--- title: "Perspective - Table" description: "The Table component displays database data in tabular form." --- # Perspective - Table > The Table component displays database data in tabular form.  **Component Palette Icon**:  ## Description The Table component displays database data in tabular form. Properties enable you to customize the data content, style, navigation, and user interaction of your table. ## User Interaction | Interaction | Description | | --------------- | ---------- | | Column Resizing | When configured through the designer via the corresponding column config, a column can be resized during runtime. The resize handle exists in a 36px swath centered on the end of the header cell. Hovering over this area will change the mouse cursor to column resizing. Dragging the resize handle will display a resize guide effectively providing a visual for the new column position as the user drags. These changes in width will not persist, and are merely for the convenience of the user. | | Sorting | When sorting is enabled on a column and the table head is enabled, a sort indicator will display to the right of the header cell content. The sort indicator will display the sort direction.Single Sort - Enabled by double clicking on a header cell.Multi Sort - Enabled by holding down Shift then double-clicking on multiple header cells.The Table component sorts columns based on the underlying data type in the column, instead of sorting alphanumerically as if all values were string formatted. | | Selection | When selection is enabled, a user may select table data based upon the table's selection configuration. In the browser, selection is indicated by a light blue overlay rendered on cells. The root selection, or most recently selected cell has a light blue border. The root selection corresponds with the selected column and selected row properties of the table component's selection configuration.Single - Single mouse click enabled.Single Interval - Shift and single mouse click enabled.Multiple Interval - Command/Ctrl + shift and single mouse click enabled. | | Editing | When editing is enabled on an individual cell, a user can edit a cell by performing the interaction specified by the `allow edit on` property of the table component. When in edit mode, an editing cell with the corresponding cells content will be presented for edit. To commit this edit, the user must press the return or enter key. To exit the edit, the user may either press the escape key or select another table cell. When an edit is committed, the edited data is sent to the cell edit component event of the Table component. If an external source updates a cell value, which will cause either the `selectedRow` or `selectedColumn` property to change, the Table will page and scroll to the updated cell for increased visibility to Table edits.| | Paging | When paging is enabled, a user may use the provided buttons to navigate between available pages and also jump to a specific page within range. | | Filtering | When filtering is enabled, a user may filter all of the data, not just the data being displayed when pagers are enabled, of the table component. If paging also happens to be enabled, the table will automatically page jump if it becomes necessary so that it does not display an empty page. | | Coloring/Look | The table is made up of various subareas (rows, cells, etc). To aid with styling the component, these subareas have dedicated style objects that can be used to change the look. Furthermore, some parts of the table's property model allow for more fine tuned control of the look. For example, changing the color of all the rows on table can be accomplished by setting a background color on the `rows.style` object. However, if you wanted to alternate colors on each row, you could instead look towards the `rows.striped.color` object, which allows you to pick colors for even and odd rows separately. | ## Properties Most Properties have binding options. For more information on Bindings, see [Types of Bindings in Perspective](ignition-modules/perspective/working-with-perspective-components/bindings-in-perspective/bindings-in-perspective.md). This section only documents the Props Category of properties. The other Categories are described on the [Perspective Component Properties](ignition-modules/perspective/working-with-perspective-components/perspective-component-properties.md) page. | Name | Description | Property Type | | -------- | -------------- | --------------- | | data | Can be a dataset, an array of arrays, or an array of objects. The preferred (recommended) data is either a dataset or an array of objects. Individual data items can be a string, a number, or an object with reserved keys. Object data items must have a **value** property. Optionally they can also have properties to indicate the style for the object and whether it is editable.
