How to use Kendo UI Grid with ToDataSourceResult(), IQueryable, ViewModel and AutoMapper?

Question

What is the best approach to load/filter/order a Kendo grid with the following classes:

Domain:

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{
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Answer 1

I followed the suggestion of CodingWithSpike and it works. I created an extension method for the DataSourceRequest class:

public static class DataSourceRequestExtensions
    {
        /// 

        /// Finds a Filter Member with the "memberName" name and renames it for "newMemberName".
        /// 
        /// The DataSourceRequest instance. 
        /// The Name of the Filter to be renamed.
        /// The New Name of the Filter.
        public static void RenameRequestFilterMember(this DataSourceRequest request, string memberName, string newMemberName)
        {
            foreach (var filter in request.Filters)
            {
                var descriptor = filter as Kendo.Mvc.FilterDescriptor;
                if (descriptor.Member.Equals(memberName))
                {
                    descriptor.Member = newMemberName;
                }
            } 
        }
    }

Then in your controller, add the using to the extension class and before the call to ToDataSourceResult(), add this:

request.RenameRequestFilterMember("IsActiveText", "IsActive");