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be displayed in the table. This is an array

you are updating the table. Maybe you can just

In the console I see this error Uncaught ReferenceError: table is not defined You are trying to access the table variable outside the scope of the $(document).ready( function () { ... }); where it is created. Move that code inside the document ready. Kevin

Hi @Colin, you can see that subfields are handled by , "dataSrc": function ( json ) { json.draw = json.data.draw; json.recordsTotal = json.data.recordsTotal; json.recordsFiltered = json.data.recordsFiltered; return json.data.data; } It seems that dataTable calls dataSrc function only when table is redered for the first time.

be external to the table data. You can assign

Does your server script support the server side processing protocol documented here? https://datatables.net/manual/server-side Your server script is now responsible for all the searching and sorting functions of the table. Kevin

different url than the table and for that url

You can try columns.width. If you have nowrap applied to the table you might need to remove it. You might be able to find other answers by searching the forum. Kevin

white space below the table and move some more,

5 columns in your table. With targets: [0, 4]