or



treeview = new kendo.ui.TreeView(element, { dataSource: new kendo.data.HierarchicalDataSource({ data: [rootModel] })});
this.dataSource = new kendo.data.HierarchicalDataSource({ schema: { model: { id : "id", hasChildren: true, children: "layers" } } }); // treeview for navigation] this._treeViewSelector = uiElement; $(uiElement).kendoTreeView({ dragAndDrop: true, checkboxes: { checkChildren: true }, dataSource: this.dataSource });this.dataSource.add({id: id, text: name, expanded: true, checked: true, children: []});