city: `{` value: 'Folsom', editable: true, style: `{` backgroundColor: 'grey', classes: [] \|'' `}``}` |array|
| virtualized | Enables virtualization of table rows, which is an optimization method that only shows a portion of the underlying data on the chart at a time.While enabled, the table will only be populated with a smaller subset of data: just the visible rows, and a few rows above and below. The idea being the component will be populated with new records as the user scrolls down the listing, assuming there are enough records to necessitate a scrollbar. Enabling virtualization generally results in a performance gain in the session, in cases where the data property is populated with a large amount of content, as the table will only have to "load" a small subset of content. The trade off is that the table will need to load records as the user scrolls, so scrolling quickly may not feel as "smooth" when compared to disabling virtualization. | value: boolean |
| selection | When Selection is configured, a user will be able to select table data based upon the table's selection configuration. Similar to Vision module, you can select single, single interval, and multiple interval selection modes. The current selection and selection data is written back to the table components property tree. With the exception of the selection data property, the selection properties are bidirectional, meaning that if you were to change the value of the selected column property, it should be reflected in the table component. Click to see the [selection](#selection-properties) properties. | object |
| filter | Where Table filtering is configured, as well as the filtered data. Click to see the [filter](#filter-properties) properties. | object |
| enableHeader | When enabled, the table header is displayed including the main table header along with the Header Groups. Default is true. | value: boolean |
| enableFooter | When selected, this enables the table footer, including the main table footer along with the Footer Groups. Default is false. | value: boolean |
| enableHeaderGroups | Enable table header groups if available. Default is false. | value: boolean |
| enableFooterGroups | Enable table footer groups if available. Default is false. | value: boolean |
| headerGroups | Header Groups are additional headers that are displayed above the main table header. Each header group equates to a single row with individual cells containing title text. The headerGroups properties include: **title**: Text displayed in the header. Value is string.**span**: You can use the span property to instruct individual cells to span multiple columns of the table. However, header group cells cannot span more than the available columns. If you specify more columns in the span property than are actually available in the table, the cell will only span the remaining space. Value is numeric.**justify**: Justify content horizontally. Options are left, right, and center. Value is string.**align**: Aligns the content vertically. Options are top, center, or bottom. Value is string.**style**: Sets a style that applies to header. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md). | object |
| footerGroups | Footer Groups are additional footers that display above the main table footer. Each footer group equates to a single row which consists of individual cells containing title text. The footerGroups properties include: **title**: Text displayed in the footer group. Value is string.**span**: You can use the span property to instruct individual cells to span multiple columns of the table. However, footer group cells cannot span more than the available columns. If you specify more columns in the span property than are actually available in the table, the cell will only span the remaining space. Value is numeric.**justify**: Justify content horizontally. Options are left, right, and center. Value is string.**align**: Aligns the content vertically. Options are top, center, or bottom. Value is string.**style**: Sets a style that applies to header. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md). | object |
| columns | The Columns property allows for granular column-by-column configurations, indicating how each column should be displayed in the table. Column configs enable the you to customize the table component's display and how users will be able to interact with the table in runtime. When a Column Config option is present, the table reflects that custom configuration. For examples on how column configurations work, see [Table Column Configurations](table-column-configurations.md). You can add Column Config options by selecting **Add Array Element** under the Columns property. By default, the Table component displays all available data in columns, however choosing to customize column configuration will reset the table to a single column display. Columns will have to be manually added back into the table using the **Add Array Element**  icon on the right of the Columns property. **field**: A string that matches this column config with a table column. This string must correspond to the default column name of the column. Value is string. **visible**: Toggles column visibility. Allows table columns to be invisible to users, but data will be available to view params and selection. Value is boolean. **editable**: Enables editing of all cells within this column. This can be overridden if the Editable property is set to false on an individual cell. Value is boolean. **render**: The default render setting is auto. Can be auto, number, date, boolean, string, or view. When set to "view", the adjacent viewPath and viewParams properties can be used to specify which view, and set values on view parameters for the nested view. Value is string. **justify**: Sets the justification for the content of the column. Options are left, center, right, or auto. The default setting is auto. Value is a string dropdown. **align**: Sets the alignment for the content of the column. Options are top, center, or bottom. The default alignment is center. Value is string. **resizable**: Enables columns to be resized. When enabled, users can resize columns in the runtime by hovering over the edge of the column header then dragging the  cursor. Value is boolean. **sortable**: Enables the column to be sorted. When enabled, users can double click on the column header in the run time to sort by ascending or descending order. Value is boolean. **filter**: Column-specific filtering configuration. Click here to see the [columns.filter](#columnsfilter-properties) properties. **viewPath**: When render mode is set to View, the table will display the view found at the view path within each cell of this column. Value is string.