Hello,

It is possible to define a group description with CustomName like this:

this.provider.RowGroupDescriptions.Add(new PropertyGroupDescription()
{
    PropertyName = "Product",
    CustomName = "CustomProduct"
});

If you remove that description and add it again from the pivot field list its custom name will be lost. This, however, is not an issue because RadPivotFieldList does not work with custom names. Dragging and dropping a field from the field list generates a new group description and you have to set its CustomName again.

A possible solution is to access the generated group description in the PrepareDescriptionForField event of the provider and set its custom name. The custom name will be displayed both in RadPivotGrid and the field list.

private void Provider_PrepareDescriptionForField(object sender, PrepareDescriptionForFieldEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Description.DisplayName == "Product" && e.Description is PropertyGroupDescription customDescription)
    {
        customDescription.CustomName = "CustomProduct";
    }
}

The text of the nodes building the tree with the fields can be easily customized in the RadPivotFieldList.FieldListControl.NodeFormatting event:

private void FieldsControl_NodeFormatting(object sender, TreeNodeFormattingEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Node.Text == "Product")
    {
        e.NodeElement.ContentElement.Text = "CustomProduct";
    }
}

Regards,
Dimitar
Progress Telerik

Hello, Michael,

Please have in mind that RadPivotFieldList refreshes the nodes regularly according to the fields of the applied DataSource collection. That is why dynamic changing of the node's Text will be overridden with the next reloading of the tree view. Usually, you can use the NodeFormatting event to force specific text to be visually available in the node. However, this wouldn't be a stable solution.

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Regards,
Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Sr.
Progress Telerik