I am trying to fix column width instead of dataTable choosing it automatically , hence i am trying to set sWidth but its not applying. Following is my code,
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#Emp_table').dataTable()
.columnFilter({
aoColumns: [ {type:"text"},
{ type: "text" },
{ type: "select",bSmart: false,"sType": "string", "sWidth": "5%" },
{ type: "select" },
{ type: "select" },
{ type: "select"},
{ type: "select" },
{ type: "select" }
],
});
});
Here all works fine like filter by text or value except the column width, because of that the table length is extending beyond my page. Even though my first value is ID which is not even more than 3 digits the width takes for around 10 characters . Not only sWidth, even bSmart i am trying to false but still it works with smart filter .
You need to set http://datatables.net/reference/option/autoWidth to false
Also it looks like you're creating your table a bit oddly.
For datatables 1.10 use:
$('#Emp_table').DataTable({
'columns': [
{"type": "string", "width": "5%" },
// etc...
],
'autoWidth': false,
})
Related
I have a situation where I want to get the full (data) from the backend as a CSV file. I have already prepared the backend for that, but normally the front-end state => (filters) is not in contact with the backend unless I send a request, so I managed to solve the problem by mimicking the process of showing all data but by a custom button and a GET request ( not an ajax request ). knowing that I am using serverSide: true in datatables.
I prepared the backend to receive a request like ( Show All ) but I want that link to be sent by custom button ( Export All ) not by the show process itself as by the picture down because showing all data is not practical at all.
This is the code for the custom button
{
text: "Export All",
action: function (e, dt, node, config) {
// get the backend file here
},
},
So, How could I send a request like the same request sent by ( Show All ) by a custom button, I prepared the server to respond by the CSV file. but I need a way to get the same link to send a get request ( not by ajax ) by the same link that Show All sends?
If you are using serverSide: true that should mean you have too much data to use the default (serverSide: false) - because the browser/DataTables cannot handle the volume. For this reason I would say you should also not try to use the browser to generate a full export - it's going to be too much data (otherwise, why did you choose to use serverSide: true?).
Instead, use a server-side export utility - not DataTables.
But if you still want to pursuse this approach, you can build a custom button which downloads the entire data set to the DataTables (in your browser) and then exports that complete data to Excel.
Full Disclosure:
The following approach is inspired by the following DataTables forum post:
Customizing the data from export buttons
The following approach requires you to have a separate REST endpoint which delivers the entire data set as a JSON response (by contrast, the standard response should only be one page of data for the actual table data display and pagination.)
How you set up this endpoint is up to you (in Laravel, in your case).
Step 1: Create a custom button:
I tested with Excel, but you can do CSV, if you prefer.
buttons: [
{
extend: 'excelHtml5', // or 'csvHtml5'
text: 'All Data to Excel', // or CSV if you prefer
exportOptions: {
customizeData: function (d) {
var exportBody = getDataToExport();
d.body.length = 0;
d.body.push.apply(d.body, exportBody);
}
}
}
],
Step 2: The export function, used by the above button:
function GetDataToExport() {
var jsonResult = $.ajax({
url: '[your_GET_EVERYTHING_url_goes_here]',
success: function (result) {},
async: false
});
var exportBody = jsonResult.responseJSON.data;
return exportBody.map(function (el) {
return Object.keys(el).map(function (key) {
return el[key]
});
});
}
In the above code, my assumption is that the JSON response has the standard DataTables object structure - so, something like:
{
"data": [
{
"id": "1",
"name": "Tiger Nixon",
"position": "System Architect",
"salary": "$320,800",
"start_date": "2011/04/25",
"office": "Edinburgh",
"extn": "5421"
},
{
"id": "2",
"name": "Garrett Winters",
"position": "Accountant",
"salary": "$170,750",
"start_date": "2011/07/25",
"office": "Tokyo",
"extn": "8422"
},
{
"id": "3",
"name": "Ashton Cox",
"position": "Junior Technical Author",
"salary": "$86,000",
"start_date": "2009/01/12",
"office": "San Francisco",
"extn": "1562"
}
]
}
So, it's an object, containing a data array.
