SearchBuilder Integration for Editor with PreDefined Criteria

This example shows how to integrate SearchBuilder with Editor. Since SearchBuilder 1.2 server-side processing has been supported. This uses the Editor server-side libraries, which are free and open source. A blog post on how to set up the editor libraries can be found here. Unlike SearchPanes, SearchBuilders integration requires no changes to any controllers on the server side - all the work is done for you!

First Name	Second Name	Position	Office	Start date	Salary
First Name	Second Name	Position	Office	Start date	Salary

Javascript
HTML
CSS
Ajax
Server-side script
Comments

The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

var editor = new DataTable.Editor({
	ajax: '../php/staff.php',
	fields: [
		{
			label: 'First name:',
			name: 'first_name'
		},
		{
			label: 'Last name:',
			name: 'last_name'
		},
		{
			label: 'Position:',
			name: 'position'
		},
		{
			label: 'Office:',
			name: 'office'
		},
		{
			label: 'Extension:',
			name: 'extn'
		},
		{
			label: 'Start date:',
			name: 'start_date',
			type: 'datetime'
		},
		{
			label: 'Salary:',
			name: 'salary'
		}
	],
	table: '#example'
});

$('#example').DataTable({
	ajax: {
		url: '../php/staff.php',
		type: 'POST'
	},
	columns: [
		{data: 'first_name'},
		{data: 'last_name'},
		{data: 'position'},
		{data: 'office'},
		{data: 'start_date'},
		{data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$')}
	],
	layout: {
		top: {
			searchBuilder: {
				preDefined: {
					criteria: [
						{
							condition: '=',
							data: 'Office',
							origData: 'office',
							type: 'string',
							value: ['Tokyo']
						}
					],
					logic: 'AND'
				}
			}
		},
		topStart: {
			buttons: [
				{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
			]
		}
	},
	select: true,
	serverSide: true
});

const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
	ajax: '../php/staff.php',
	fields: [
		{
			label: 'First name:',
			name: 'first_name'
		},
		{
			label: 'Last name:',
			name: 'last_name'
		},
		{
			label: 'Position:',
			name: 'position'
		},
		{
			label: 'Office:',
			name: 'office'
		},
		{
			label: 'Extension:',
			name: 'extn'
		},
		{
			label: 'Start date:',
			name: 'start_date',
			type: 'datetime'
		},
		{
			label: 'Salary:',
			name: 'salary'
		}
	],
	table: '#example'
});

new DataTable('#example', {
	ajax: {
		url: '../php/staff.php',
		type: 'POST'
	},
	columns: [
		{data: 'first_name'},
		{data: 'last_name'},
		{data: 'position'},
		{data: 'office'},
		{data: 'start_date'},
		{data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$')}
	],
	layout: {
		top: {
			searchBuilder: {
				preDefined: {
					criteria: [
						{
							condition: '=',
							data: 'Office',
							origData: 'office',
							type: 'string',
							value: ['Tokyo']
						}
					],
					logic: 'AND'
				}
			}
		},
		topStart: {
			buttons: [
				{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
			]
		}
	},
	select: true,
	searchBuilder: {
		preDefined: {
			criteria: [
				{
					condition: '=',
					data: 'Office',
					origData: 'office',
					type: 'string',
					value: ['Tokyo']
				}
			],
			logic: 'AND'
		}
	},
	serverSide: true
});

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:

The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:

This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:

The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:

This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.

The script used to perform the server-side interaction for this demo is shown below. This server uses PHP, so the PHP script is shown, however our download packages include the equivalent script for other platforms, including .NET and Node.js. Server-side scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the Editor documentation.

SearchBuilder Integration for Editor with PreDefined Criteria

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