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javascriptjquerydatatabledatatables
lechnerio
lechnerio

Reputation: 982

dynamically add a column to Datatables

I'm have a js datatable with json content in front of me

$('#data').DataTable( {
     data: data,
     columns : [ 
         { data: "number" },
         { data: "firstname" }, 
         { data: "lastname" }
    ]
});

the datatable itself fills itself as intended. However, I'd like to add another column at the end of the table which is not quite part of the data I get. Let's say I want to add a button or a link there.

is there a quick way to add another column and use the data (eg. number)?

Desired resault for the table:

Number | Firstname | Lastname | Action
001    | John      | Doe      | link to ...page?nr=001
023    | Jane      | Doe      | link to ...page?nr=023

Upvotes: 3

Views: 14153

Answers (2)

user2560539
user2560539

Reputation:

This is based on example found here 

function Person( firstname, lastname, age ) {
    this._firstname = firstname;
    this._lastname  = lastname;
    this._age       = age;
 
    this.firstname = function () {
        return this._firstname;
    };

    this.lastname = function () {
        return this._lastname;
    };
    
    this.age = function () {
        return this._age;
    };
    
    this.link = function () {
        return '<a href="linkto...'+this._age+'">linkto...'+this._age+'</a>';
    };
 
}
 
 
$(document).ready(function() {
    var table = $('#example').DataTable({
        columns: [
            { data: null, render: 'firstname' },
            { data: null, render: 'lastname' },
            { data: null, render: 'age'  },
            { data: null, render: 'link' }
        ]
    });
 
    table.row.add( new Person( 'Airi', 'Satou', 33 ) );
    table.row.add( new Person( 'Angelica', 'Ramos', 47 ) );
    table.row.add( new Person( 'Ashton', 'Cox', 66 ) );
    table.draw();
} );
<link href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<table id="example" class="display" style="width:100%">
</table>

Upvotes: 0

Md.Sukel Ali
Md.Sukel Ali

Reputation: 3065

This code might do your work,

$('#data').DataTable( {
     data: data,
     columns : [ 
         { data: "number" },
         { data: "firstname" }, 
         { data: "lastname" },
         {
             "data": null,
             "render": function ( data, type, row, meta ) {
               return '<a href="'+data['number']+'">View Detail</a>'; }
         },
    ]
});

Upvotes: 4

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