The DataTables customizeData function is what controls writing this complete JSON to the Excel file.
Overall, your DataTables code will look something like this:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').DataTable( {
serverSide: true,
dom: 'Brftip',
buttons: [
{
extend: 'excelHtml5',
text: 'All Data to Excel',
exportOptions: {
customizeData: function (d) {
var exportBody = GetDataToExport();
d.body.length = 0;
d.body.push.apply(d.body, exportBody);
}
}
}
],
ajax: {
url: "[your_SINGLE_PAGE_url_goes_here]"
},
"columns": [
{ "title": "ID", "data": "id" },
{ "title": "Name", "data": "name" },
{ "title": "Position", "data": "position" },
{ "title": "Salary", "data": "salary" },
{ "title": "Start Date", "data": "start_date" },
{ "title": "Office", "data": "office" },
{ "title": "Extn.", "data": "extn" }
]
} );
} );
function GetDataToExport() {
var jsonResult = $.ajax({
url: '[your_GET_EVERYTHING_url_goes_here]',
success: function (result) {},
async: false
});
var exportBody = jsonResult.responseJSON.data;
return exportBody.map(function (el) {
return Object.keys(el).map(function (key) {
return el[key]
});
});
}
Just to repeat my initial warning: This is probably a bad idea, if you really needed to use serverSide: true because of the volume of data you have.
Use a server-side export tool instead - I'm sure Laravel/PHP has good support for generating Excel files.
Currently I'm using DataTables in each page initializing them individually like this.
var table = $('#' + '<%= gvReports.ClientID %>').DataTable({
"responsive": true,
"bAutoWidth": true,
"oLanguage": {
"sSearch": "Search Table: ",
"sSearchPlaceholder": "Search records",
"sEmptyTable": "No data available to display"
},
"columnDefs": [
{
"targets": [0],
type: 'natural-nohtml'
}
],
"sScrollY": "55vh",
"scrollCollapse": false,
"pagingType": "full_numbers",
"lengthMenu": [[25, 50, 100, 150, 200], [25, 50, 100, 150, 200]]
});
When I tried to create a generic JQuery method to use in multiple places the type attribute in columnDef is not working properly
"columnDefs": [
{
"targets": [0],
type: 'natural-nohtml'
}
],
Im using NatualSort plugin to sort the data as the column '0' contains alphanumeric data.
Is there a way i can set the columnDefs dynamically? or to set the ColumnDef Type for Column(0) after I initialize the table?
Something Like
table.column("0:visible").Type('natural-nohtml');
Any help is appreciated? I want to know if I'm thinking in right way?
There is no way that you can manipulate columnDefs after the dataTable is initialised. However, when you basically just want to set natural-nohtml as type for the first column for any dataTable, then you could simply extend $.fn.dataTable.defaults. Declare this before you initialise any dataTable :
$.extend( true, $.fn.dataTable.defaults, {
columnDefs: [
{ targets: [0], type: 'natural-nohtml' }
]
} );
This will set any dataTables' first column to type natural-nohtml.
In My website I am using data tables for display data. Now The issue is If there are 10 records than the default pagination is not display but when there are more than 10 records the pagination of data table should display.
