Issue Binding Grid via AJAX

[Support]

Hi,

I am having an issue binding a KendoUI Grid to a JSON data source using MVC 4. I have the following setup:

1. One controller called DashboardController.cs
2. The DashboardController.cs contains an action called Reports_Read which has the following code

public ActionResult Reports_Read()
{
    List<Report> reports = new List<Report>();
    reports.Add(new Report
    {
        ReportId = Guid.NewGuid(),
        Title = "Lorem Ipsum",
        BillToClient = "Frosty Stevens",
        MainRecipientContact = "Dusty McLaren",
        NextReportDue = DateTime.Now.AddDays(7),
        PrimaryConsultant = "Sprinkles O'Reilly",
        ServiceCategoryCode = "ABC"
    });

    reports.Add(new Report
    {
        ReportId = Guid.NewGuid(),
        Title = "Lorem Ipsum",
        BillToClient = "Harry Houdini",
        MainRecipientContact = "David Blaine",
        NextReportDue = DateTime.Now.AddDays(7),
        PrimaryConsultant = "Dynamo",
        ServiceCategoryCode = "EFG"
    });

    return Json(reports, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

3. The Index.aspx contains the KendoUI Grid as follows:

<%:Html.Kendo().Grid<ProcareGroup.Crm.Web.Models.Report>()
.Name("grid")
.DataSource(ds => ds
    .Ajax()
    .ServerOperation(false)
    .Read(r => {
        r.Action("Reports_Read", "Dashboard");
    }))
.Columns(c => {
    c.Bound(r => r.Title);
    c.Bound(r => r.PrimaryConsultant);
    c.Bound(r => r.ServiceCategoryCode);
    c.Bound(r => r.BillToClient);
    c.Bound(r => r.NextReportDue);
})
.Pageable()
.Sortable()
%>

The debugger hits my breakpoint set inside the Reports_Read action when I launch the page, however nothing is bound to the grid. What am I missing here? I have tried setting AutoBind to true but this does not work.

[Nikolay Rusev]

You are missing the call to ToDataSourceResult extension method which will format the response/JSON in a way that the DataSource can parse on client.

For more details see step 8 in the following article: Grid Ajax Binding

Regards,
Nikolay Rusev
Telerik