Migrate from Grid Lite to Premium Data Grid (Web Components)

Purpose

Use this skill to migrate a project from Grid Lite (igniteui-grid-lite, MIT licensed, <igc-grid-lite>) to the Premium Data Grid (igniteui-webcomponents-grids, commercially licensed, <igc-grid>). Grid Lite has read-only capabilities. Use this skill when the project needs enterprise features, for example editing, selection, paging, grouping, summaries, Excel export, or state persistence.

MANDATORY AGENT PROTOCOL

DO NOT write any code from memory. Grid APIs change between versions.

Before you write migration code:

1. Identify the current Grid Lite usage - read the existing TypeScript and HTML files of the user. Find the column configuration, cell templates, data binding, and any dataPipelineConfiguration usage.
2. Use the MCP server - when you are not sure about an API detail, call mcp_igniteui-cli_get_api_reference or mcp_igniteui-cli_get_doc (framework: webcomponents) to verify it.
3. Only then produce output - write all code from verified references, not from memory.

When to Migrate