class CustomDatatable < AjaxDatatablesRails::Base private def dt_params @dt_params ||= params.permit(:assigned, :draw, :length, :start, search: %i(value regex)) .to_h end def columns_params @columns_params ||= params.require(:columns).permit!.to_h end def order_params @order_params ||= params.require(:order).require('0').permit(:column, :dir).to_h end def fetch_records records = get_raw_records records = sort_records(records) if order_params.present? records = filter_records(records) if dt_params[:search].present? records = paginate_records(records) unless dt_params[:length].present? && dt_params[:length] == '-1' records end def sort_records(records) sort_by = "#{sort_column(order_params)} #{sort_direction(order_params)}" records.order(sort_by) end def generate_sortable_displayed_columns @sortable_displayed_columns = [] columns_params.each_value do |col| @sortable_displayed_columns << col[:data] if col[:orderable] == 'true' end @sortable_displayed_columns end end