Hi Rick,
I am afraid that what you would like to achieve is not supported.
ForeignKey columns support only two filter operators - "Is equal to" and "Is not equal to". Kendo UI provides ability to remove one of them or modify the text displayed to the user. The syntax is:
Regards,
Alexander Valchev
Telerik
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