I have a page that has a value of fleetId that is set by the Router Object.   I also have a dropdown list that is populated with a datasource.   How can I set the selected value when the page(template) first loads?    It works if I set it to a function in the view model but that creates another set of problems (the onChange won't work)

 <script id="index" type="text/x-kendo-template">   
  
                       <input data-role="items"    
                              data-bind="source: channelFleets, value: selectedfleet,  
                              events: {
                                change: onChange,                   
                              }" 
                              data-text-field="fleetText"
                              data-value-field="fleetId"          
                         
                 
            />

</script>

---------viewmodel.js-----------------------


var viewModelIndex = kendo.observable({

  fleetId: "",// Set by Router 
  selectedfleet: "",   

// Changing the databinding value to this does work.

 //selectedfleet: function() {

               //    return this.fleetId;             
   //  },
  
  items: [
          { fleetId: "Fleet 1", fleetText: "Fleet 1" },
          { fleetId: "Fleet 2", fleetText: "Fleet 2" },
          { fleetId: "Fleet 3", fleetText: "Fleet 3" }
        ],           


   onChange: function() {              
                 var selectedFleet = this.get("selectedfleet");
                 router.navigate("/operations/fleet/" + selectedFleet);
        },


});