Normally the columns ( number and their properties ) in a javascript grid are preknown:
[col1, col2, col3, ...]where col is a plain object having properties in key: value pair format.
col = {key1: value1, key2: value2, ...}
But sometimes developers have to construct colModel from remote data whereby number of columns and their properties are known only in run time.
{"data": [{ "id": "1", "name": "abcd", "email": "[email protected]", "phone":"1234567890", "custom_fields": [ { "type":"text", "name":"father_name", "label":"Father Name", "userData":"XYZ" }, { "type":"text", "name":"mother_name", "label":"Mother Name", "userData":"HIJK" }, { "type":"text", "name":"graduation", "label":"Graduation", "userData":"BE" }, { "type":"text", "name":"college_name", "label":"College Name", "userData":"Bangalore University" } ] }, { "id": "2", "name": "xyz", "email": "[email protected]", "phone":"1234567890", "custom_fields": [ { "type":"text", "name":"father_name", "label":"Father Name", "userData":"ABCD" }, { "type":"text", "name":"mother_name", "label":"Mother Name", "userData":"PQRS" }, { "type":"text", "name":"graduation", "label":"Graduation", "userData":"MSC" }, { "type":"text", "name":"college_name", "label":"College Name", "userData":"Mysore University" } ] }]}