Implementing NGX Datatable filtering on all columns

Question

I\'ve been trying to get this working with no luck. I\'ve been referencing these resources for help: http://swimlane.github.io/ngx-datatable/#filter
https://github.com/swiml

Answer 1

import { DatatableComponent } from '@swimlane/ngx-datatable';
ViewChild(DatatableComponent) table: DatatableComponent;

   updateFilter(event) {
    const val = event.target.value.toLowerCase();
    var returnData: any;
    // filter our data
    const temp = this.temp.filter(function (d) {
      if (d.yourFirstColumnName.toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 || !val) {
        returnData = d.user_name.toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 || !val;
      } else if (d.yourSecondColumnName.toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 || !val) {
        returnData = d.notes_title.toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 || !val;

      }
      return returnData;
    });

 <input placeholder="Search Order" (keyup)='updateFilter($event)'>

Answer 2

This answer improves an existing answer by Cole Paciano :

• Column names to be searched are only created once and not whenever a key is pressed
• Cell with null values are correctly handled (no console errors)
• Full rows are shown (because filter is applied to row array)
• Column names to be searched can also be specified by hand to only include some of them (exclude guids, ids, etc)

Here are the steps:

In the template (html) file add an input with a keyup handler

Search:
<input type="text" (keyup)='filterDatatable($event)'>
<ngx-datatable
    class="material"
    [rows]="rows"
    [columns]="columns"
    headerHeight="35"
    rowHeight ="35">
</ngx-datatable>

In the component add the following filteredData and columnsWithSearch

export class ListParkingsComponent implements OnInit {
  columns = [];
  rows = [];
  filteredData = [];
  columnsWithSearch : string[] = [];

ngOnInit() {
    this.rows = getData() ; //recover data from API/database/datasource
    this.filteredData = this.rows;
    // for specific columns to be search instead of all you can list them by name
    this.columnsWithSearch = Object.keys(this.rows[0]);
}

getData() {
   //your current logic to fill the rows of the table
}

// filters results
filterDatatable(event){
    // get the value of the key pressed and make it lowercase
    let filter = event.target.value.toLowerCase();

    // assign filtered matches to the active datatable
    this.rows = this.filteredData.filter(item => {
      // iterate through each row's column data
      for (let i = 0; i < this.columnsWithSearch.length; i++){
        var colValue = item[this.columnsWithSearch[i]] ;

        // if no filter OR colvalue is NOT null AND contains the given filter
        if (!filter || (!!colValue && colValue.toString().toLowerCase().indexOf(filter) !== -1)) {
          // found match, return true to add to result set
          return true;
        }
      }
    });
    // TODO - whenever the filter changes, always go back to the first page
    //this.table.offset = 0;
}

Answer 3

here is an example of your code with multiple columns filtering:

updateFilter(filter: string): void {

  const val = filter.trim().toLowerCase();

  this.filteredList = this.items.slice().filter((item: any) => {
    let searchStr = '';
    for (let i = 0; i < this.gridProperties.FilteredColumns.length; i++) {
      searchStr += (item[this.gridProperties.FilteredColumns[i]]).toString().toLowerCase();
    }
    return searchStr.indexOf(val) !== -1 || !val;
  });
}

If I did not made any errors, it should work correctly.

Answer 4

 updateFilter(event) {
    const val = event.target.value.toLowerCase();
    const temp = this.temp.filter(index => {
      return (index.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 ||
        index.company.toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 ||
        index.gender.toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 ||
        !val);
    });
    this.company = temp;
    this.table.offset = 0;
  }

Answer 5

You might be helped

 <input
        type="text"
        style="padding:8px;margin:15px auto;width:30%;"
        placeholder="Type to filter the name column..."
        (keyup)="updateFilter($event)"
      />
      <ngx-datatable
        #table
        class="material"
        [columns]="columns"
        [columnMode]="ColumnMode.force"
        [headerHeight]="50"
        [footerHeight]="50"
        rowHeight="auto"
        [limit]="10"
        [rows]="rows"
      >
      </ngx-datatable>




updateFilter(event) {
    const val = event.target.value.toLowerCase();

    // filter our data
    const temp = this.temp.filter(function(d) {
      return d.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 ||
        d.address.toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 ||
        d.gender.toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 || !val;
    });

    // update the rows
    this.rows = temp;
    // Whenever the filter changes, always go back to the first page
    this.table.offset = 0;
  }

https://github.com/swimlane/ngx-datatable/blob/master/src/app/basic/dark-theme.component.ts

Answer 6

Using the example TS file for filtering (https://github.com/swimlane/ngx-datatable/blob/master/demo/basic/filter.component.ts) as a foundation, I was able to successfully make it filter all columns dynamically (it will filter all columns without the need to specify them). I've included what I believe to be all the necessary parts for this to work but also trimmed the code down as much as I could to make it easier to understand.

HTML

<ngx-datatable
 #table
 class="material striped scroll-vertical"
 [rows]="data"
 [columns]="cols"
 [columnMode]="'force'"
 [headerHeight]="35"
 [footerHeight]="35"
 [rowHeight]="'auto'"
 [limit]="pageSize"
 [selectionType]="'single'">

<input type="text" (keyup)='filterDatatable($event)'>

TYPESCRIPT

cols = [{name:'First Name'},{name:'Last Name'},{name:'Address'}];
data = [];
filteredData = [];

// dummy data for datatable rows
dummyData = [
  {firstName:'Daenarys',lastName:'Targaryen',address:'Dragonstone'},
  {firstName:'Sansa',lastName:'Stark',address:'Winterfell'},
  {firstName:'Cersei',lastName:'Lannister',address:'Kings Landing'},
  {firstName:'Brienne',lastName:'Tarth',address:'Sapphire Island'},
  {firstName:'Lyanna',lastName:'Mormont',address:'Bear Island'},
  {firstName:'Margaery',lastName:'Tyrell',address:'Highgarden'}
]

ngOnInit(){
  // populate datatable rows
  this.data = this.dummyData;
  // copy over dataset to empty object
  this.filteredData = this.dummyData;
}

// filters results
filterDatatable(event){
  // get the value of the key pressed and make it lowercase
  let val = event.target.value.toLowerCase();
  // get the amount of columns in the table
  let colsAmt = this.cols.length;
  // get the key names of each column in the dataset
  let keys = Object.keys(this.dummyData[0]);
  // assign filtered matches to the active datatable
  this.data = this.filteredData.filter(function(item){
    // iterate through each row's column data
    for (let i=0; i<colsAmt; i++){
      // check for a match
      if (item[keys[i]].toString().toLowerCase().indexOf(val) !== -1 || !val){
        // found match, return true to add to result set
        return true;
      }
    }
  });
  // whenever the filter changes, always go back to the first page
  this.table.offset = 0;
}