to use cell span, there will need a MetaList class and meta function to provide span condition
var metaList = new grid.MetaList(_data, getMeta);
/// specify column id or field name
Map getMeta(int row) {
if (row % 3 == 0)
return {
grid.MetaList.COLUMN: {'duration': 2} //'duration' is field name
};
return {};
}