JSON format from backend not loading in Data Source

[Zach]

I am testing a REST call from my server to load a Data Source, and my REST service returns the JSON data like this:

{"person":[{"address":"Address1","name":"Person1"},{"address":"Address2","name":"Person2"},{"address":"Address3","name":"Person3"}]}

This has been okay for some other frameworks I'm testing, with the use of a "root" setting that tells the datasource to grab the JSON object that is "person".

Here is my Kendo code:

$(document).ready(function() {

 

   $("#grid").kendoGrid({

      dataSource: {

         transport: {

            read: {

               url: myURLFunc(),

               dataType: "json"

            }

         },

         schema: {

            model: {

               fields: {

                  name: {},

                  address: {}

               }

          }

      }

   },

   height: 250,

   sortable: true,

   columns: [

      {

         field: "name",

         title: "Person"

      },

      {

         field: "address",

         title: "Address"

      }

      ]

   });

});

Is there anything I can do differently to have the Kendo Data Source load the JSON I currently have?

[Alexander Valchev]

Hello Zach,

I believe that you are looking for the data option of the schema. In order to define the root object that contains the array of your data, you configuration should be similar to:

schema: {
    data: "person",
    model: {
        fields: {
            //your fields declaration
        }
    }
}

Regards,
Alexander Valchev
the Telerik team

[Zach]

Thanks for the help!  That worked.

I pieced together a solution late yesterday which was to manipulate the parse function like this:

schema : {

       parse : function(data) {

              return data.person;

       }

}

But I like your way better, I missed the "data" config item, because in the API it says its a function.

Thanks Again!