### API DataTable

### $5,668

Sales

#### Add rows

New rows can be added to a DataTable very easily using the ( row.add() ) API method. Simply call the API function with the data that is to be used for the new row (be it an array or object). Multiple rows can be added using the ( rows.add() ) method (note the plural). Data can be likewise be updated with the ( row().data() and row().remove() methods. )

Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5

#### Individual column searching (text inputs)

The searching functionality that is provided by DataTables is very useful for quickly search through the information in the table - however the search is global, and you may wish to present controls to search on specific columns only. DataTables has the ability to apply searching to a specific column through the column().search() method (note that the name of the method is search not filter since filter() is used to apply a filter to a result set).

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $95,400
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $114,500
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $145,000
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $235,500
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $324,050
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $85,675
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $164,500
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $109,850
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $452,500
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $136,200
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $645,750
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $234,500
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $139,575
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $98,540
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

#### Individual column searching (select inputs)

This example is almost identical to text based individual column example and provides the same functionality, but in this case using select input controls. After the table is initialised, the API is used to build the select inputs through the use of the column().data() method to get the data for each column in turn. The helper methods unique() and sort() are also used to reduce the data for set input to unique and ordered elements. Finally the change event from the select input is used to trigger a column search using the column().search() method.

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $95,400
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $114,500
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $145,000
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $235,500
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $324,050
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $85,675
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $164,500
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $109,850
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $452,500
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $136,200
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $645,750
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $234,500
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $139,575
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $98,540
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

#### Child rows (show extra / detailed information)

The DataTables API has a number of methods available for attaching child rows to a parent row in the DataTable. This can be used to show additional information about a row, useful for cases where you wish to convey more information about a row than there is space for in the host table.

| Name | Position | Office | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| Name | Position | Office | Salary

#### Row selection (multiple rows)

It can be quite useful at times to provide the user with the option to select rows in a DataTable. This can be done by simply using a click event to add / remove a class on the table rows. The rows().data() method can then be used to get the data for the selected rows. In this case it is simply counting the number of selected rows, but much more complex interactions can easily be developed.

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $95,400
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $114,500
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $145,000
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $235,500
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $324,050
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $85,675
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $164,500
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $109,850
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $452,500
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $136,200
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $645,750
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $234,500
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $139,575
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $98,540
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

#### Row selection and deletion (single row)

This example shows a modification of the multiple row selection example, where just a single can now be selected. This is done simply by checking to see if the row already has a selected class or not, and if so removing it, if not then the class is removed from any other row in the table which does have it and applied to the row to be selected.

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $95,400
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $114,500
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $145,000
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $235,500
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $324,050
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $85,675
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $164,500
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $109,850
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $452,500
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $136,200
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $645,750
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $234,500
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $139,575
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $98,540
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

#### Form inputs

In order to perform paging, ordering, searching etc, DataTables can remove rows and cells from the document (i.e. those rows / cells which are not needed are not inserted into the document). This increases performance and compatibility, however, it means that submitting forms which span multiple pages requires a little bit of additional work to get the information that is not in the document any longer.

Name | Age | Position | Office
--- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon |  |  |
Garrett Winters |  |  |
Ashton Cox |  |  |
Cedric Kelly |  |  |
Airi Satou |  |  |
Brielle Williamson |  |  |
Herrod Chandler |  |  |
Rhona Davidson |  |  |
Colleen Hurst |  |  |
Sonya Frost |  |  |
Jena Gaines |  |  |
Quinn Flynn |  |  |
Charde Marshall |  |  |
Haley Kennedy |  |  |
Tatyana Fitzpatrick |  |  |
Michael Silva |  |  |
Paul Byrd |  |  |
Gloria Little |  |  |
Bradley Greer |  |  |
Dai Rios |  |  |
Jenette Caldwell |  |  |
Yuri Berry |  |  |
Caesar Vance |  |  |
Doris Wilder |  |  |
Angelica Ramos |  |  |
Gavin Joyce |  |  |
Jennifer Chang |  |  |
Brenden Wagner |  |  |
Fiona Green |  |  |
Shou Itou |  |  |
Michelle House |  |  |
Suki Burks |  |  |
Prescott Bartlett |  |  |
Gavin Cortez |  |  |
Martena Mccray |  |  |
Unity Butler |  |  |
Howard Hatfield |  |  |
Hope Fuentes |  |  |
Vivian Harrell |  |  |
Timothy Mooney |  |  |
Jackson Bradshaw |  |  |
Olivia Liang |  |  |
Bruno Nash |  |  |
Sakura Yamamoto |  |  |
Thor Walton |  |  |
Finn Camacho |  |  |
Serge Baldwin |  |  |
Zenaida Frank |  |  |
Zorita Serrano |  |  |
Jennifer Acosta |  |  |
Cara Stevens |  |  |
Hermione Butler |  |  |
Lael Greer |  |  |
Jonas Alexander |  |  |
Shad Decker |  |  |
Michael Bruce |  |  |
Donna Snider |  |  |
Name | Age | Position | Office

#### Show / hide columns dynamically

This example shows how you can make use of the column().visible() API method to dynamically show and hide columns in a table. Also included here is scrolling, just to show it enabled with this API method, although that is not required for the API function to work.

Toggle column: Name - Position - Office - Age - Start date - Salary

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $95,400
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $114,500
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $145,000
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $235,500
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $324,050
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $85,675
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $164,500
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $109,850
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $452,500
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $136,200
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $645,750
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $234,500
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $139,575
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $98,540
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

#### Search API (regular expressions)

Searching a table is one of the most common user interactions with a DataTables table, and DataTables provides a number of methods for you to control this interaction. There are APIs for the global search (search()) and for each individual column (column().search()).
Note also that you must call the draw() method after performing the search, in order for the results to be displayed.

Target | Search text | Treat as regex | Use smart search
--- | --- | --- | ---
Global search |  |  |
Column - Name |  |  |
Column - Position |  |  |
Column - Office |  |  |
Column - Age |  |  |
Column - Start date |  |  |
Column - Salary |  |  |

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $95,400
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $114,500
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $145,000
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $235,500
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $324,050
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $85,675
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $164,500
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $109,850
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $452,500
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $136,200
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $645,750
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $234,500
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $139,575
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $98,540
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary