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Something on the server will need to get your data and generate the exported file which you could then return with an Ajax call. Unfortunately, that's outside the scope of DataTables.

Sorry - I completely lost track of this thread! When the buttons don't work any more, has an error been reported either in the Javascript console of your browser, or on the server-side (usually in the Ajax response)? Allan

Currently, I am using an ajax dataFilter, as described in mboo2005's comment here: https://www.datatables.net/manual/server-side However, this seems to break search and ordering.

100], [25, 50, 100] ], ajax: { url: URL, type: "GET",

to the client via ajax. Just to make sure...

This example will show you how to capture the global search filter. http://live.datatables.net/jorexujo/3/edit Within that function you would send an ajax call to your Python server with the server string. It will fire for each keystroke. Kevin

are two independently configured Ajax objects). The preSubmit event

PUT this columin this struct: columns: [{ data: "CORID","name":"CORID" }, { data: "DESCRICAOCOR","name":"DESCRICAOCOR" } $('#dataTable').DataTable({ processing: true, serverSide: true, searchable: true, "aaSorting": [[0, "asc"]], ajax: { url: '@Url.Action("GetOrganizations")', type: 'POST', dataSrc: 'data', }, columns: [{ data: "CORID","name":"CORID" }, { data: "DESCRICAOCOR","name":"DESCRICAOCOR" } ] });

column definitions in your ajax response. Can you post

It looks like you haven't initialised the table, so it's not surprising. It would be worth looking at the Ajax examples in this section of the manual. Colin