Toggle server filter on and off

[Richard]

In order to reduce server traffic I want to let a 3 character search term fetch a set of N items (using the contains operator) and then let the component take over for the longer search terms.  When the 3 character term is changed a new set of N items will have to be fetched.

Is there a easy way to implement this using just the configuration options of datasource and or autocomplete ?

Thanks,
Richard

[Paul]

Hi,

did you manage to implement this ?

Thanks
Avinesh

[Alexander Popov]

Hello Avinesh,

The Autocomplete widget now supports virtualization, which is a perfect addition to the server filtering. Both features combined should give you excellent performance with minimum server overhead, so workarounds as the one mentioned here would not be necessary.

Regards,
Alexander Popov
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