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be able to show/hide columns and yet for the

@allan, I used "columns" :[{"data":"aliases.alias", "defaultContent":"NONE"}] But for all the cells it is defaulting. Am i missing something?

Only a guess: { "data": "TotalAmount" }, that's the last element in the "columns" array, so the trailing comma is redundant. Maybe it's suggesting a fourth (non-existent) element?

PS i.e. I hoped that I can make all columns unsearchable, and only one searchable - to search only in this one. So looks like it doesn't work. So how can I do it in another way?

using tabbing through the columns as described in the

Sorry, the above Search.html doesn't show well. This is actually a table which id="tblSearchResults" with several columns including and

Same with the audit columns. Can´t you just log

would suggest using the column().search() API method to set

Use row().data() to get the data for a row, including hidden columns. Allan

You can pass back all the details you need to define the columns in the JSON, and use that to build up skeleton tables (complete with thead/tr/th etc) before you initialize the datatables.