This is how I initialize datatable
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#tbl_member').dataTable({
"iDisplayLength": 10,
"bAutoWidth": false,
"aoColumnDefs": [
{"bSortable": true, "aTargets": [0,2]}
]
});
});
This datatable code is when I done server side processing:-
var save_method;
var table;
$(document).ready(function() {
table = $('#table').DataTable({
oLanguage: {
sProcessing: "<img src='<?php echo base_url();?>assets/img/loader.gif'>"
},
"processing": true,
"serverSide": true,
// Load data for the table's content from an Ajax source
"ajax": {
"url": "<?php echo base_url();?>Technology/technology_list",
"type": "POST"
},
"columnDefs": [
{
"targets": [ -1 ],
"orderable": false,
},
],
});
});
Use bPaginate (old hungarian notation style) or paginate to turn pagination on or off. You can use expressions to determine the options :
$('#tbl_member').dataTable({
"bPaginate" : $('#tbl_member tbody tr').length>10,
"iDisplayLength": 10,
"bAutoWidth": false,
"aoColumnDefs": [
{"bSortable": true, "aTargets": [0,2]}
]
});
This works in both 1.9.x and 1.10.x versions of dataTables. Demo showing two tables with the one having less than 10 records, the other a lot more -> http://jsfiddle.net/t2xcfLap/3/
Hide pagination controls after an AJAX update. Assuming the JSON reponse is on the form
{
"draw": 1,
"recordsTotal": 3,
"recordsFiltered": 3,
"data": [
[...],
]
}
then
table.on('xhr', function(e, settings, json, xhr) {
if (json.recordsTotal<10) {
$("#example_paginate").hide();
$("#example_length").hide();
} else {
$("#example_paginate").show();
$("#example_length").show();
}
})
demo -> http://jsfiddle.net/yyo5231z/
The injected controls is named on the form <tableId>_length, <tableId>_paginate. So if your table have the id table, then the above should be $("#table_paginate").hide(); and so on.
The reason for the different approach compared to the first answer with a static table is, that you cannot change pagination on the fly without re-initialising the table.
I have a dynamic table enhanced by jQuery DataTables, which display a custom object similar to this example.
JSON:
{
"data": [
{
"name": "Tiger Nixon",
"position": "System Architect",
"salary": "$320,800",
"start_date": {
"display": "SomeString",
"timestamp": 1303686000
},
"office": "Edinburgh",
"extn": "5421"
},
// ... skipped ...
]}
JavaScript:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').DataTable( {
ajax: "data/orthogonal.txt",
columns: [
{ data: "name" },
{ data: "position" },
{ data: "office" },
{ data: "extn" },
{ data: {
_: "start_date.display",
sort: "start_date.timestamp"
} },
{ data: "salary" }
]
} );
} );
The difference is that I dynamically build the columns configuration, because the columns can be in any order, and others columns can be added or removed from the list. For this example (my case is very similar) the problem is that for some reason the timestamp property is ordered as a String instead of being ordered as a number.
I discovered that after setting the column "type" as "number" the ordering works perfectly. I'm presuming that DataTables is auto detecting the column as "String" for some reason (maybe because the display element is a string).
How does DataTables set the type of the columns, when is not explicitly declared?
Edit 1
I made a sample code to show the problem
http://jsfiddle.net/Teles/agrLjd2n/16/
jQuery DataTables has built-in mechanism for type detection. There are multiple predefined functions for various types with fallback to string data type.
It's also possible to use third-party plug-ins or write your own.
There are multiple ways to specify data type, below are just the few.
SOLUTION 1
Use type option.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').DataTable( {
ajax: "data/orthogonal.txt",
columns: [
{ data: "name" },
{ data: "position" },
{ data: "office" },
{ data: "extn" },
{ data: "start_date.display", type: "date" },
{ data: "salary" }
]
} );
} );
SOLUTION 2
Use returned JSON data for type detection, see columns.data for more information.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').DataTable( {
ajax: "data/orthogonal.txt",
columns: [
{ data: "name" },
{ data: "position" },
{ data: "office" },
{ data: "extn" },
{ data: {
_: "start_date.display",
sort: "start_date.timestamp",
type: "start_date.timestamp",
} },
{ data: "salary" }
]
} );
} );
DataTables always check the "type" property of the column "data" to auto detect the type of the column, if no "type" property is specified it will check the default value "_".