**viewParams**: Parameters to feed the configured view. Will be added to implicit parameters as follows: `{row:number;rowIndex:number;value:PlainObject;...viewParams}`. **boolean**: When render mode is set to Boolean, you can then specify how the boolean is represented in the runtime, for example, as a checkbox, toggle switch, value, and so forth. See Toggle Switch below. Value is string. **number**: Type of component to render for boolean. Options are number or progress. When render mode is set to Number, you can then specify whether the number is represented in the runtime as value or as progress. Value is string. **progressBar**: A progress bar configuration that is used when Number property is set to progress bar. You can specify the maximum value of the progress bar. Click here to see other [progressBar](#columnsprogressbar-properties) properties.**toggleSwitch**: Toggle switch configuration used when boolean is set to display as a toggle switch. Can specify selected and unselected color. **color.selected**: Color when the toggle switch is selected. See Color Selector. **color.unselected**: Color when the toggle switch is not selected. See Color Selector.**numberFormat**: A number format string when render mode is set to number. Options are none, number [1,000.12], integer [1,200], four decimal precision [1.1200], percent [10.12%], scientific [1.01E+03], accounting [$(1,000.12)], financial [(1,000.12)], currency [$1,000.12], currency (rounded) [$1,012], duration [24:01:00], abbreviation [1.2k], or ordinal [100th]. You can also set any number of zeros to display the same amount of numbers after a decimal. For example, a [0,0.0] number format will display `1.1`, while a [0,0.00000] number format will display `1.12345`. Value is string.**dateFormat**: Date format string used when render mode is set to date. Options are none, date [10/15/1018], time [3:59:00 PM], or date time [10/15/2018 15:59:00]. Value is string.**width**: The width of this column. If resize is enabled, specifies the column width on initial load. User can override this in the runtime if the Resizable option is enabled. Value is numeric.**strictWidth**: If enabled, the width of the column becomes fixed. Value is boolean.**style**: Sets a style for this individual column. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md). This style is applied to the header, cells, and footer of the entire column.**header**: Header cell configuration.**title**: Text for title of the column. Value is string.**justify**: Setting for justification of the title. Options are right, left, and center. Value is a string dropdown**align**: Setting for alignment of the title. Options are top, center, and bottom. Value is a string dropdown**style**: Sets a style for this header. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md).**footer**: Footer cell configuration.**title**: Text for title of the footer. Value is string.**justify**: Setting for justification of the title. Options are right, left, and center. Value is a string dropdown**align**: Setting for alignment of the title. Options are top, center, and bottom. Value is a string dropdown**style**: Sets a style for this footer. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md).**Implicit Properties****rowData**: Used to map parameters on a view cell to an entire row of data. The view must have a rowData object input parameter, with sub values that match the names of the columns. Then add the new view to the props.columns.0.viewPath property, and the input parameter as the props.columns.0.field property. Value is string. | array |
| dragOrderable | When enabled, users may drag column headers to reorder columns in the table if Column Config options are present. | value: boolean |
| sortOrder | The default weighted order in which columns and their contents are sorted relative to other columns and their contents. Used when the component loads. For **sortOrder** to be applied, the table must meet the following requirements:Objects under the **columns** array must be defined for each column in the table's underlying data property you wish to display and sort on.In addition, each object under columns must have the **field** setting set to the data item under the data property (for example, "population" in the table's default data set).**sortable** must be enabled.**sort** must be set to something other than none.Once all columns have been configured, the sortOrder can be configured.Each element in the **sortOrder** array is expected to be a string value representing the name of the column (as determined by **field** value in the columns array). For example, sorting by population first, city second, and country last, would look like the following: | array |
| rows| Configures all rows in the table component. Includes settings for expanding rows into subviews. Click to see the [rows properties](#rows-properties). | object |
| cells | Configures all cells in the table component.**allowEditOn**: Enables the table cells to be edited on a single click, double click, or long press. Value is string.**style**: Sets a style that applies to every cell in the table. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md).|object|
|editingCell| The current editing cell with two properties to display the `column` and `row` when actively editing.
