How to ignore orthogonal data setup on search

alinungurean

My dataTable uses orthogonal data (filter). Each cell information consists of text and id. I find the orthogonal data useful when using a multi-filter with dropdowns (text,id) i.e. search for bikes of a specific type( types being DB predefined and consists of text and id).
I want to use the search function from both multi-filter but with dropdowns ( i.e. https://datatables.net/examples/api/multi_filter.html) and as global search from the typical search box.
My question is how to both search for an id(int) over the data source(orthogonal data defined) but also to search for a string?

allan

In the case of the global filter or a text input it is relatively easy - you just return both the id and the string that you want to be searchable from the orthogonal rendering function.

In the case of a dropdown select it would be much more difficult / impossible. You would almost certainly have to split it into two select elements, one for the id and one for the string value, since the select options can only take a single value.

To be honest, I'm not sure I've fully understood the question. If you could explain it a little more I might be able to understand it better.

Allan