So if you want DataTables to auto detect the type of the column checking the type of your "sort" property you should set the "type" property of data to be equals to your "sort" value
Here is a sample code with different approchs to achieve what I was tryng to do. Thanks #Gyrocode.com and #davidkonrad.
var Cell = function(display, value) {
this.display = display;
this.value = value;
}
$(document).ready(function() {
var cells = [
new Cell("120 (10%)", 120),
new Cell("60 (5%)", 60),
new Cell("30 (2.5%)", 30)
];
$('#example').DataTable( {
data: cells,
columns: [
{
title : "Column NOT OK",
data: {
_: "display",
sort: "value"
}
}, {
type : "num",
title : "Column Ok setting column type",
data: {
_: "display",
sort: "value"
}
}, {
title : "Column Ok changing default value",
data: {
_: "value",
display: "display",
filter: "display"
}
}, {
title : "Column Ok setting data type",
data: {
_: "display",
sort: "value",
type: "value"
}
}, {
type : "num",
title : "Column Not OK",
data: "display"
}
]
} );
} );
I recently ran into a problem when implementing the ajax functionality of jquery DataTables. Until I actually gave my json object collection an explicit name I couldn't get anything to display. Shouldn't there be a default data source if nothing named is returned?
Client Side control setup (includes hidden field that supplies data to dynamic anchor:
$('#accountRequestStatus').dataTable(
{
"destroy": true, // within a method that will be called multiple times with new/different data
"processing": true,
"ajax":
{
"type": "GET",
"url": "#Url.Action("SomeServerMethod", "SomeController")",
"data": { methodParam1: 12341, methodParam2: 123423, requestType: 4123421 }
}
, "paging": false
, "columns": [
{ "data": "DataElement1" },
{ "data": "DataElement2", "title": "Col1" },
{ "data": "DataElement3", "title": "Col2" },
{ "data": "DataElement4", "title": "Col3" },
{ "data": "DataElement5", "title": "Col4" },
]
, "columnDefs": [
{
"targets": 0, // hiding first column, userId
"visible": false,
"searchable": false,
"sortable": false
},
{
"targets": 5, // creates action link using the hidden data for that row in column [userId]
"render": function (data, type, row) {
return "<a href='#Url.Action("ServerMethod", "Controller")?someParam=" + row["DataElement1"] + "'>Details</a>"
},
"searchable": false,
"sortable": false
}
]
});
Here's a snippet of my server side code that returns the json collection.
tableRows is a collection of models containing the data to be displayed.
var json = this.Json(new { data = tableRows });
json.JsonRequestBehavior = JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet;
return json;
As I said before, the ajax call returned data but wouldn't display until I gave the collection a name. Maybe I missed this required step in the documentation, but wouldn't it make sense for the control to wire up to a single returned collection as the default data source and not require the name? Figuring out the name thing equated to about 2+ hours of messin' around trying different things. That's all I'm saying.
Maybe this'll help someone else too...
dataTables does actually have a dataSrc property! dataTables will look for either a data or an aaData section in the JSON. Thats why you finally got it to work with new { data=tableRows }. That is, if dataSrc is not specified! If your JSON differs from that concept you must specify dataSrc :
If you return a not named array / collection [{...},{...}] :
ajax: {
url: "#Url.Action("SomeServerMethod", "SomeController")",
dataSrc: ""
}
If you return a JSON array named different from data or aaData, like customers :
ajax: {
url: "#Url.Action("SomeServerMethod", "SomeController")",
dataSrc: "customers"
}
If the content is nested like { a : { b : [{...},{...}] }}
ajax: {
url: "#Url.Action("SomeServerMethod", "SomeController")",
dataSrc: "a.b"
}
If you have really complex JSON or need to manipulate the JSON in any way, like cherry picking from the content - dataSrc can also be a function :
ajax: {
url: "#Url.Action("SomeServerMethod", "SomeController")",
dataSrc: function(json) {
//do what ever you want
//return an array containing JSON / object literals
}
}
Hope the above clears things up!