or
$(document).ready(function () { cboSite = $("#SiteId").kendoComboBox({ minLength: 2, suggest: true, autoBind: false, dataTextField: "text", dataValueField: "value", dataSource: { serverFiltering: true, serverPaging: true, datatype: 'json', transport: { read: { url: '@Url.Action("GetSites", "Equipment", new { area = "Equipment" })', data: { q: function () { return cboSite.text(); } } } } , schema: { data: function (data) { return data.result; } } } }).data("kendoComboBox"); });