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title: "Creating an Advanced Data Grid"
slug: "creating-an-advanced-data-grid"
tags: ["Advanced Data Grids", "Form Controls"]
updated: 2026-06-10T14:03:00Z
published: 2026-06-10T14:03:00Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/creating-an-advanced-data-grid"
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# Creating an Advanced Data Grid

## Overview

The following example shows Users how to create and utilize an Advanced Data Grid.

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## Example

1. [Create a Flow](https://documentation.decisions.com/v9/docs/create-flows). In the Flow Designer, after the start step, add a Fetch Entities step to fetch a list of Accounts.
2. After the Fetch Entities step, add a Show Form step to create a Form.
3. Add an Advanced Data Grid control to the Form.
4. In the Controls Properties Panel:
  1. Set the **Grid Mode** to **InlineEdit**.
  2. Set **Allow Multiple Selections** to **True**.
  3. Set the **Type** to **Accounts**.
5. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2025-07-30_13h58_39.png)In the **Source** section, click **Edit [Form Name] AdvancedDataGrid Report**to open the Report Designer:
  1. Confirm that Accounts is selected as the data source.
  2. Add only the Email and Department columns.
  3. For the Department column, enable **Can Edit**.
6. Save and close the Report Designer to return to the Form Designer.![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2025-07-30_13h51_00.gif)
7. (Optional) Add Data Grid Add and Remove Buttons to allow row additions or subtractions at runtime.
8. Set the Output Data Name to UpdatedAccounts to capture edits made at runtime.
9. Set Output Selected Item(s) to True if needed for downstream logic.

### Debug

1. In the Flow Designer, click **Debug**.
2. When the form loads, the Advanced Data Grid will display a list of Accounts fetched from the Fetch Entities step.
3. Users can edit the Department column directly within the grid. Changes will be available in the UpdatedAccounts output variable.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2025-07-30_14h03_32.gif)