Multi Select inline grid editing of object

[John]

Hello, I hope someone can help me out with this problem I am struggling with.

I am attempting to use a multi select as an editor for a column within my grid. This column itself is actually an object which I use a template to display the text content within the grid:

"accountReps": {
            "primary": [{
                "userId": 1234,
                "name": "Person name"
            }],
            "secondary": []
        }

 

These properties are also both set as editable in the schema model

"accountReps.primary": {
    "type": "object",
    "editable": true,
    "nullable": false,
    "validation": {
        "required": false
    }
},
"accountReps.secondary": {
    "type": "object",
    "editable": true,
    "nullable": false,
    "validation": {
        "required": false
    }
}

 

When its comes to the editor I can display the editor and populate the initial values fine, but when persisting back to the grid the data is not to be mapping to my object correctly. The code I am using for the editor is:

 

$('<select name="' + options.field + '"/>')
    .appendTo(container)
    .kendoMultiSelect({
        placeholder: "Select",
        autoBind: false,
        dataTextField: "Name",
        dataValueField: "Id",
        valuePrimitive: true,
        dataSource: ds,
        change: function(e) {
            console.log('change');
        },
        select: function(e) {
            console.log('select');
        },
        dataBound: function () {
            var fieldValues = options.model.get(options.field).map(function (item) {
                return item.userId.toString();
            });
            this.value(fieldValues);
        }
    });

 

I believe its just setting the selected ids as the value for my column. I'm hoping for an event I can use to set the value correctly or a way to map the object.

Any help would be much appreciated.

John

[Stefan]

Hello John,

Thank you for the provided information.

Based on it I can assume that after the editor is closed the selected values are not correctly shown in the Grid?

If this is correct, I can suggest using a function for the template and check the actual value which is received. Then the modification can be made in the template function in order to show the values.

Also, I can suggest checking our example of the Grid with MultiSelect editor which demonstrates the required steps to achieve the desired result:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/controls/data-management/grid/how-to/Editing/use-multiselect-as-custom-editor

If the issue still occurs, please provide a runnable example or the used template and I will gladly assist further.

Regards,
Stefan
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