Modifying the parameters passed to remote service for Kendo UI grid datasource

[Alex]

Hi,

I have Kendo Grid using JQuery which has datasource assigned in one of the javascript function using new instance of kendo.data.DataSource(). First time when datasource is created/assigned there are several parameters passed in transport: read: data. One of the parameters is flag which indicates if item should be saved. First time it's assigned to true to save the item in database. I do have all sorts options for grid inside the Kendo DropDownList. Inside the change event of those sort options I do sort on the grid using following code. But the problem is my item save flag remains true so when I do sort it also keep saving item in database creating duplicate entries. So wondering how can I change that item save flag before doing sort? 

 var grid = $("#GridId").data("kendoGrid");
 grid.dataSource.sort({ field: arr[0], dir: arr[1] });

 

Thanks!

[Georgi]

Hi Alex,

A possible solution is to pass a handler to the dataSource.transport.read.data configuration and add a condition for the additional parameters.

e.g.

// add a global flag which indicates whether the additional parameters should be sent

  var flag = true;

// data handler

      data: function(e) {
          if(flag){
            return {additional:1}
          }
      }

// sort logic

   flag = false; // set flag to false to avoid sending the additional params
   var grid = $("#GridId").data("kendoGrid");
   grid.dataSource.sort({ field: arr[0], dir: arr[1] });
   flag = true; // reset flag in case it is necessary to send parameters again

Regards,
Georgi
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