title: How to set initial grouping for a Kendo grid
body: <p>So I've got the following piece of code working server side using Kendo Grid. However, I am confused on the next step.</p>
  
  <p>How do I set the grid to initially group by Income_Party? Also is it possible to add in a total amount per grouping?</p>
  
  <pre><code>@(Html.Kendo().Grid(Model.IncomeView)
    .Name("grid")
    .Columns(columns =&gt;
    {
        columns.Bound(model =&gt; model.INC_INCOME_DESCRIPTION);
        columns.Bound(item =&gt; item.INC_INCOME_AMOUNT);
        columns.Bound(item =&gt; item.INC_INCOME_PARTY);
        columns.Template(@&lt;text&gt;
                     @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", "MyLink" + item.VIEW_TYPE, new { id = item.GID, ReturnAction = "IncomeAndExpenses" }, null)  
                   &lt;/text&gt;)
                    .ClientTemplate("&lt;a href='/brunch/statistics/brunchid=#= BrunchCode#'&gt;#=BrunchCode#&lt;/a&gt;")
                    .Title("");
    })
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>)</p>