How to do custom filtering with Datatables and server-side processing

Question

I am using Datatables to display tabular data in my Web application, and have configured it to make use of server-side processing, i.e. query the server via AJAX for filtered da

Answer 1

This worked for me

$(document).ready(function() {
     table = $('#okmorders').DataTable( {
        // "ajax": 'http://cdpaha2.dev/admin/organizations/okm_orders'
				serverSide: true,
				"paging":   true,
				"searching":  false ,
        // "info":     false,
        "bLengthChange": false,
        // "iDisplayLength":50,
        // "aaSorting": [],
        // "oLanguage": { "sEmptyTable": "No orders present " } ,
        "aoColumnDefs" : [
          { 'bSortable' : false, 'aTargets' : [ 6 ]}
				],

			// 	"fnServerParams": function (aoData) {
			// 		 aoData.push({name: "includeUsuallyIgnored"});
			//  },
				ajax: {
		        url: 'yoururl.json' ,
		        type: 'POST',
						data:
						{
							'startDate':function(){return $("#startDate").val(); },
							'endDate': function(){return $("#endDate").val(); } ,
							'placedBy':function(){return $("#placedBy").val(); },
							'customer_po': function(){return $("#customer_po").val(); } ,
							'customer_ref': function(){return $("#customer_ref").val(); }
						}
    },
    } );