how to add conditions on column:data?

madusanka

if the are conditions true, i want to show this column, where should i check the conditions

 "columnDefs": [
                   {
                       "targets": [ 0 ],
                      "data":"id",
                       "orderable": true,
                       'render': function (data, type, row) {
                  //         return '<a href="#"   id="' + row.id +'" data-booking='+JSON.stringify(row)+' class="show-booking">'+row.booking_reference+'</a>'
                       },
                   },
]

or

 columns: [
                  { data: "booking_reference", 'render': function (data, type, row) {
                          return '<a href="#"   id="' + row.id +'" data-booking='+JSON.stringify(row)+' class="show-booking">'+row.booking_reference+'</a>'
                      },
                  },
]

colin

Hi @madusanka ,

If you're rendering already, you could check for the data condition, flag the column to be hidden, then do it in initComplete with column().visible(). Otherwise, still hide the column in initComplete, but check the column data there with column().data().

Cheers,

Colin

madusanka

i used column().visible() and i gave me the what i wanted. Thanks @colin