Sending JSON Objects in DataTables aaData instead of arrays

Question

I am using the jquery DataTables plugin on my application and I am really happy so far with the functionality although I would like to pass the data slightly differently to the

Answer 1

You can pass in the array of objects via aaData property, then use aoColumns property to define which column should recieve which data

  $('#example').dataTable({
        "bProcessing": true,
        "aaData": data,// <-- your array of objects
        "aoColumns": [
            { "mData": "render_engine" }, // <-- which values to use inside object
            { "mData": "browser" },
            { "mData": "platform" },
            { "mData": "enging_version" },
            { "mData": "css_grade" }
        ]
  });