList
    63. openFilter
    64. print
    65. refresh
    66. removeAllCalculatedMeasures
    67. removeAllConditions
    68. removeCalculatedMeasure
    69. removeCondition
    70. removeSelection
    71. runQuery
    72. save
    73. scrollToColumn
    74. scrollToRow
    75. setFilter
    76. setFlatSort
    77. setFormat
    78. setOptions
    79. setReport
    80. setSort
    81. setTableSizes
    82. shareReport
    83. showCharts
    84. showGrid
    85. showGridAndCharts
    86. sortingMethod
    87. sortValues
    88. updateData
  4. Events
    1. All events
    2. afterchartdraw
    3. aftergriddraw
    4. beforegriddraw
    5. beforetoolbarcreated
    6. cellclick
    7. celldoubleclick
    8. chartclick
    9. datachanged
    10. dataerror
    11. datafilecancelled
    12. dataloaded
    13. drillthroughclose
    14. drillthroughopen
    15. exportcomplete
    16. exportstart
    17. fieldslistclose
    18. fieldslistopen
    19. filterclose
    20. filteropen
    21. loadingdata
    22. loadinglocalization
    23. loadingolapstructure
    24. loadingreportfile
    25. localizationerror
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    28. olapstructureloaded
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    30. printcomplete
    31. printstart
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    34. ready
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    37. reportfilecancelled
    38. reportfileerror
    39. runningquery
    40. unauthorizederror
    41. update
  5. Custom data source API
    1. All requests
    2. /handshake request
    3. /fields request
    4. /members request
    5. /select request for the pivot table
    6. /select request for the flat table
    7. /select request for the drill-through view
    8. Field Object
    9. Filter Object
    10. Filter Group Object
  6. MongoDB Connector API
    1. All methods
    2. getSchema
    3. getMembers
    4. getSelectResult
  7. Flexmonster Connector for amCharts
    1. All methods
    2. amcharts.getData
    3. amcharts.getCategoryName
    4. amcharts.getMeasureNameByIndex
    5. amcharts.getNumberOfMeasures
    6. amcharts.getNumberFormatPattern
Table of contents

getColumns

getColumns(): Array

[starting from version: 1.4]

Returns a list of hierarchies selected in the report slice for columns. Note that getColumns has an async equivalent – getColumnsAsync.

Returns

Array of objects. Each object in the array contains the following properties:

  • caption – String. Hierarchy caption.
  • uniqueName – String. Unique hierarchy name.
  • sort – String. Sorting type ("asc", "desc", or "unsorted").
  • type – String. The hierarchy’s type. It is returned for "json", "csv", "api", and "elasticsearch" data source types:
    • For "json" and "csv", the type can be the following: "string", "number", "date", "date string", "year/month/day", "year/quarter/month/day", "datetime", "time".
    • For "api", the type can be the following: "string", "number", "date string", "datetime", "time".
    • For "elasticsearch", the type’s possible values are described here: Field data types.

If data load is in progress an empty array is returned.

Example

flexmonster.getColumns();

/* method returns array of objects
[
{caption: "Business Type", uniqueName: "Business Type", sort: "desc", type: "string"},
{caption: "Category", uniqueName: "Category", sort: "asc", type: "string"}
]
*/

Check out on JSFiddle.

See also

getColumnsAsync
getAllHierarchies
getRows
getReportFilters
getAllMeasures
getMeasures