I am using the select2 intergration with inline editing. I am using Patch requests to preform partial updates to my data.
I notice the specific select2 field is always sent with this request regardless of whether this field has been modified or not.

Is there a way of emitting this field from being sent unless a change has been made, or if that is not possible setting the select2 selected object to that of the data pulled back by the datatables.

below is my datatables code

    var interface_mapper_datatable = $('#interface_mapper_table').DataTable({
        dom: '<"top">rt<"row"<"col-sm-12 col-md-5"i><"col-sm-12 col-md-7 dataTables_pager"<"pull-right"lp>>><"clear">',
        //dom: 'Bfrtip',
        // columns definition
        columnDefs: [
            {className: "text-center", targets: "_all"},
            {className: "text-left", targets: 0},


            {targets: 0, visible: false,},
            {targets: 1, visible: false,},
            {
                targets: 4,
                "createdCell": function (td, cellData, rowData, row, col) {
                    if (cellData < 1) {
                        $(td).css('color', 'red')
                    }
                }


            }
        ],
        columns: [
            {data: "uuid"},
            {data: "switch"},
            {data: "existing_switch_name"},
            {data: "interface"},
            {data: "speed"},
            {data: "mode"},
            {data: "description"},
            {data: "destination_interface_name", editField: "destination_interface"}
        ],
        pageLength: 10,
        responsive: true,
        rowId: 'uuid',
        order: [[1, "desc"]],
        "lengthMenu": [[10, 20, 50, -1], [10, 20, 50, "All"]],
        language: {
            lengthMenu: " _MENU_"
        },
        select: true,
        buttons: [
            {extend: 'edit', editor: editor},
            {extend: 'remove', editor: editor}
        ]
    });

    var editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor({
        // ajax:  '/api/v1/migration-tool/switch-mapper/editor/?format=datatables',
        ajax: {
            create: {
                type: 'POST',
                url: '/api/v1/migration-tool/interfaces'
            },
            edit: {
                type: 'PATCH',
                url: '/api/v1/migration-tool/interfaces/_id_'
            },
            remove: {
                type: 'DELETE',
                url: '/api/v1/migration-tool/interfaces/_id_',
                deleteBody: false
            }
        },
        table: '#interface_mapper_table',
        idSrc: 'uuid',
        fields: [
            // {label: 'uuid', name: 'uuid',},
            // {label: 'switch', name: 'switch'},
            // {label: 'existing_switch_name', name: 'existing_switch_name'},
            // {label: 'interface', name: 'interface'},
            // {label: 'speed', name: 'speed',},
            // {label: 'mode', name: 'mode'},
            {label: 'description', name: 'description'},
        ]
    });

    editor.add({
        "label": "destination_interface_name:",
        "name": "destination_interface",
        "type": "select2",
        "initialValue": true,
        "opts": {
            allowClear: true,
            CloseOnSelect: false,
            cache: true,
            placeholder: "Select Interface",
            ajax: {
                url: (function () {
                    var data = $('#endpoint').select2('data')[0]['id'].split('_').pop();
                    var url = "/api/v1/aci/fabric-node-interfaces?interface=&switch__site_id__uuid=" + data;
                    console.log(url);
                    return url
                }),
                dataType: 'json',
                delay: 250,
                data: function (params) {
                    // console.log(params.term);
                    return {
                        switch__node_name: params.term, // search term

                    };
                },
                processResults: function (data, params) {
                    // parse the results into the format expected by Select2
                    // since we are using custom formatting functions we do not need to
                    // alter the remote JSON data, except to indicate that infinite
                    // scrolling can be used
                    params.page = params.page || 1;
                    var formatted_data = [];
                    for (i = 0; i < data.results.length; i++) {
                        formatted_data.push(
                            {
                                'id': data.results[i].uuid,
                                'text': data.results[i].interface_name,
                            }
                        )
                    }
                    return {
                        results: formatted_data,
                    };
                },


            },
            escapeMarkup: function (markup) {
                return markup;
            },
        }
    });

i have tried to setting it as per the select2 documentation [here](https://select2.org/programmatic-control/add-select-clear-items#preselecting-options-in-an-remotely-sourced-ajax-select2 "here") without any luck.

    // Update select2 selection based on row.
    interface_mapper_datatable.on('select', function (e) {
        var data = interface_mapper_datatable.row({selected: true}).data();
        var destination_interface = data.destination_interface;
        // Fetch the preselected item, and add to the control
        var editor_select2 = $('#DTE_Field_destination_interface');
        $.ajax({
            type: 'GET',
            url: '/api/v1/aci/fabric-node-interfaces/' + destination_interface
        }).then(function (data) {
            // create the option and append to Select2
            var option = new Option(data.interface_name, data.uuid, true, true);
            var formatted_data =
                {
                    'id': data.uuid,
                    'text': data.interface_name,
                };
            editor_select2.append(option).trigger('change');


            // manually trigger the `select2:select` event
            editor_select2.trigger({
                type: 'select2:select',
                params: {
                    data: formatted_data
                }
            });
        });
    });

PATCH request when interface is modified:
data[6ffb1ff6-7572-4a34-81f4-d8213d6df0b2][destination_interface]: 7f9a3a5d-c244-4f69-97fb-3db5123e95aa
action: edit

PATCH request when only the description field is modified:
data[6ffb1ff6-7572-4a34-81f4-d8213d6df0b2][description]: PDC-ENC3-PRDVC1-X2R
data[6ffb1ff6-7572-4a34-81f4-d8213d6df0b2][destination_interface]:
action: edit

Any help is appricated.