Introduction to React Query Builder

Initializing the query builder

Fields and operators

Getting started

Translations

Other customizations

Built-in input types

Custom value editors

Configuration

Formatting the query

Server setup, part 1

Server setup, part 2

Fetching data

Displaying data in the grid

Displaying data in a chart

Integrating with an API

Adding a new API endpoint

Preparing a new data set

Displaying the new data

Displaying a map

Geographic data

Setting up the bulk editor

Enhancing the bulk editor

Finalizing the bulk editor

Bulk edits

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In this course we teach you how to create admin reports with React using a query builder. Admin reporting is a broad topic, and getting started can be overwhelming.

In five modules, we cover configuration of the query builder, setting up a server, displaying data in a grid, chart, and map, as well as some more advanced uses of the query builder. It's about three hours long and comes with code samples.

The course is taught by Jake Boone, who uses React Query Builder in real, mission-critical applications for a large engineering and construction firm.

In this course, we'll be using React Query Builder to create admin reports with complex filtering, bulk editing, data grids, charts, and maps.

Building Advanced Admin Reporting in React

In this lesson we'll be working with the built-in input types and value getters.  Input types will set the 

 element, and value getters will set up options for drop-down lists.

There are two ways to configure input types:

We'll use the field-level attribute because it's simpler for our purposes.

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title: Built-in input types
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# Built-in input types

In this lesson we'll be working with the built-in input types and value getters.  Input types will set the `type` attribute of an `<input>` element, and value getters will set up options for drop-down lists.

## Input types

There are two ways to configure input types:

-   the `getInputType` prop at the query level
-   the `inputType` attribute at the field level

We'll use the field-level attribute because it's simpler for our purposes.

Set the `inputType` attribute to `"number"` for `order_id` and all other numeric fields.

```ts
// fields.ts
  // ...
  {
    name: "order_id",
    label: "Order ID",
    inputType: "number", // <--
  },
  // ...
  {
    name: "units_sold",
    label: "Units Sold",
    inputType: "number", // <--
  },
  {
    name: "unit_price",
    label: "Unit Price",
    inputType: "number", // <--
  },
  {
    name: "unit_cost",
    label: "Unit Cost",
    inputType: "number", // <--
  },
  {
    name: "total_revenue",
    label: "Total Revenue",
    inputType: "number", // <--
  },
  {
    name: "total_cost",
    label: "Total Cost",
    inputType: "number", // <--
  },
  {
    name: "total_profit",
    label: "Total Profit",
    inputType: "number", // <--
  },
  // ...
```

We'll leave the rest as the default (which is `"text"`) since we're going to enhance the date fields with a proper date picker in a later lesson.

## Drop-down lists

Now we'll set up the drop-downs for fields that have discrete value lists.

First we need to define their `valueEditorType` as `"select"`. Once again, there are two ways to do this - at the query level and at the field level. We are going to use the field-level attribute for this configuration.

Using the various input types provided with React Query Builder, including numeric inputs and drop-down lists

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Building Advanced Admin Reporting in React

Welcome: Introduction

Introduction:

Start Here

Module 0: Getting started

Introduction: (1:18)

Introduction to React Query Builder

Lesson 1: (11:12)

Initializing the query builder

Lesson 2: (4:13)

Fields and operators

Module 1: Configuration

Lesson 1: (7:20)

Translations

Lesson 2: (6:58)

Other customizations

Lesson 3: (4:35)

Built-in input types

Lesson 4: (11:19)

Custom value editors

Module 2: Integrating with an API

Lesson 1: (5:24)

Formatting the query

Lesson 2: (12:38)

Server setup, part 1

Lesson 3: (16:28)

Server setup, part 2

Lesson 4: (6:10)

Fetching data

Lesson 5: (11:37)

Displaying data in the grid

Lesson 6: (7:05)

Displaying data in a chart

Module 3: Geographic data

Lesson 1: (2:28)

Adding a new API endpoint

Lesson 2: (7:33)

Preparing a new data set

Lesson 3: (9:22)

Displaying the new data

Lesson 4: (11:23)

Displaying a map

Module 4: Bulk edits

Lesson 1: (12:15)

Setting up the bulk editor

Lesson 2: (7:54)

Enhancing the bulk editor

Lesson 3: (10:01)

Finalizing the bulk editor

Built-in input types

Input types#