group with Web Service problem

[Cyndie]

If I configure a datasource to query a web service (.asmx) with a group method, it sends a Request Body of

group%5B0%5D%5Bfield%5D=MaximoRequestNumber&group%5B0%5D%5Bdir%5D=asc

Which causes an Invalid JSON primitive error.  Is there a way to group the data without having the dataSource send the grouping option to the service?  I know that I can group in the grid's dataBound method, but if I refresh the dataSource, it sends the dreaded group string as non-JSON text in the Request Body and it errors.

var readOrdersSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({

    transport: {

        read: {

            url: webServiceBaseUrl + "getOrderedTransformers",

            contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',

            type: "POST",

            dataType: "json"

        }

    },

    schema: {

        data: "d",

        model: {

            id: "id",

            fields: {

                id: { type: "number" },

                MaximoItemNumber: { type: "string" },

                MaximoRequestNumber: { type: "string" },

                AddedBy: { type: "string" },

                AddDate: { type: "datetime" },

                KVA: { type: "number" },

                PrimaryVoltage: { type: "string" },

                SecondaryVoltage: { type: "string" },

                OilType: { type: "string" },

                Phase: { type: "number" }

            }

        }

    },

    group: {

        field: "MaximoRequestNumber"

    },

    parameterMap: function (options) {

        return JSON.stringify(options)

    }

});

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi,

 By default all settings are passed to the parameterMap. However you can remove the ones which are of no ineterest:

parameterMap: function(options) {
    delete options.group;

    return JSON.stringify(options);
}

All the best,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Cyndie]

As it turns out, I had my parameterMap in the wrong place.  It was outside of the transport section.  This is good information though.

Thanks!