Column ClientTemplate issues

[Tim]

I have a Hierarchy style Kendo grid and the inner grid doesn't seem to accept client templates. (I stripped the code irrelevant grid configuration columns out )  
I really would like the client template to be something like
        <a title="#=AlarmStatusDescription#">#=AlarmStatus#</a>`   but anytime I put anything other than a simple string in the ClientTemplate, the whole grid fails to load.        
   
I've tried 

ClientTemplate(#:AlarmStatus#)

.ClientTemplate(#=AlarmStatus#)

.ClientTemplate(<div class="myclass"></div>) with a separate <script type="text/html" id="myclass">#=AlarmStatus#</script>

   

  

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<AccountModel>()

                   .Name("Accounts_#=Id#")

                   .Columns(columns =>

                                {         

    columns.Command(command => command.Custom("Details").Click("showDetails")).Width(75);

    columns.Bound(o => o.AccountName).Width(150);                 

    columns.Bound(o => o.AlarmStatus).Width(100).ClientTemplate("#:AlarmStatus#");`

            

                                    })

                       .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource

                           .Ajax()

                           .Model(model =>{model.Id(p => p.AccountId);})

                           .Read(read => read.Action("DetailRead", "Csr", new { personId = #=Id#" }))

                       )

                       .Editable(editable => editable.Mode(GridEditMode.PopUp))

                       .ToClientTemplate()

               )

[Chad]

Here's one that I just did and it works. There is a call out to a js function that builds the html stings and returns it to the client template..hopefully this will help you:

columns.Bound(l => l.DisplayLocation).Width(150).ClientTemplate("#= getDetailsLink2(Id, DisplayLocation) #");

Here is the js function:

function getDetailsLink2(itemId, linkText) {

      

        var link = "<a href='" + '@Url.Action("Edit", "ManageLocations")'+"/" + itemId +"' class='k-link'>"

                    + linkText + "</a>";

        return link;

    }

Here is even a simpler js function you can use to test:

function getDetailsLink(id) {

        return "/CompanyMgmt/ManageLocations/Edit/" + id;

    }