searchBuilder.rebuild()

Rebuild the search to a given state.
Please note - this property requires the SearchBuilder extension for DataTables.

Description

This method provides the ability to set the search in SearchBuilder.

searchBuilder.rebuild() takes one argument, it is an SearchBuilder.Criteria object which defines the search logic to be applied.

If no argument is given, the search will be cleared.

Type

Example

var stored;
var table = new DataTable('#myTable', {
	layout: {
		top1: 'searchBuilder'
	}
});

$('#getDetails').on('click', function () {
	stored = table.searchBuilder.getDetails();
});

$('#revert').on('click', function () {
	table.searchBuilder.rebuild(stored);
});

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