I have this jqGrid:

$("#report").jqGrid( {
        url:        '/py/db?coll=report',
        datatype:   'json',
        height:     250,
        colNames:   ['ACN', 'Status', 'Amount'],
        colModel:   [ {name:'acn', sortable:true},
                      {name:'meta.status', sortable:true},
                      {name:'amount'} ],
        caption: 'Show Report',
        rownumbers: true,
        gridview: true,
        rowNum: 10,
        rowList: [10,20,30],
        pager: '#report_pager',
        viewrecords: true,
        sortname: 'acn',
        sortorder: "desc",
        altRows: true,
        loadonce: true,
        mtype: "GET",
        rowTotal: 1000,
        jsonReader: {
            root: "rows",
            page: "page",
            total: "total",
            records: "records",
            repeatitems: false,
            id: "acn"
            }
     });

Notice that the column 'meta.status' is in JSON dot notation and accordingly the data sent from the server is like this:

{"page": "1", "total": "1", "records": "5", "rows": [ 
        {"acn":1,"meta": {"status":"Confirmed"}, "amount": 50},
        {"acn":2,"meta": {"status":"Started"}, "amount": 51},
        {"acn":3,"meta": {"status":"Stopped"}, "amount": 52},
        {"acn":4,"meta": {"status":"Working"}, "amount": 53},
        {"acn":5,"meta": {"status":"Started"}, "amount": 54} ] }

The problems are of two fold:

• Sorting does not work on columns with dot notation, here "meta.status". It does not even show the sortable icons on the column header, and nothing happens even if the header is clicked. Sorting does not work, whether loadonce is true or false.
• If I try Searching (after setting loadonce to true) for the column meta.status (other columns without dot notation is okay), then it throws up a javascript error like this.

I have this jqGrid:

$("#report").jqGrid( {
        url:        '/py/db?coll=report',
        datatype:   'json',
        height:     250,
        colNames:   ['ACN', 'Status', 'Amount'],
        colModel:   [ {name:'acn', sortable:true},
                      {name:'meta.status', sortable:true},
                      {name:'amount'} ],
        caption: 'Show Report',
        rownumbers: true,
        gridview: true,
        rowNum: 10,
        rowList: [10,20,30],
        pager: '#report_pager',
        viewrecords: true,
        sortname: 'acn',
        sortorder: "desc",
        altRows: true,
        loadonce: true,
        mtype: "GET",
        rowTotal: 1000,
        jsonReader: {
            root: "rows",
            page: "page",
            total: "total",
            records: "records",
            repeatitems: false,
            id: "acn"
            }
     });

Notice that the column 'meta.status' is in JSON dot notation and accordingly the data sent from the server is like this:

{"page": "1", "total": "1", "records": "5", "rows": [ 
        {"acn":1,"meta": {"status":"Confirmed"}, "amount": 50},
        {"acn":2,"meta": {"status":"Started"}, "amount": 51},
        {"acn":3,"meta": {"status":"Stopped"}, "amount": 52},
        {"acn":4,"meta": {"status":"Working"}, "amount": 53},
        {"acn":5,"meta": {"status":"Started"}, "amount": 54} ] }

The problems are of two fold:

• Sorting does not work on columns with dot notation, here "meta.status". It does not even show the sortable icons on the column header, and nothing happens even if the header is clicked. Sorting does not work, whether loadonce is true or false.
• If I try Searching (after setting loadonce to true) for the column meta.status (other columns without dot notation is okay), then it throws up a javascript error like this.

• javascript
• json
• syntax
• jqgrid

Share Improve this question Follow edited Aug 16, 2017 at 3:22 Machavity♦ 31.7k2727 gold badges9595 silver badges105105 bronze badges asked Jan 9, 2011 at 13:48 rsmoorthyrsmoorthy 2,39211 gold badge2626 silver badges2828 bronze badges 2

• have you tried meta.status without quotations? – ifaour Commented Jan 9, 2011 at 14:45
• If you want me to give meta.status without qutoes in colModel, it won't work as Javascript will throw an error that meta.status is not defined. – rsmoorthy Commented Jan 9, 2011 at 17:38

Add a ment  | 

2 Answers 2

Sorted by: Reset to default 3

After changing of the definition of the last column from {name:amount} to {name:'amount'} I could reproduce your problem: the sorting on 'Status' not work, but I could not see any error message (see the demo).

One can fix the problem it one change the definition of the second column from

{name:'meta.status', sortable:true}

to

{name:'status', sortable:true, jsonmap: "meta.status"}

See the fixed demo here.

As a rule of thumb to avoid this problem:

1. Ensure that your name and index values are the same

   name: 'Date', index: 'Date',
   name: 'Clicks', index: 'Clicks',
   ...
   

2. Ensure you set something like

   $("#jqGrid").setGridParam({datatype: 'local'}); 
   

   And that when you reload the grid - you correct this to "JSON" on reload if you're using it - i.e.

   $("#yourGridID").setGridParam({datatype: 'json'}).trigger("reloadGrid");
   

3. Lastly, ensure that you use

   name: 'Date', index: 'Date', sortable:true
   

   Where you need it.