Kendo Grid Will not populate with server side data - kendo-ui

Question

I cannot get Kendo Grid to populate from server side data.
I have a grid builder function as as follows:
var build = function (carrier, date) {
var urlBase = 'my base url';
var datasource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
pageSize: 20,
serverPaging: true,
serverFiltering: true,
serverSorting: true,
schema: {
model: {
id: 'Id',
fields: {
StatementDate: { type: "string", editable: false },
CobDate: { type: "string", editable: false },
//lots more fields
Status: { type: "string", editable: false },
Matched: { type: "boolean", editable: true }
}
}
},
transport: {
read: function (options) {
var address = urlBase + '/' + carrier + '/' + date;
$.ajax({
url: address,
type: "POST",
data: JSON.stringify(options.data),
contentType: "application/json",
success: function (result) {
options.success(result);
},
error: function (result) {
options.error(result);
}
});
},
//update function omitted
parameterMap: function (data, operation) {
if (operation == "read") {
return JSON.stringify(data)
}
},
change: function (e) {
var data = this.data();
console.log(data.length); // displays "77"
}
}
});
return datasource;
};
return {
build: build
}
Grid Definition
elem.kendoGrid({
columns: [
{ field: "StatementDate", title: "State Date", width: 125 },
{ field: "CobDate", title: "COB Date", width: 100 },
//lots more fields
{ command: ["edit"], title: " ", width: "85px"}],
resizable: true,
sortable: true,
editable: "inline",
columnMenu: true,
filterable: true,
reorderable: true,
pageable: true,
selectable: "multiple",
change: this.onSelectedRecordChanged,
toolbar: kendo.template($('#' + templateName).html()),
scrollable: {
virtual: true
},
height: 800
});
I trigger the update via a button click. When I look at the response I see the data. Looks good but the grid will not show the data. It has previously worked fine when data was completely client side.
If I break point on the AJAX call back. I see the correct results.
The grid is bound with data bind. The datasource is a property on a viewmodel.
<div id="grid" data-bind="source: dataSource"></div>
At the start of the app. I create view model
var viewModel= kendo.observable(new GridViewModel(...
and bind
kendo.bind($('#grid'), viewModel);
If I look at the datasource attached to the grid, I see data for the page as expected
This has previously worked fine when data was client side.
I have tried using read() on datasource, and refresh() method on grid. Neither seems to work.
Example response content from server
{"Data":[{"Id": //lots more fields, 20 records],"Total":90375,"AggregateResults":null,"Errors":null}
Any help very much appreciated.

Answer 1

I found the cause in datasource schema missing
{ data: 'Data', total: 'Total' }