In a typical OData web service most entity types have references to other entity types. Product would have a reference to Supplier, Order to Customer and Employee, OrderItems to Order. Since its very first version, the DevExpress DataExplorer automatically recognized those linked entities and built appropriate master-detail hierarchies.
Of course master-detail drill-down screens or even side-by-side screens mean that you have to select a record in order to see additional information. Then you need to select another to view its linked data, and then another. And if this is what your end-users do – analyze data from multiple linked entities, the DataExplorer’s new Data Lookup functionality will help you bring all data into one screen thus building a more usable app.
Here’s a short video demonstrating this feature.
As many other DataExplorer features, Data Lookup functionality is something that can make nearly any mobile app UI much more usable. And as always, it’s all done with almost no effort on your part.