| nullFormat | The table null format configuration used when a table contains either a "null" string value or blank cell data. Can be overridden by individual column nullFormat configuration.**includeNullStrings**:Toggles inclusion of "null" strings in null format logic. Default value is false. Value is boolean.**strict**: Overrides render mode and apply nullFormatValue when enabled. Value is boolean.**nullFormatValue**: Value to be applied against null values (or "null" strings if includeNullStrings is set to true), and includes three build-in options: blank, N/A, and null.|object |
| pager | Enables table pagination. Pagination improves performance and appearance on large tables, over 1000 rows. Click to see the [pager properties](#pager-properties).| object|
| resizeMode | Specifies whether the table resize mode is either Fill or Fixed. In Fill resized mode, the total width of all the columns cannot be less than the width of the table. In Fixed resized mode, the total width of all the columns can be less than the width of the table. | value: boolean |
| style | Sets a style that applies to the component. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md).| object |
| emptyMessage | Empty message configuration.noData: Empty message configuration for when there is either no data source or the data source is empty. Click to see the [noData properties](#emptymessagenodata-properties).noFilterResults: Empty message configuration for when a filter returns no results. Click to see the [noFilterResults properties](#emptymessagenofilterresults-properties). style: Sets a style that applies to the empty message display area. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md).|object|
| headerStyle | Sets a style that applies to all column headers. Can be overridden by both columns.style and columns.header.style properties. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md).| object |
|headerGroupStyle | Sets a style that applies to all headerGroups. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md). | object |
| bodyStyle |Sets a style that applies to the table body. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md). | object |
| footerStyle |Sets a style that applies to all column footers. Can be overridden by both columns.style and columns.footer.style properties. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md). | object |
| footerGroupStyle |Sets a style that applies to all footerGroups. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md). | object |
### selection Properties
| Name | Description | Property Type |
| -------- | ------ | -------------- |
| mode | This option determines if only one row, cell, or column can be selected at once. Options are single, single interval, and multiple interval. | value: string |
| enableRowSelection | This option is used in conjunction with the Column Selection allowed flag in order to determine whether whole rows, whole columns, or both (single cells) are selectable. Can be set to true or false. Default is true. | value: boolean |
| enableColumnSelection | This option is used in conjunction with the Row Selection allowed flag in order to determine whether whole rows, whole columns, or both (single cells) are selectable . Can be set to true or false. Default is false. | value: boolean |
| selectedColumn | The index of the first selected column, or null if none. | value: numeric |
| selectedRow | The index of the first selected row, or null if none. | value: numeric |
| data | An array of objects representing the current selection. | array |
| style |Sets a style that applies to the visual selection. This does not impact the highlight style when the mouse is hovered over the table. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md). | object |
### filter Properties
| Name | Description | Property Type |
| ------- | ------ | -------------- |
| enabled | Enables filtering. Default is false. | value: boolean |
| text | Contains the text you want to filter on. | value: string |
| results | The filtered data.**enabled**: Enables the filter results to be written back to the props. Doing so may cause performance decline. Default is false. Value is boolean.**data**: An array of objects representing the current filtered data if filtering is enabled. Each object represents a row of the table. | object |
| style |Sets a style that applies to the filter display. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md). | object |
### columns.filter Properties
| Name | Description | Property Type |
| ------- | ------- | ---------------------- |
| enabled | When true, will apply any valid column filters configured here. | boolean |
| visible | Specifies how the filter icon in the column header is visible to the user. Unless "never", will always be shown if a mobile device is connected. | value: string dropdown |
| string | String type column filter.**condition**: The conditions by which the string filter will apply. Possible values include: containsequalsstarts withends with**value**: The specific string value that will be used for the filter. Value is string. | object |
| number | Number type column filter.**condition**: The conditions by which the number filter will apply. Possible values include:greater thangreater than or equal toless thanless than or equal toequalsbetween**value**: The specific number value that will be used for the filter. Value is string. | object |
| boolean | Boolean type column filter.**condition**: The condition by which the boolean filter will apply. Possible values are true and false.| object|
| date | Date type column filter.**condition**: The condition by which the date filter will apply. Possible values include: containsdate equalsdate time equalsbefore datebefore date timebefore or equal to datebefore or equal to date timeafter dateafter date timeafter or equal to dateafter or equal to date timebetween datesbetween date times**value**: The specific date time that will be used for the filter. Value is string. |object|
### columns.progressBar Properties
| Name|Description|Property Type|
|--|--|--|
|max|Progress bar maximum value.|value: numeric|
|bar|Settings for the bar.**color**: Color of the bar and the track. See [Color Selector].**style**: Sets a style for the progress bar. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md).|object|
|track|Settings for the track.**color**: Color of the bar and the track. See [Color Selector].**style**: Sets a style for the progress bar. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md).|object|
|value|Settings for the value on the Progress Bar.**enabled**: Whether or not to show the value. Value is boolean.**format**: Format to apply to the value. Value is string.**justify**: Horizontal alignment of the value. Value is string.**style**: Sets a style for the value. Full menu of [style options](appendix/reference-pages/style-reference.md) is available for text, background, margin and padding, border, shape and miscellaneous. You can also specify a [style class](ignition-modules/perspective/styles/style-classes/style-classes.md).|object|
### rows Properties
| Name | Description | Property Type |
| -------------------- | -------------------- | ------------- |
| height | A minimum height value applied to all rows. A row cannot be shorter than this value, but it can be taller based on the height of the content it displays. This property can be set to "auto" (the default value) or given a numerical value that will correspond to a minimum row height in pixels. | value: string / numeric |
| subviewExpansionMode | Specifies how many subviews can be expanded at any given time. Options are multiple or single. Default is multiple. | value: string |
| subview | When enabled, each table row can be expanded into a subview. The Expandable Arrow ![](