[Solved] Filtering grid rows on fields not displayed in the grid

[Adam Barney]

How do I filter on fields that are not displayed in the grid?  I have a complex entity (RegistrationNotice) that I want to display in a grid.  I am only showing a few fileds in the grid - enough to uniquely identify the record to the user in a meaningful way.  But I want to be able to filter on many other fields.  Do I need to all EVERY field I want to filter on (even if they are just hidden)?  What if I want to do something more complex with filtering - say, show only rows with child rows that have a certain status?

I have an area above the grid when I want the user to be able to specify the filter criteria.  Is there a way to pass along the information the user has entered here to the Ajax binding action on the controller in order to do this filtering?

Thanks!

Adam

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Adam Barney,

 If you want to filter using the grid filtering UI you need to have a column for that field. Otherwise you can use the filter client-side method.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team