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It occurs because you set recordsFiltered to number of paginated items instead of only filtered ones (by search query). So you need count number of filtered items on server side and pass it to template in a context data.

data entry fields for search etc.? if you mean

There are a number of discussions on this topic already if you search the forum. For example: https://datatables.net//forums/discussion/comment/119972/#Comment_119972 https://datatables.net//forums/discussion/comment/109471/#Comment_109471 Allan

Search the forum. Customization of Excel and PDF output has been answered many times.

searchable] => true [orderable] => true [search] => Array ( [value] => [regex] => false

What you are looking for is a pivot table. That is not a feature that DataTables currently supports, which you'll see if you search for forum for it. Sorry. Allan

focus goes from the search input, straight to the

to the server - the search() and order() methods for

draw() method to the search call like this oTable.on('search.dt',

I've implemented some complex combined filtering behavior by extending DataTables' search functionality: $.fn.dataTable.ext.search.push( function( settings, data, dataIndex ) { //your code here }); If you search the forum there are several related posts that should get you on your way.